No, your point was that they had this great record despite injury problems, whereas they were clearly only down two injured players this year who were both detriments to the team - Shumpert and Stoudemire, whereas Felton has only missed the past two games, and they've looked like clowns without him.
Shumpert is erratic. He's not built to be an NBA point guard, at least at this point. His decision making is laughable, and I'm not just talking about his poor FG% and turnovers. I'm saying that he even plays worse than those statistics, if you'd actually watch him play.
You have to be a complete idiot to think that the Western teams don't have a harder grind than the Knicks.
Beating the Miami heat twice is grounds for being a great team?
How about this...
The Grizzlies blew out the Knicks, they blew out the Heat, they blew out the Lakers, they blew out the Thunder in OKC, they have a better record, they play in the West, yet the Knicks still receive ten times the national media attention.
Not to mention, to the original point, that the Knicks' Heat wins really don't mean much when they're not facing the type of schedule the Nuggets have faced. You've still yet to address that one.
The holes in your logic are gaping kid. So because ESPN Magazine (not ESPN, but "ESPN Magazine") made some bold prediction about the Nuggets to attract readership, that means that most analysts were high on Denver? That's not the case at all. In fact, J.A. Adande, who writes for ESPN Magazine, was embarrassed by that projection. The reality is that most analysts did not expect them do be doing as well as they are (and will eventually be) doing.
When I reference stats, it's because it's something that's applicable to what's going on, and they're pertinent to the discussion. I don't just say stupid things like "THIS TEAM HAD A BETTER RECORD THAN THAT TEAM!" ... I bring in specifics. "Stat Geek" may have been a misuse of words... maybe "fantasy basketball geek?" Stats geek is too complimentary for someone who doesn't understand the statistics involved.
And by the way, cut out the "learn the game," bullshit. You're trying to be a flamer, and it ain't working.
You failed to address any of my real points. You failed to talk about either teams style of play. You also failed to think big picture. Overall, you failed to say anything.
