Because man oh man have things changed (see below) since dating back to 1-31 of 2023 (when I felt the excitement enough to create this thread) heading into our Lakers overtime loss @ exactly 34 days ago.

NYKMentality wrote:

We've got 9 Games remaining (until the All-Star break).

1.) Vs. Lakers =
2.) Vs. Heat.
3.) Vs. Clippers.
4.) Vs. 76ers.
5.) @ Orlando.
6.) @ Philadelphia.
7.) Vs. Jazz.
8.) Vs. Nets
9.) @ Atlanta.

And right now we're currently in a dog-fight.

1.) Boston Celtics = 36-15 (.706%).
2.) Milwaukee Bucks = 33-17 (.660%). -2.5.
3.) Philadelphia 76ers = 32-17 (.653%). -3.0.

4.) New Jersey Nets = 31-19 (.620%). -4.5.
5.) Cleveland Cavaliers = 31-21 (.596%). -5.5.

6.) Miami Heat = 28-23 (.549%). -8.0.

7.) NEW YORK KNICKS = 27-24 (.529%). -9.0.

8.) Atlanta Hawks= 26-26 (.500%). -10.5.

Every other team (out of WAS/CHI/IND/TOR/ORL/CHA/DET are currently below .500 (all currently have themselves a below .500 losing record).

My ultimate goal (as a fan) is to watch our New York Knicks squad (of 2022-2023) get red hot before catching 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥; heading into the All-Star break (because I feel as if we're still in contention for a top 3-4 seed).

Tonight's Games:
Milwaukee vs. Hornets.
Cleveland vs. Heat.
NEW YORK vs. Lakers.
Chicago vs. Clippers.

Fast forward to today:

1.) Vs. Lakers = L (OT).
2.) Vs. Heat = W.
3.) Vs. Clippers = L (OT).
4.) Vs. 76ers = W.
5.) @ Orlando = W.
6.) @ Philadelphia = L (blown 3rd Q 13 point lead).

Josh Hart Trade:

7.) Vs. Jazz = W.
8.) Vs. Nets = W.
9.) @ Atlanta = W.

Mitchell Robinson's Return.

10.) @ Washington = W.
11.) Vs. Pelicans = W.
12.) Vs. Boston = W.
13.) Vs. Nets = W.
14.) @ Miami = W.
15.) @ Boston = W.

12 -3 Previous 15 (.800%) + 9 Consecutive Wins (.1000%) since I created this Thread.

Eastern Conference:
1.) Milwaukee = 46-18 (.719%).

2.) Boston = 45-20 (.692%). 1-5.
3.) Philadelphia = 41-22 (.651%). -4.5.

4.) Cleveland = 40-26 (.606%). -7.0.
5.) New York = 39-27 (.591%). -8.0.

6.) New Jersey = 36-28 (.563%). -10.0.
7.) Miami = 34-31 (.531) -12.5.
8.) Atlanta = 32-32 (.500) -14.0.

New York Knicks are literally only -1.0 games back of an overall TOP-5 NBA RECORD (CLEVELAND).

GAMES TODAY:
Celtics (2) @ Cleveland (4).
76ers (3) @ Indiana (29-36).

Games Tomorrow:
Milwaukee (1) @ Orlando.
76ers (3) @ Minnesota (34-32 and red hot).
New York (5) vs. Hornets (20-46).

Celtics (1) = W @ Cleveland (5) later tonight

+

New York = (4) WIN vs. Charlotte (20-46).

=

NEW YORK KNICKS AS THE OFFICIAL 4TH SEED.

(Because of 2-1 H-2-H VS. TIEBREAKER OVER CLEVELAND).

🔥SHITS ABOUT TO GET LIT UP IN HERE🔥

👇

Knickoftime wrote:

NYKMentality wrote:We'll see how it goes man.

But with Cleveland?

We're only 4.5 back of Cleveland for the 4th seed.

We've got 1 game against them.

Hypothetically speaking we're -3.5 back of Cleveland (including the W over them).

From there on out?

Cleveland loses 2 in a row?
Knicks win 2 in a row?

And we're literally 1.0 back with potentially 10+ games remaining aka potential dog fight.

You're looking at it from a micro view, macro view is always better.

Like I say, Cleveland is a .628 team over 3/4's of a season. Even if they went 11-10, that means 17-5 for the Knicks, regardless of the common game. Give to the Knicks and we're still talking 11-9 and 16-5.

Those are looong odds. Verrrrrry long on the Knicks side and pretty long on the Cavs side.

I'm not telling anything other than the odds here.

And I'm not telling you anything other than I've been laughing my ass off @ your little remarks/comments such as "THOSE ARE LOOOONNNNGGGGG ODDS".

