John Starks has Knicks reaching NBA Finals: 'This team can beat anybody'

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John Starks has loved what he’s seen from the Knicks this season, so much so that he picked his former team to make the NBA Finals before the playoffs even started.

“I had the Knicks coming out of the East,” Starks told SiriusXM NBA Radio.  “I looked at how we competed against everybody in the East. We beat every team in the East, maybe not Milwaukee, but every other team in the East, we got either a better record or we split with them. The top teams, Philly, Miami, Boston, Cleveland, those type of teams. I felt good that we had a good chance of coming out of the East.”

The Knicks handled Cleveland in the regular season, had thrilling wins against the Celtics and Heat, the latter of whom currently holds a 3-1 lead over Milwaukee in their first-round series. New York, which holds a 3-1 lead of its own, could very well face the Heat in the second round, inching the Knicks one step closer to where Starks has always believed his former team could go.

“I was telling someone that once I saw them midway through the season, once I watched this team do their thing against those top teams, I said, ‘This team can beat any team,’” Starks said. “They’re good on the road. I like their chances.”

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