Posted by GKFv2:
They are starting to play hard. They'll beat the crappy teams now and might even upset some teams who fall asleep on the Bricks.
Yeah, it's really annoying. But, I'm not as worried now as I was a little while ago. And that's because, as we've seen in the last couple of games even when the Knicks actually play as hard as they can(like most teams in the NBA do all the time), they still aren't THAT good of a team. Once you take that into consideration it's more likely that they won't make the playoffs.
Still though, I'd feel better about it if I could be sure. If NJ trades kidd and goes into tank mode, and Atltanta continues to lose games it's possible that the Knicks might still be able to sneak into the 8th seed with like 34 wins, which would be the worse thing that could possibly happen. But I don't think it will.