The 10 best players in the New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks series

The New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks are headlined by Julius Randle and Trae Young. The overall talent on both teams runs even deeper.

The New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks will play each other in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. This seven-game series will likely be characterized by the two stars in Julius Randle and Trae Young. After that, it’ll be up to a slew of potential stars and secondary options to carry the load for each team.

For the New York Knicks, it’s about not settling on its first playoff appearance since 2013. Atlanta is also new to the game. The Hawks are in the postseason after three years removed.

After Randle and Young, guys like Bogdan Bogdanovic and R.J. Barrett will decide how this playoff series goes. On each day of the week, you could come up with a different way to rank the ten best players in this series. In fact, even agreeing on those ten can be difficult. These aren’t superstar-driven teams like the Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers, or Milwaukee Bucks. Rather, it’s two headlining players who hope they can get enough help from their supporting casts to write home a series win.