Can anybody catch the Knicks in the Atlantic?

PetroNet · Post #241 » by **PetroNet** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:09 am

TheProfessor wrote:NYK are the cream of the crop in the Atlantic, the Knicks are playing at a level of basketball far beyond their competition in the atlantic. They are playing like the 2011 Mavs 1 dominant scorer (melo, Dirk), 1 defensive anchor (Chandler, Chandler) and a whole host of 3 point shooters and spacers as they have each have a microwave too (JR and Terry). NYK as much as I hate to say it is just better than any team in the atlantic

about that....

knicks are going in the complete opposite direction of the rest of the atlantic right now.

since the knicks last win over the nets(december 19th):

Nets 20-10
Knicks 13-14
Celtics 17-11
Raps 16-13

JoseRizal · Post #242 » by **JoseRizal** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:10 am

What a jinx of a thread this turned out to be... Hats off to you TS :lol:

Bertrob · Post #243 » by **Bertrob** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:12 am

Wow the raps have been good since december 19th

Paradise · Post #244 » by **Paradise** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:32 am

JDs_loot wrote:Even if Felton doesn't shoot the ball well, he still ia very important to the team. He is the second most important player on the team. If we had him yesterday we would have won.

Without Felton: 6-6
With Felton since injury: 6-5

Care to explain?

kasino · Post #245 » by **kasino** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:51 am

One game still 2nd

PetroNet · Post #246 » by **PetroNet** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:59 pm

Paradise wrote:
JDs_loot wrote:Even if Felton doesn't shoot the ball well, he still ia very important to the team. He is the second most important player on the team. If we had him yesterday we would have won.

Without Felton: 6-6
With Felton since injury: 6-5

Care to explain?

what about "we dont have shump and amare yet! we dont have shump and amare yet! we will be soooooo much better when they come back!"

8-7 w/ shumpert back

11-10 w/ amare back

8-7 with both shumpert and amare back

wowzers!

oh wait, my bad i forgot... "were missing sheed! wait til sheed gets back!"

PetroNet · Post #247 » by **PetroNet** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:01 pm

JDs_loot wrote:
PetroNet wrote:
JDs_loot wrote:
There's no such thing as a favorable schedual if you're a bad team. The nets are a bad team. Deal with it.

Nobody is catching the Knicks.End of story.

hows that working out for you?

It's working out fine. The nets still are a bad team. They're just playing over their heads right now, like they did early on in the year. The knicks will the Atlantic by a wide margin. End of story.

man it sucks that the nets stopped playing over their heads and the knicks dominance has led to such a wide margin in the division :roll:

Don Draper · Post #248 » by **Don Draper** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:25 pm

The Knicks aren't very good. They just overachieved early in the season.

seren · Post #249 » by **seren** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:32 pm

I am going to go ahead and say no. I give NJ no chance to catch the Knicks. Philly, Boston and Toronto are way too back to have that chance.

SweetTouch · Post #250 » by **SweetTouch** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:39 pm

It's surprising how their 3 pt snipers are back to being average

who would of thought this would happen... :lol:

Yungsta404 · Post #251 » by **Yungsta404** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:50 pm

Pimpwerx · Post #252 » by **Pimpwerx** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:55 pm

SweetTouch wrote:It's surprising how their 3 pt snipers are back to being average

who would of thought this would happen...

Yeah, man. It was borderline heresy to even suggest that their early season success was aided by hot 3pt shooting. I acknowledged their defensive effort then too, but that has long since fallen off a cliff. The team just ain't that good right now, and unless they're guns are blazing, they're pretty easy to beat. PEACE.

Post #253 » by **Flash3** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:59 pm

It's crazy how good a team can be when their shots are falling from all over the place - but when everyone plays to their averages, we really see how good (or bad) they are.

It's like this for any team who relies on long distance shooting as much as the Knicks do/did. They still have yet to find a way to incorporate Melo as a playmaker and use his greatness to their advantage - but I'd say that's more on Melo than the staff itself.

Still a long ways to go and to top it off, the Knicks are still 2nd in the Conference.

seren · Post #254 » by **seren** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:17 pm

Let's get real. NJ is barely winning games. They are still down 3 losses. Their schedule is not getting any easier. Don't hold your breath NJ fans. You will be lucky to keep the fourth spot.

JoseRizal · Post #255 » by **JoseRizal** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:46 pm

seren wrote:Let's get real. NJ is barely winning games. They are still down 3 losses. Their schedule is not getting any easier. Don't hold your breath NJ fans. You will be lucky to keep the fourth spot.

Unless you're referring to the Devils, I don't think there's a New Jersey team being discussed here... :roll:

NYK_89 · Post #256 » by **NYK_89** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Pimpwerx wrote:
SweetTouch wrote:It's surprising how their 3 pt snipers are back to being average

who would of thought this would happen...

Yeah, man. It was borderline heresy to even suggest that their early season success was aided by hot 3pt shooting. I acknowledged their defensive effort then too, but that has long since fallen off a cliff. The team just ain't that good right now, and unless they're guns are blazing, they're pretty easy to beat. PEACE.

You guys really just don't know what you are talking about... Sorry..

We were winning the cold 3pt games earlier in the season, with Shumpert and Amare back we are going inside far more often just as a team we are playing like **** in every facet of the game. Saying LOL THE 3 POINTS STOPPED GOING IN shows a pretty clear lack of knowledge of the Knicks problems right now.

PetroNet · Post #257 » by **PetroNet** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:49 pm

SweetTouch wrote:It's surprising how their 3 pt snipers are back to being average

who would of thought this would happen...

and a real shock that their cast of 40 year odls wouldnt stay healthy/keep up their level of play goign 20-30 minutes a night.

PetroNet · Post #258 » by **PetroNet** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:54 pm

seren wrote:Let's get real. NJ is barely winning games. They are still down 3 losses.

Yea, id much rather get blown out by 35 points against indy then to "only" beat them in overtime by a few points...without Dwill
:roll:

Their schedule is not getting any easier. Don't hold your breath NJ fans. You will be lucky to keep the fourth spot.

yeah that stretch we have to start march of:

@charlotte
Washington
@Atlanta(no smith?)
Philly
@New Orleans
Atlanta
@ detroit

is a reaaaaaal killer stretch :roll:

dreamchaser · Post #259 » by **dreamchaser** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:54 pm

the nets have more wins then the knicks right now so it's possible that they can win the atlantic division but i doubt it... i just can't see the nets winning the division & i don't see the celtics catching either team...

seren · Post #260 » by **seren** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 6:17 pm

PetroNet wrote:
seren wrote:Let's get real. NJ is barely winning games. They are still down 3 losses.
Yea, id much rather get blown out by 35 points against indy then to "only" beat them in overtime by a few points...without Dwill

Their schedule is not getting any easier. Don't hold your breath NJ fans. You will be lucky to keep the fourth spot.

yeah that stretch we have to start march of:

@charlotte - L
Washington - W
@Atlanta(no smith?) - L
Philly - W
@New Orleans - W
Atlanta - W
@ detroit - W

is a reaaaaaal killer stretch

5-2 is not a bad stretch (I am being optimistic of course). The Knicks will not go 0-5 so it ain't enough to catch. After that, things are going downhill for NJ. Good news for NJ is Williams may sit down for a while if the injury is serious. CJ is a good player and JJ shines without Deron. If you guys can somehow unload Deron today for an expiring, things may get significantly better.