I say we go 39-43, 8th seed and swept by Miami in the 1st Round.

crzymdups wrote:45 wins, 6th seed. lose to Boston in the first round in 6 games.

If the team is kept as is perhaps with a bench enhancement along the way---Im going 53-29 I think we are big fast diverse and have potential to have lock down Defense--we have a low post dominant player and a really good fast PG who has become a better shooter and I like the diversity between that.

I like either r2 or conference finals

With the expiring contract of Eddy Curry and the impending restricted free agency of Wilson Chandler, the Knicks finish the 2010/2011 season well poised to make a splash in 2011 free agency with their emerging core of Felton, Gallo, Randolph, Amare, and Mozgov. Gallo's ability to hang at SG becomes the most interesting topic of discussion. With all of the length on the court, Gallo is not a liability at SG because D'antoni puts Felton on the more athletic SGs and lets Gallo's height limit the effectiveness of opposing PGs, irrespective of their speed.

izybx wrote:49-23, CHAMPIONSHIP! GRAB URE BALLZ!

How are they going to win the championship if they stop playing after game 72? As far as your second comment goes, please add in "pause" next time lol.

                       2009 WS   /48     /Game      10/11 Mins  /Game  2010/11 W/S
Amare Stoudemire	10.7	0.181	0.003771	36	0.14	11.13
Ray Felton	        6.5	0.118	0.002458	36	0.09	7.26
Danilo Gallinari	5.6	0.098	0.002042	32	0.07	5.36
Anthony Randolph	1.5	0.098	0.002042	28	0.06	4.69
Toney Douglas	        2.2	0.097	0.002021	22	0.04	3.65
Ronnie Turiaf	        1.4	0.078	0.001625	28	0.05	3.73
Roger Mason	        1.9	0.062	0.001292	13	0.02	1.38
Wilson Chandler	        2.7	0.057	0.001188	28	0.03	2.73
Kelenna Azubuike	0.7	0.148	0.003083	17	0.05	4.3
Bill Walker	        1.9	0.123	0.002563		0	0
Landry Fields						
Eddy Curry						
Andy Rautins						
Patrick Ewing Jr						
Shawne Williams						
Timofey Mozgov						
	                   		                   2010 WINS: 44.21

I came up with 44 wins. You can assume if guys like Walker, Mozgov, Fields etc... are playing better than the guys who are in the rotation that they will take their place. I think that Chandler's WS numbers are pretty low, but if he stops jacking up threes, maybe those will improve (as will our win total). In fact, his and Mason's WS per minute are so low, they really shouldn't be playing, but let's assume the injuries last year are not a concern this year. Their numbers will either go up or they won't play. Azubuike's numbers are ridiculously high based upon a real small sample set. I didn't mark him down for many minutes due to the injury concerns, but I assume the other guys being below expectations and Azu being above expectations will somewhat even out.

Basically, if all things stayed the same, I would expect the Knicks to win 44 games.
If players develop and guys gel, that number will increase. If guys get injured or if Felton can handle the pace of the system, the numbers go down.

But, I stick to my 46 wins estimate, assuming Gallo will have a better year, Randolph will improve and all other guys will be about the same. Last year, that would have been 6th place in the east. I think it still is good for 6th place...

izybx wrote:49-23, CHAMPIONSHIP! GRAB URE BALLZ!

hear hear.

crzymdups wrote:45 wins, 6th seed. lose to Boston in the first round in 6 games.

Sounds about right to me.

AnubisADL wrote:33 wins.

That much?

I'm going with 20 wins.

fishmike wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:33 wins.

lol... too funny.

I have said 45 for some time. I'm upping that to 50-32.

As constructed the Knicks a team that will really be able to pad their win total beating up on the lower echelon teams. When your frontline is loaded with 6'10 players and up and you have good PG who is a very strong defender your going to be in good shape every night.

This is a team that can physically wear you down and can play above the rim. You can read between the lines with the coaches comments. He's keeping the enthusiasm curbed, but its pretty clear both he and the players know this team can do some damage