Posted by bigblitz2001:
Posted by WOODMANnYk:
Real Test is Tuesday vs the Pacers.
The Real test is NOT on Tues.
The Knicks should lose on Tues. They are not in the Pacers class. The real test is the games they won the last two days. They beat teams they should beat on the road and in back to back situations. The knicks are 1 all star post up player away from competing with the detroits and pacers of the east.
If the knicks play like the 3rd or 4th best team in the east they pass the test as far as I am concerned. To say playing the pacers and losing is failing the test is not fair.
I am in line with this thinking.
To date, the Knicks have had their starting lineup, bench, coach and GM changed since the beginning of the season. Their most important player, the one who runs the plays, and has the rock in his hands is still learning the sets and getting used to the finer points of his teammates (as in: most of his teammates can't catch a fast past).
For the most part, both Detroit and Indiana have been together for more than a season. They have coheasive teams.
The Knicks have talent and are working their way towards good team play. THey should beat bad teams and it's telling that they can. If they can consistently beat the Indianas and Detroits, that would be telling. That they win a one-off, that's a fluke. And that is what is happening (or could happen).
