Carmelo Anthony is absolutely on fire. He looks more comfortable in this free flowing offense. Is taking more three pointers, but scoring more efficiently than before. Not forcing the action and is putting up huge numbers consistently.

Billups looks to be over the injuries and is playing better ball. But meanwhile its Toney Douglas that actually looks like a PG now. And Anthony Carter creates offensively and defensively every time he gets in the game.

To me that leaves two guys- Fields and Amare. Stalwarts all year, but have had the most difficulty adjusting of the holdovers. I think some of it is fatigue. But both have shown signs.

The Knicks found the best time in the year to get hot and get on a win streak. If they are are able to beat Indiana and play Chicago and Boston tough, I think they will have the right amount momentum going into the playoffs to potentially pull off a first round upset.

The most encouraging thing is that we actually play better against good teams! It may have been frustrating to see them lose to bad teams, but one thing is for sure they showed up against the better teams. No one really wants to see the Knicks in the Playoffs. They'd rather see the Hawks or Pacers before they see the Knicks. If the Knicks are hot from 3 there's no beating them and that has to be a scary factor. Also the Knicks are a decent road team. It doesn't seem to matter to them where they play. Not to mention that Knick fans are everywhere.

loweyecue wrote:

OasisBU wrote:I do think those that believe the Heat will be a cake walk will realize they aren't going down easy. I don't like them but thatseries will be a dog fight if it happens.

Dogfight - I likes it. Dem Heat gots two big dogs and we got da wolf. Bring it.

I think his was posted somewhere before:

Amare >> Bosh
Melo < Lebron (but Melo owns Lebron)
Fields <<< Wade
Biluups >>> Bibby
Both centers are bad.

Our Bench >= Their bench (As long as TD plays in control and Wlker/ the S Williams are contributing)

A good center makes us as good or better than Miami.

we're going to have a tough time winning any games if jeffries, carter or mason finds any minutes... hopefully mda can find 8 games that doesn't include any of them....

VDesai wrote:I feel like Melo is really locked into this offense now and much more comfortable. I'm really feeling much better about this team right now.

yes. A lot less iso's early in the clock. MDA has him coming off of cross screen to the mid-post area where he likes it. Better ball movement before he gets it.

BlueSeats wrote:I still see Billups as a problem, I'm not trusting his running of the offense at all. And his D ain't great either. I don't like his rep relying on big-shot theatrics. We need solid pg play for 48 mins, not Hail Marys.

I think I am in the same boat here and do think the big-shot thing is a tad overrated. But I don't think the Knicks really have a choice to move past him.

And he does at least know how to run the system and find Melo and Amare. For the lack of big men in the FA market, and for TD still being at least another year away from having better command of the PG position, the Knicks will undoubtedly pick up Billups' contract for next year.

And then hello CP3 or Deron, which is not bad.

I am anxious to see what Billups can do with a summer off and a full training camp.