Talk to me tomorrow after Knicks become the official 4th seed so I can laugh @ those "looooonnnggg odds" again 🤣

ramtour420 wrote:Bump

Deep down inside?

(not just here but Twitter and everywhere else)

I already know lots of users lots of Knicks fans they've been waiting in the cut to post and lurking in the night in order to have themselves another ("60+ wins") parade (@ my expense) and withinthis same exact Eastern Conference Thread too that now dates back to January 1st of 31 days ago.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥but they can't because the Knicks are winning and have become the NBA's #1 most hottest team they're on🔥🔥🔥, 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥)

🔹The one's who nitpick Julius Randle for Turnovers and ignore his magical 2022-2023 NBA Campaign because of it?

🔹The one's who've trashed Coach Thibs?

🔹The one's who've quit on a 22 year old R.J. Barrett and traded away our 3rd Overall kid in every mock trade simulator?

🔹The one's who told me IQ couldn't be a natural PG because he wasn't @ Kentucky due to Maxey when I told everyone on Draft Night IQ must've beaten out Anthony Edwards for SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR for good reasons?

🔹The one's who've told me this All-Star duo of Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle weren't NY SUPERSTARS?

🔹 The ones who wanted to trade 24 year old Mitchell Robinson for "Turner"?

🔹The one's who complained about Cam Reddish sitting/learning and questioned the pick for Josh winning from the start Hart?

🔹The one's who told us all how these Knicks were nothing more than a Play-In team @ best with simulators to prove it?

It's been really quiet in here (for the most part).

Now had we've gone say 3-12instead of 12-3 previous 15 games (dating back to Thread creation date)?

This thread would've turned into an NYKM SLAUGHTERING.

I got mad respect for my day 1's of this thread (1-31-2023).

Guys like Nalod (1st ever thread reply on 2-1-2023). Franco (2-1-2023). Martin (2-14). Andrew (2-16-202). Ramtour420 (2-16-2023) and even Philc1 (2-11-2023).

Etc.

Compared to forum members Knicks fans such as KnickOfTime (2-23-2022) and Rookie (2-23-2023) and EwingGlass (MARCH 4th) who've came into this thread immediately after NY started to win in order to preach to me mathematical mathematics (simulators) while also then telling me "just how wrong I've really been" and all for just believing in these kids and extremely confident in this 2023 NY squad.

They don't wanna bump this thread anymore/again (unless the Knicks were to fall back down to -4.5 of Cleveland and -6.5 back of Philadelphia for the 4th/3rd seeds) because right now NY's only -1.0 back of Cleveland and only -3.5 back of Philadelphia for the 4th and 3rd seeds.

I might just make an NBA TOP-5 Standings/Schedule Thread tonight (rank us @ 7th) and invite the hyenas to come out and play (moving forward)... 😎

In all seriousness I appreciate my day one's in here.

NYKMentality wrote:Oh please.

Stop it already.

You entered this thread like a freaking drama queen (just a couple of days ago) with words like "Those are looong odds". And also "Verrrrrry long on the Knicks side and pretty long on the Cavs side"

But now you're returning in order to question me about you being the (only one) who pretending and acted as if Knicks couldn't/wouldn't catch Cleveland (-4.5 back @ the time) due to your "extremely intelligent computerized" SIMULATORS that you've dominated this entire thread with (ever since you've entered).

Ummmmm, huh?

Can't make any sense of that other than the Knicks odds of finishing ahead of the Sixers ARE still "Verrrrrry long" and finishing ahead of the Cavs are still pretty long and the Knicks finishing ahead of both of them are still "looong."

Vs. you not talking up the Knicks chances of us catching them (you were TRYING to correct me).

Not an an issue of the Knicks catching them. It's an issue of the Knicks finishing ahead of them.

You acted like it'll take Albert Einstein rocket science in order to catch Cleveland (1.0 back after tonight).

Huh???

I've said this before and I'l keep saying it, you don't even understand what we're talking about.

You continually show by the way you articulate it that you aren't close to comprehending what you're reflexively arguing against.

Because I see right through you.

Might just have to ignore you from here on out.

Because you appeared out of absolutely nowhere and have became "Relentless" ever since.

Because you seem to be getting pretty frustrated as of late and you seem to be taking it "personal" and getting very angry/mad about the Knicks winning while I'm laughing @ both of you and your little computerized simulators

Knickoftime wrote:How's your track record?

Have you proven to be successful at making predictions like these in the past?

Yup.

I was on RealGM taking bullets from hundreds of naysayers when I created my 2012-2013 Thread and was preaching and screaming Top 3 Seed of the East for anyone who wanted to listen to me.

