Re: How far will the knicks go !!!!!
For this topic, I do not see the Knicks making it to the playoffs at all. Getting Randolph is decent, but the trade really doesn't do a whole lot to improve things. Last year they played more up tempo, and it really catered to the perimeter players like Stephon Marbury, Q-Rich and some of them. That's when you guys were at your best I thought. This year they won't be able to play that same pace because their two big men are fat and slow, and won't be able to keep up that pace. When you only had one big man that was like that, it was fine. Now with both of your starters being bigger and fatter, it will turn into a more half court set team. That would be fine, except in a half court system, is when defense matters the most. At that point in time the Knicks will have no defense, so playing a half cour system will hurt them even more. Offensively Randolph does nothing to help out chemistry, just provides another chucker that shoots a very low percentage from the block. They also don't have a perimeter shooter to pull people off of doubling him and Eddy Curry, and even if they did, these are not guys that like to kick back out once they get the ball. So I don't see them finishing very well with Randolph there.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Jul 3 2007, 10:11 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think they are a top 6 team in the East next season. I'm one of the only posters who predicted them to make the playoffs this last season. I think with Randolph they are a better team right now. Pistons, Heat, Bulls, Cavaliers, then it's between the Wizards, Nets, Bucks. The wildcards are Orlando and Charlotte, I don't know if they take the next step with the top 4 or if they are at the top of the second group.</div>However BCB, I think this has one of the most blatanly homeristic things in it. To say the Bucks are in a class above Orlando is retarded. The Bucks have no defense, no interior toughness, all they have is some scoring. The Magic have defense, have interior toughness, and with Rashard Lewis about to come to town, and Stan Van Gundy having the Magic run a bit more they have scoring now to. The Magic are a better team than the Bucks, and with the addition of Rashard Lewis will prove to be better than the Wizards, this upcoming year also.I'm looking at the playoff picture record wise being Pistons, Cavaliers, Bulls, Heat, as the top four teams in the league. Then the Nets/Raptors and Magic will fight for the 5-7 best records in the league, including the Nets and Raptors fighting for who gets to be a top 4 seed and win their division. Then the Knicks/Bobcats/Celtics and Wizards fighting for the final spot of the playoffs.