Anji wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:CashMoney wrote:fishmike wrote:CashMoney wrote:The Knicks will be the real deal this year. I expect nothing less than 40 wins and a playoff run. The Smiling Assassin will make people forget about the role players we gave up.
I agree. Until he's smoked by Paul Pierce again when the games count. Playoff time. Smiling assassin.... hamburglar is more like it. Dude's got a lot to prove and it needs to happen in the POST season. Untill then he's stat collector
42 Points 17 boards and 6 assists. He didn't play great against the Celts last year but had his moments, especially when you consider no STAT or Chauncey. I'll be smiling along with Melo this season, watch and see my friend. 
Melo had one great game but was a chucker in the other three.
Paul Pierce had 1 great game too......... but it's ok for fishmike to say he burnt Melo for some sad reason????
Pierce didn't hurt his team by chucking bad shots in the other games.
SupremeCommander wrote:DurzoBlint wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:nyk4ever wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:I'll predict 34-32. I sure hope I'm wrong.
damn 34-32?? that's a bit dire dont you think? i get that there are questions about this team winning a championship, since defense is a big questionm, but if there is ever a team that is built for the regular season it's this one.
Yeah I had a feeling people would say that. I was not impressed with how they looked last year post-trade. There's uncertainty about Amare's and Billups' health and Carmelo had multiple injuries and I think multiple surgeries. I've always thought that even the healthy Carmelo was a chucker who didn't help his teams very much. I'm not as critical of him as most of the Denver fans are but I've never been a supporter of him. Carmelo did play better with the Knicks than he has in most of his career and if he continues to play at that level, then I would revise my prediction to more like 38-28. People have a tendency to read way too much into small samples though.
I'd be shocked if you were pleases with how they looked. At the same time, how much gel time did they really have. We are not talking a small tweak to the team but a huge one that would effect its total makeup. You need from 10-20 games to fully come together (or so I have read).
Training camp and time, I expect we will see some amazing chemistry from those 2this season.
Coach has got to get the others to play more effectively. Field wasn't the only one to regress, Walker regressed as well.
Shawne Williams really regressed
I have to disagree. With Amare out, coach had him playing Power Forward and Center which, are not his position(s). With that said, can it truly be said he regressed or, was it the fact that coach changed his role.
