In two matchups ending up as double-digit losses against the one and two-seeded teams in the Eastern Conference, many have sounded the alarms on the Knicks potentially being pretenders in the race for a championship as opposed to a real contender to take note of.

Former All-Star center Demarcus Cousins is one of those non-believers. He said that despite their talent on the roster, they are nothing more than an “average” team to him. “We’ve been bamboozled,” Cousins said on FanDuel TV’s Run It Back.

There’s no other way to put it. The New York Knicks are overmatched against the best teams in the league. This is a particularly concerning statement since they are a third seed themselves, armed with two All-Star starters.