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1.Mavs
2.OKC (with new trade)
3.Knicks
4.Celtics
5.the rest
I think Dallas is clear favorite still because of the guard play. Kidd is AWESOME BABY! and JJ Barea is lightning fast, too fast for parker!
Open to opinion.
Personally, I think they are good enough to beat the powerhouses of the East once they've gelled and created some sort of chemistry.
Although the acquisition of Carmelo Anthony is thought to have put them over the top, I have stuck with my assertion that Billups is the more significant acquisition. Dude just knows how to play, and win.
If they were to make it to the finals and face either the Lakers or Spurs (with both teams playing at full strength), I think the Knicks would take either team to six or seven games.
1.Mavs
2.OKC (with new trade)
3.Knicks
4.Celtics
5.the rest
I think Dallas is clear favorite still because of the guard play. Kidd is AWESOME BABY! and JJ Barea is lightning fast, too fast for parker!
1st round exit if they play the top 3, long series if they play Orlando..
I think Miami failed to take into account that the Knicks were coming off a loss to the Cavs. I'll believe Carmelo and Amare are winners when I see it happen, particularly with Mike D'Antoni coaching them. NBA teams need more than "Go play good, guys" during a timeout.
The lone two credible replies to my post fail to take into account the play of Billups.
I will bump this thread when, and if the Knicks go far.
It'll be because of Billups.
they certainly lack depth. but in the playoffs 8 man rotations are common. size is gonna bother them. they could be very good if they could manage to get either powe or murphy but it wont happen
Not that good. The only saving grace is that Billups has a higher basketball knowledge than Mike D'Antoni. Which sucks since it's going to make Mike look better than what he really is.
I took Billups into account, and determined that it's not enough to counterbalance the things I mentioned. Billups had Carmelo in Denver, too.
Neither of them had Amare.
If they could lock down on D and rebound they would be really scary, but this is a Mike D'antoni coached team so we all know that's not gunna happen. Regardless, their offense will carry them on most nights.
I think they are the 4th best team in the East. I think, unlike Miami, these guys are willing to sacrifice to win basketball games. I love Chauncey Billups, and I am officially on the New York Knicks bandwagon. I'll be hoping for a Celtics/Knicks matchup somewhere in the postseason. That will be my Conference Finals.
If you put all three of them on a team five years ago I might agree with you.
They are still good players. Melo is an overrated player. However, Chauncey and Amare are stellar.
The rest of the Knick squad will have to grow some balls in order to put them over the top of other Eastern conference teams. Having Billups in that locker room will do just so, imo.
And if the Denver Nuggets changed Conferences right now they would be the fourth-best team in the Conference. Yes, better than Orlando and Atlanta. They made the Conference Finals in 2009. There's chemistry and success between those two. There's a reason that Denver wanted to keep Billups and it's not just because he's the hometown kid. They knew the team could win if they had a point guard.
I seriously think the Knicks can beat Boston tbh.
They have no size & need better role players. The good news is that not many teams in the league have bigs with real post up talent. Getting Melo will be great for NY in the long run. Ppl will actually wanna come play for them once they see how much attention they can get in such a large market.
As you said in the OP: Open to opinion. I disagree.
Fair enough.
Billups would be a lot of help for the Nuggets right now because they could use a leader now that their most immature player is gone. They also have a ton of young guards for him to mentor.
But the main reason Denver wanted to keep him is because he's the hometown kid.
^this
They're going to get a lot of chances to get talent that other teams might not have a shot at. That said, there's not a lot of guarantee that all that attention and talent is going to translate into wins, let alone championships. Boston plays pretty good team basketball. It's gonna take something special to beat them.
Agree to a point. However, with Kendrick Perkins gone, and the instability associated with the C's frontline health, I see that being a set back imo.
A set back that can, (keyword: can) allow for up and coming teams like the Knicks to beat them. Plus, if the C's are to play the Knicks, it would be a game of pace. If the game was played in the Knicks pace (D'antoni system), this would allow the Knicks to be up in games, who knows what would happen in the late stages though. The Knicks now have two bonified go to players in the clutch: Melo and Chauncey.
The Knicks suck. Any team who brings AC and Balkman off the bench is not going anywhere (just see the Nuggets)
The Knicks will go as far as CB takes them. Melo and Amare wouldn't know what playoff success was if it wasn't for their star point guards they played with
The Knicks would sure as sweep the Nuggets and their MVP, Kenyon Martin.
The Knicks will go as far as CB takes them. Melo and Amare wouldn't know what playoff success was if it wasn't for their star point guards they played with
I'm pretty sure Amar'e proved everyone wrong about Steve Nash carrying him by putting up career numbers with a mediocre PG that he didn't even play a whole season with. If anything Amar'e is the one that makes PG's look good.
As for hating on Melo now that he dumped your ass. Quit being butthurt and get over the fact that the Nuggets are just another irrelevant team without leadership in the West now.
CB was the leader of the Nuggets and should be the leader of the Knicks. Amare isn't a leader, the moron thinks he is black Jesus for crying out loud
Amare and Melo are nothing more than Ai/Melo was.
GUARANTEE those two won't win a le.
The Knicks are the main attraction of the league. I'm not talking about fan wise, I'm talking about player wise.
Within the next 2 years Knicks will turn into an Eastern powerhouse. I guarantee you Melo and Amar'e will win more ships than Wade/Bron.
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