This has been a very strange NBA season to say the least. The regular season will wrap up this week, and then the playoffs will kick off this upcoming weekend. When the playoffs do kick off though, they will be without the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, which marks the first time in NBA history that all of these teams missed the playoffs in one season. Crazy, right? All three of these teams have had their fare share of problems this year, and not seeing any of the three in the playoffs will be very hard to adjust too.
For the Celtics and Lakers, they will now look towards the NBA draft, where both teams look to land a favorable spot, and possibly in play for a very high caliber player. The Knicks situation is a little less optimistic, as they don’t own a first round pick, and they will have to deal with the possibility of Carmelo Anthony leaving this summer. The good news is that they have Phil Jackson running the ship, and nobody can really do it better.
UPDATE: A hilarious Knicks “One Shining Moment” video has been added after the jump.
OS REWIND: Carmelo Anthony Discusses Phil Jackson’s Arrival
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Crazy stat of the day: This NBA postseason will be 1st time ever the Lakers, Knicks and Celtics will all miss playoffs.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 14, 2014