STAT is a franchise player, leader and a force. Both Chandler and Gallo seem to have taken a step forward, Felton has been good at the PG and Fields looks like the steal of the draft. The season has been a roller coaster ride but is to be expected with such a young team.

28 games left people and even if they split, we're looking at the 1st winning season is 9 years.

Blow out losses are few and they are settling into their roles.

There are a few steps you take before you can truly contend.

Knicks are in the first phase. They are actually doing it!

I hope they can continue to make progress on and off the court!

tj23 wrote:Thank God we are respectable. We still aren't anywhere near being a contender though. But we have improved dramatically thanks to Amare, Felton, and Donnie.

After the last decade, I'll take "mediocre". As long as the elevator continues to go up, of course.

simrud wrote:Can somebody post the rest of the schedule, would like to see if the rest of the way really is "easier" than average.

Wednesday  February, 23  7:30 PM EST  vs Bucks                           
 Friday  February, 25  7:30 PM EST  at Cavaliers                           
 Sunday  February, 27  8:00 PM EST  at Heat                           
 Tuesday  March, 1  7:00 PM EST  at Magic                           
 Wednesday  March, 2  7:30 PM EST  vs Hornets                           
 Friday  March, 4  7:30 PM EST  vs Cavaliers                           
 Sunday  March, 6  6:00 PM EST  at Hawks                           
 Monday  March, 7  7:30 PM EST  vs Jazz                           
 Wednesday  March, 9  8:00 PM EST  at Grizzlies                           
 Thursday  March, 10  8:30 PM EST  at Mavericks                           
 Sunday  March, 13  6:00 PM EST  vs Pacers                           
 Tuesday  March, 15  7:00 PM EST  at Pacers                           
 Thursday  March, 17  7:30 PM EST  vs Grizzlies                           
 Friday  March, 18  7:30 PM EST  at Pistons                           
 Sunday  March, 20  3:00 PM EST  at Bucks                           
 Monday  March, 21  7:30 PM EST  vs Celtics                           
 Wednesday  March, 23  8:00 PM EST  vs Magic                           
 Friday  March, 25  7:30 PM EST  vs Bucks                           
 Saturday  March, 26  7:00 PM EST  at Bobcats                           
 Wednesday  March, 30  7:30 PM EST  vs Nets                           
 Sunday  April, 3  6:00 PM EST  vs Cavaliers                           
 Tuesday  April, 5  7:30 PM EST  vs Raptors                           
 Wednesday  April, 6  7:00 PM EST  at 76ers                           
 Friday  April, 8  7:00 PM EST  at Nets                           
 Sunday  April, 10  7:00 PM EST  at Pacers                           
 Tuesday  April, 12  8:00 PM EST  vs Bulls                           
 Wednesday  April, 13  8:00 PM EST  at Celtics 

KNICKSdom wrote:Above .500 record, check. Playoff contention, check. Relevance, check. I would say it is progress!

are you saying knicks are no longer dom?

The record is ok, but a 1st round knock off is lookiing more and more likely. Some say getting to the playoffs is a bonus and gains experience, well there's been a lot of teams that made it as a 6,7,8th seed and not even make the playoffs the following year.

I'm sorry, but anything less then 48 wins, is avg at best

knicks1248 wrote:considering how weak the east is..we have taken baby steps, we had a host of bad losses, and less then a hand full of quality wins. Take into account we had very few injuries, we should at least be 5 games better then we are.

The record is ok, but a 1st round knock off is lookiing more and more likely. Some say getting to the playoffs is a bonus and gains experience, well there's been a lot of teams that made it as a 6,7,8th seed and not even make the playoffs the following year.

I'm sorry, but anything less then 48 wins, is avg at best

disagree. we committed big bucks to one individual, who has delivered big-time. we have no other large commitments, have gotten improvement from many of our young players, performance from several new additions (ray, fields, williams, mozgov) and are positioned to open up some cap space. all this one year removed from being a 29-win team. .500 and up and a playoff appearance is a success to me for this year.

knicks1248 wrote:considering how weak the east is..we have taken baby steps, we had a host of bad losses, and less then a hand full of quality wins. Take into account we had very few injuries, we should at least be 5 games better then we are.

The record is ok, but a 1st round knock off is lookiing more and more likely. Some say getting to the playoffs is a bonus and gains experience, well there's been a lot of teams that made it as a 6,7,8th seed and not even make the playoffs the following year.

I'm sorry, but anything less then 48 wins, is avg at best

I agree to some extent - this team has shown a lot of potential, and I know I slam MDA alot, he deserves credit.

But way too many head scratchers where this team lays an egg against a team we should beat, especially with how they've played at times against quality opponents.

That- or sometimes this team simply plays way above its head.

Its young, yes. But a weak conference and tons of potential.

I wonder if we had a different coach (a Scott Brooks or a Tom Thibodeau) whether we might not be more consistent with effort and wins - and have those extra 5 or so wins we should have.

I predicted 45 wins and it looks like we are right on pace for that. The real coup is we look like we will get the Bulls first round and we have had some success there. Felton seems to play Rose very well and Chi has had a hard time dealing with our wings and our spacing.

If we are able to keep most of our key young core AND add Melo this season is a huge success. Regardless of the roster beating the Bulls in round one would accomplish the same.

This whole season is a B+