pepe1991 wrote:I apsolutley don't think Knicks would dominate anybody on West with one person offense and 4 role players playing 46 min each, with almost no bench. Even current sucess is more result of them hitting 3s at not very sustainable rate for roster constructed in ways they are + Brunson averaging 35 ppg
Unfortunately a lot of regular season stuff is just grain of salt record wise.... players injured, etc. OKC was 3-1 vs Dallas but two games Doncic didnt play, one Irving didnt play and they had a bunch of scrubs starting.. so a lot of caveats when it comes to that. But in general, seems like even matchup.
Pelicans without Zion are bad though. Clippers without Kawhi are very beatable.
But who knows? Maybe if Knicks were healthy with Randle they also wouldn't be as good lol, but they have been without him a while.
West is definitely way harder conference, but I think people underrate the Knicks. Tons of injuries all year, Thibs playing people crazy minutes, 6-7 man rotations and still winning.
It's sustainable until it isn't.. there has to be a limit. Don't think it's the finals but if we had relative injury-free first round.. there's no way anyone can say Suns and Clippers can out-talent people with any combination of old vets. We've seen last few years how just throwing talent together doesn't work.
Wolves are probably on different level than anyone right now in current form. Nuggets can get there but they're playing the Wolves. Thunder/Dallas have top end talent, but not sure about the overall rosters yet.
East has Boston who obviously have the talent AND fit but questionable heart, and Knicks have a lot of hard working players who are solid and one star.
Lot of different styles right now which is fun