EnySpree wrote:If we win it all this year, party is at JR Smith house!!!

Chris Smith will bring some community college girls. Metta will think he has no right to be there and punch him the face

BRIGGS wrote:I think the Knicks are absolutely loaded and much improved from last year wehave everything you need to win it from the pgs to the big men d to the o and I honestly have not thought this good about the team in 20 years

I'm sorry Briggs....It seems like I'm always disagreeing with you. And this would've been the perfect subject to agree on, but i can't. Not when you have Woodson as the coach, Steve Mills as the new GM, and Dollan as the owner. I love the roster and the players....I agree with you on that. But our weakest link is now the coach. He doesn't know when to play guys, how long to play them, when to pull JR and Mello for excessive ISO ball. I don't know.

And with Steve Mills as Dollans yes man, anything can happen. I see a few mid season trades and upper management turmoil. I thought we were solid last year, but injuries and Woodson set us back.....Woodson seems like a good coach for a team with limited options. Like the Celtics back during their championship run. Woodson would've been a great coach for them. But when you have a mix of young talent, veteran options....I don't think he knows how to take advantage of that. And as an old school coach, he doesn't know how to (or too stuborn to) change or adapt.

I hope you're right and I'm wrong......I still blead orange and blue......I'm just tired of getting my hopes up again, just to get shot down every year. Lets see how preseason goes, and how we start the regular season. That will give me a little false hope.

blkexec wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:I think the Knicks are absolutely loaded and much improved from last year wehave everything you need to win it from the pgs to the big men d to the o and I honestly have not thought this good about the team in 20 years

I'm sorry Briggs....It seems like I'm always disagreeing with you. And this would've been the perfect subject to agree on, but i can't. Not when you have Woodson as the coach, Steve Mills as the new GM, and Dollan as the owner. I love the roster and the players....I agree with you on that. But our weakest link is now the coach. He doesn't know when to play guys, how long to play them, when to pull JR and Mello for excessive ISO ball. I don't know.

And with Steve Mills as Dollans yes man, anything can happen. I see a few mid season trades and upper management turmoil. I thought we were solid last year, but injuries and Woodson set us back.....Woodson seems like a good coach for a team with limited options. Like the Celtics back during their championship run. Woodson would've been a great coach for them. But when you have a mix of young talent, veteran options....I don't think he knows how to take advantage of that. And as an old school coach, he doesn't know how to (or too stuborn to) change or adapt.

I hope you're right and I'm wrong......I still blead orange and blue......I'm just tired of getting my hopes up again, just to get shot down every year. Lets see how preseason goes, and how we start the regular season. That will give me a little false hope.

Those are my concerns as well. Not so much the roster but everything else. As for Melo, I have no problem with isolation moves, its how long he holds on to the ball which is the problem. Melo got a little better last season, but there is still room for improvement. ISOs in of themselves are not a bad thing, its a matter of how much of the 24 second clock is used on them.

jrodmc wrote:Everyone, including Stat, remains perfectly healthy for the entire season and through the playoffs right to winning the chip.

Woodson invents some kind of combi-weave-triangle-Princeton Offense where everyone thrives, has career years, and no one, not even LeQ, can figure out how the hell to stop it.

We are the first team in the history of the league to win 80 regular season games, while holding the opposition to a historical best 60 ppg. MJ sells his ownership in the Whatcats and begs to be on Dolan's staff.

Melo shoots 57% from the field, while leading the league in assists. He purposely passes off his last shot attempt to Cole Aldrich, who dunks the final basket of the regular season for an And One poster shot. Melo finishes second in scoring to Durant, who misses the playoffs.

We sweep Miami in the ECF, winning every game by 40 points. JR Smith hands the ball off to DWade at the very end of game 4, allowing him to dunk uncontested. Woodson smiles, shaking his head. Lebron skips the press conference.

Dolan cries like a proud grandmother, holding the trophy, and apologizes to the entire planet for being such a selfish douche bag. The network does not edit "douche bag" out of his speech. He announces that ticket prices will be dropped by 85%, and that courtside seats will be awarded to the city's most needy patrons. Hot dogs and soft drinks will be forever served free of charge. He then proceeds to wash the feet of every security guard in the building right there at half court.

Dolan will be at center court with the trophy over his head crying, like the bloody Rocky did at the end of II but instead of yelling "Yo Adrian, we did it, I love you", he Sobbing "Yo Isiah, We did it"!!!!!!!!!

Nalod wrote:

Dolan will be at center court with the trophy over his head crying, like the bloody Rocky did at the end of II but instead of yelling "Yo Adrian, we did it, I love you", he Sobbing "Yo Isiah, We did it"!!!!!!!!!

LOLLLL

NYKBocker wrote:My prediction is same as last year. It all depends on the PG. This will all come down to Beno. If he delivers and trusted with the keys to the bus then I don't see why a trip to the NBA Finals is a fantasy. We have Melo. We have another scoring big. We have 2 lockdown defenders (Artest and Shump). We have very good PG play in Beno and backup PG in Ray and Pablo. We have an above average C being backed up by a serviceable C. Right now the only hole is offense from the SG spot.

For me: second dependable scorer. Health. Trust and constancy on D.

MSG3 wrote:Health, Tyson getting back to form and Bargs as a 2nd option are the keys to this season. If those 3 things pan out we're right up there with the elite teams.

Bargs and Melo will have to move the ball much better though. They can't both be black holes on offense.

MSG3 wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

MSG3 wrote:Health, Tyson getting back to form and Bargs as a 2nd option are the keys to this season. If those 3 things pan out we're right up there with the elite teams.

Bargs and Melo will have to move the ball much better though. They can't both be black holes on offense.

My take on Melo is much different than yours, but that's in the eye of the beholder. Agree to disagree.

I'm interested in seeing Bargs' production as a #2 rather than focal point. Have you looked at his #'s when he played along side Bosh?

Yeah, he was a scoring specialist who struggled in all other phases of the game. Our fans tend to fall in love with that kind of player.