How many games will NYK win this season?

Laimbeer · Post #1 » by **Laimbeer** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:13 am

Polling each fan forum to get their take on the upcoming season

melomax · Post #2 » by **melomax** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:17 am

How many of these threads do we really have to have?

JXL · Post #3 » by **JXL** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:17 am

Wha?

I chose 35-39, so around 37 is good enough.

nykballa2k4 · Post #4 » by **nykballa2k4** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:18 am

I expect 44 on the nose. We have basically 1/2 of Portlands team from last season with Melo playing the part of Alderidge.

melomax · Post #5 » by **melomax** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:20 am

nykballa2k4 wrote:Alderidge.

Melo "Stay Puft" Alderidge

nykballa2k4 · Post #6 » by **nykballa2k4** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:21 am

JXL wrote:Wha?

I chose 35-39, so around 37 is good enough.

We have the best roster since the 54 win season. Probably a top 3 roster since 99.

Knowing our luck, Lopez will miss 1/2 the season and he really is going to be our 2nd most influential player this season.

As always our guard play will be our bellwether.

nykballa2k4 · Post #7 » by **nykballa2k4** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:23 am

melomax wrote:
nykballa2k4 wrote:Alderidge.

Melo "Stay Puft" Alderidge

Knicks practice:

Post #8 » by **Thorn** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:23 am

We have discussed this in other threads but never in poll form so we wont lock it, honestly I feel like 34-39 wins.

JBreezeNY · Post #9 » by **JBreezeNY** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:23 am

Another one of these threads?

JXL · Post #10 » by **JXL** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:24 am

nykballa2k4 wrote:
JXL wrote:Wha?

I chose 35-39, so around 37 is good enough.

We have the best roster since the 54 win season. Probably a top 3 roster since 99.

Knowing our luck, Lopez will miss 1/2 the season and he really is going to be our 2nd most influential player this season.

As always our guard play will be our bellwether.

Take off the homer glasses for a minute.

We have little depth from our center and SG positions. Unless we get good backup center and SG, this roster is incomplete.

BallSacBounce · Post #11 » by **BallSacBounce** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:25 am

You can just ship the chip right now!

Nah, 34-39

melomax · Post #12 » by **melomax** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:26 am

nykballa2k4 wrote:
melomax wrote:
nykballa2k4 wrote:Alderidge.

Melo "Stay Puft" Alderidge

Knicks practice:

Yankeeknickfan · Post #13 » by **Yankeeknickfan** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:30 am

Who's the psycho who voted 60 or more? Let us know, so that we could get you help.

Yankeeknickfan · Post #14 » by **Yankeeknickfan** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:31 am

34 wins or less. That's enough for a top 9 seed.

melomax · Post #15 » by **melomax** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:35 am

my god how can people think we are 35 wins?

Melo playing 82 games last year with that roster = 35 wins.

RaZzMaTaZz · Post #16 » by **RaZzMaTaZz** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:40 am

As long as the Knicks at least get the 8th seed I'm satisfied plus a better record than the nuggets so they wont flip the pick.

Cant afford the Nuggets/Craptors get a top lottery pick cause of that horrible trade smh.

nykballa2k4 · Post #17 » by **nykballa2k4** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:46 am

JXL wrote:
nykballa2k4 wrote:
JXL wrote:Wha?

I chose 35-39, so around 37 is good enough.

We have the best roster since the 54 win season. Probably a top 3 roster since 99.

Knowing our luck, Lopez will miss 1/2 the season and he really is going to be our 2nd most influential player this season.

As always our guard play will be our bellwether.

Take off the homer glasses for a minute.

We have little depth from our center and SG positions. Unless we get good backup center and SG, this roster is incomplete.

Again comparison:
Rolo = Rolo
LMA ~ Melo (I actually think Melo is better but moving on)
Afflalo = Afflalo

then you look at the rest of the rosters:
Matthews, Lillard, Blake, Kaman, McCollum, Leonard, Crabbe,

Obviously Lillard is lightyears better than anything we have at point guard, so I can concede POR pg rotation of Lillard and Blake is FAR superior to Calderon + Grant.

In terms of b/u center... we have Kyle O'Quin who I perceive as better than Leonard/Kaman, but at least that's a push.
next to LMA, they had Batum, we will have Zingo, Williams, and a choice of Early, Ndour, or OTHER there. POR had Matthews during the regular season, so overall, POR would have a big edge here, but they still were competitive without him (and Afflallo was part of the filling in)
then they had McCollum who played a lot at the 2 and played VERY well in the playoffs, but regular season numbers have him at 7 ppg and 1.5 rpg.

In short, in terms of production, Knicks are going to need Derek Williams to be a scorer to the tune of 15 ppg, and if he does that, we are a Damien Lillard away from being the Blazers (so we are 2 giant steps from 51 wins in the west, which translates to IMO 44 wins in the east).

DaGawd · Post #18 » by **DaGawd** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:49 am

I'll go 41

riter · Post #19 » by **riter** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:51 am

We have 3 legitimate nba players that would get rotational minutes on most if not all nba teams.
Melo/Rolo/Afflalo. Two of them are role players.

This puts too much pressure on Melo and the young guys.
I just don't see the wins.
Hope I'm wrong.

DaGawd · Post #20 » by **DaGawd** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 1:53 am

riter wrote:We have 3 legitimate nba players that would get rotational minutes on most if not all nba teams.
Melo/Rolo/Afflalo. Two of them are role players.

This puts too much pressure on Melo and the young guys.
I just don't see the wins.
Hope I'm wrong.

Calderon would still get minutes on most teams even if he has lost a step.