If I had to answer you right now, I would say no. But I like Melo's response to this question when he was asked.
Give us some time to practice and gel and we might be.
No one knew the knicks were going to the finals in 99', no one knew the Giants were going to win the World Series or the Superbowl (when they did)
That being said, we can be a very dangerous team. If i was a fan of another team in the east, I'd be praying that I didn't draw the knicks in the 1st round. It's not a gimme win against the knicks. Once the playoffs come around, if we're gelling there is no reason why we can't have a late season run.
There is something different about this NBA, this knick team. We have 2 superstars, I don't see any other team as dominating us, we have some glaring issues with rebounds and defensive. Hopefully the ball goes in the basket for us. Melo will give us a half court game, where we didnt have one before.