Especially those computerized calculations types of fans.

99% laughed me off.

Tried to "make fun of me".

Until it happened.

And with this team?

I've been preaching since day 1 actually dating back to last year the potential greatness I've seen with over 50+ threads of evidence. I was an elite PG away last year. Got him this year.

But where's your evidence of you speaking this team up before it happened?

Until you can post and show proof of you talking up this future team last year + this year back in October screaming 3 seed? Don't expect a response back in return become as someone who never truly believed in these kids dating back to my 60 win prediction of last year? You have no voice there's nothing you can "say to me" in order to "educate me".

Show me your evidence and proof (negative nancy).

I won't respond back and only because I already know you can't find 💩 evidence of you EVER speaking extremely highly of our soon to be and now current 2023 Knicks squad under my All-Time favorite Knicks Coach Thibs (who I've preached for 3+ years now).

Either show me proof or keep taking a stroll while you're watching me continue to have fun and enjoy my 2023 Knicks and NBA season. Just like I been doing before becoming bored by you and your clueless computerized mathematical "simulators".

Heck one day I might just show my daughter and my future grandchildren how their pops kicked KnickOfTimes ass up and down the basketball court throughout all of 2023.

How's your Tom Thibs resume background? I don't know but I'm about to look you up 🤷‍♂️

NYKMentality wrote:This might be my last response to you.

Of the two of us, one of us knows it won't be. And it isn't you.

Because you appeared out of absolutely nowhere and have became "Relentless" ever since.

Huh...

You:
Posts: 23774
Joined: 11/12/2012

Me:
Posts: 23976
Joined: 1/13/2011

The level of your self-importance and involvement is comically inept.

Because you seem to be getting pretty frustrated as of late and you seem to be taking it "personal" and getting very angry/mad about the Knicks winning while I'm laughing @ both of you and your little computerized simulators

NYKMentality wrote:This might be my last response to you.

You're projecting. See above.

I was on RealGM taking bullets from hundreds of naysayers when I created my 2012-2013 Thread and was preaching and screaming Top 3 Seed of the East for anyone who wanted to listen to me.

And you only had to go back a decade the last time the Knicks were very good.

I have no idea how many people are reading this. I hope its not a lot. But I promise you, you're the ONLY one who doesn't understand you just proved my point for me.

Along with demonstrating you're desperate to recapture that - to be the optimistic fan that was right and nobody would listen to.

You're telling on yourself.

Especially those computerized calculations types of fans.

99% laughed me off.

Tried to "make fun of me".

Until it happened.

And with this team?

I've been preaching since day 1 actually dating back to last year the potential greatness I've seen with over 50+ threads of evidence. I was an elite PG away last year. Got him this year.

As I was saying...

But where's your evidence of you speaking this team up before it happened?

There is none. It isn't my thing. It's your's.

Heck one day I might just show my daughter and my future grandchildren how their pops kicked KnickOfTimes ass up and down the basketball court throughout all of 2023.

I have little doubt you're desperate to do exactly that.

You're so far up your own ass it hasn't even occurred to you I'm one of the most positive posters here.

Whining about and suggesting trading Randle? Barrrett? Firing Thibs? I'm the last person you want to see a response from.

I'm not expecting you to know that. The problem is you assumed the opposite because the facts were irrelevant to you, and that's what makes you you.

Now, about that being your last response to me.

Promise?

1.) Vs. Jazz = W.
2.) Vs. Nets = W.
3.) @ Atlanta = W.
4.) @ Washington = W.
5.) Vs. Pelicans = W.
6.) Vs. Boston = W.
7.) Vs. Nets = W.
8.) @ Miami = W.
9.) @ Boston = W.

Eastern Conference:
1.) Milwaukee = 46-18 (.719%).

2.) Boston = 45-21 (.682%). -2.0.
3.) Philadelphia = 42-22 (.656%). -4.0.

4.) Cleveland = 41-26 (.612%). -6.5.
5.) New York = 39-27 (.591%). -8.0.

6.) New Jersey = 36-28 (.563%). -10.0.

7.) Miami = 35-31 (.530%). -12.0.
8.) Atlanta = 32-33 (.492%). -14.5.

GAMES TODAY:
Bucks (1) @ Orlando.
76ers (3) @ Minnesota (34-32).
Knicks (5) vs. Hornets.
Nets (6) @ Houston.

Bonus Games Today (draft picks):
Washington (10th seed) @ Detroit (go Wizards).
Dallas (17th pick right now) vs. Jazz (go Utah).

Panos wrote:This didn't age well

You know what usually ages well?

Math.