JPZ & TRILL.... Your sigs made me laugh out loud! Good stuff.
FORGET BOS, screw them too. I'm back to being a diehard Laker fan.... Even might purshase a Kobe shirt just to help his merchandising status (over LJ). LOL!
Lebron so badly wants to be MJ, and win "multiple" titles. It would be SWEET to watch Kobe tie MJ, get his 6th ring, all at the wet-Dream-scream-Team's expense. Watch Phil ride off into the sunset with his FOURTH 3-peat, at the expense of Pat "the Rat" who coined the term. It would be so cool.
Then we watch Gilbert-Dolan rob a year of these clowns prime, and shut off the lights on the 2011 season.
Anyway.... enough about that.
I DO THINK WE ARE A PLAYOFF TEAM. For the first time since 10 games into the 2008 season, Mike D'ant can really coach this team. This is the KNICKS. NO planning for 2 years, no nothing. We can no gel and develop chemistry because know everyone can embrace this team as their own.
Felton-Amar'e will give this team character and be our leaders. Turiaf will keep everyone loose and lead by example. This trio alone will set a positive example for the young ones.
I think Gallo makes huge strides this year.... He's now comfortable and relaxed, and that will only fuel his confidence.
I'm not sure what we'll get from Azubuike because of his injury status, but I think Walker will open people's eyes.
David Lee worked hard, but we have to credit the coaches for helping his midrange shooting. I think this will manifest itself again in a year or so with Randolph, but this year I just expect him to run around and creat Boris Diaw type havoc.
Douglas will become more consistent.
Not sure what we get this season from the rookies, or from Curry.
Chandler better put it all together!
All-in-All I see us being a 6-8 seed. Maybe we get lucky and avoid MIA in the first round.
Good news.... If Curry shocks us at all, we match up well vs MIA, b/c we finally have beef in the middle. That's MIA's achilles heel (which LAL will expose)
I predict 49 wins.