sidsanders wrote:nixluva wrote:Now in regards to the current situation. I still am waiting for someone to layout why this team can't do well as some of us have been predicting. Outside of reading something convincing, i'll just have to go with my opinion of the talent we've collected.
amare returns to complaining about mike, doesnt go all out every game. ar doesnt play as well as folks hope, gallo doesnt improve, chandler doesnt improve. felton remains an avg pg. team lacks any chemistry. bench performs poorly. worst avenue could be multiple injuries. thats a lot of the variables going against the knicks...
point being high win totals are one possibility, as are lower ones. the knicks, to me, have a lot of variables and why so many see such different outcomes. if the variables turn in the knicks favor, they can do well. things dont all play out to the best, its gonna be a mixed bag. -- lower win totals.
Now see this is what i'm talking about. What you just did isn't laying out rational reasons why the Knicks shouldn't be considered a playoff contender in the second tier behind Mia, Bos & Orl. The key point is I'm not even talking about everything going perfectly or better than expected. I'm basing my opinion on guys just doing what they do. Amar'e being Amar'e. Felton, Gallo, Chan, AR & Turiaf being who they are, but collectively they will help each other to be more than the sum of the teams parts. Felton will be better because of Amar'e, Gallo etc.
1. You're going against the facts and proven history of what Amar'e has been as a player. Amar'e never complained about Mike when they were winning. Only after big playoff losses did this crap come up. Also some of his griping had to do with criticism coming his way for not playing harder on D. He tried to lay that off on MDA, but we all know that Defensive effort is on the player. In any case Amar'e seems to have matured a bit since then. I think there's a low chance that this would happen again.
2. Now all of a sudden we have to assume that none of our young players will improve. OK let's just say that they stay about where they were last year. Still that wouldn't be bad production, since Gallo and Chandler were avg. NBA players in terms of production. I just don't see that Gallo is gonna somehow stagnate. At least some modest amount of maturation in his game should be expected, since he's shown growth so far.
3. Felton has to go against history for PG's playing in Mike's system and doesn't put up better numbers. Now that would seem to be a stretch, since he's a PG that is known to thrive in an Uptempo style of play. Felton would also be surrounded by better talent than he's ever had since coming into the NBA. Unless somehow I missed the Bobcats having a player like Amar'e on the team. Again it could happen, but that degree of chance has to be low.
You're argument seems to be full of things that are worst case scenario and what's more not likely to happen based on history. Can it happen sure. Is it likely? I don't think it is. You can't make predictions based on what is likely to go wrong only. If that's the case then Miami is doomed that all 3 of the TRIO will get injured or some other horrible outcome, like a slap fight breaking out in the lockerroom and the TRIO no longer wanting to be friends.
