T-9. New York Knicks
Proj. record: 40-42
Last season: 32-50
The Knicks were the most improved team last season in terms of win-loss record, and now they've added former MVP Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to the fold. If healthy, our projections could short the Knicks. However, our panel knows that Rose has missed 244 games the past five seasons and Noah has missed 68 games the past two seasons.
Yeah and last year ESPN predicted Charlotte to win 34 and they actually ended up winning 48. They predicted New Orleans to win 46 and they actually won 30.
I'll let you in on the secret for predictions. You take how many games a team won last year and for most almost every team, add or subtract less than or equal to 5 wins. Seriously, they did this for 11 of the 15 teams. The only exceptions besides us were Milwaukee where they added 6 wins instead of 5, Miami where they subtracted 12 wins (reasonable given the loss of DWade and likely Bosh), and Philly where they felt obligated to predict 20 wins when they only won 10 last year because why add insult to injury.
Read between the lines, with the exception of Philly, where the difference between 10 and 20 wins is almost trivial, ESPN predicted the Knicks to have the biggest improvement from last year by improving by 8 wins. From a prediction standpoint, that's pretty aggressive. Long story short, they marked us as literally the only bad team from last year who they are predicting to be in playoff contention this year in the East, which I think is fair.
Last years prediction was pretty good. 14th in the EC 25-57 record, actual was 14th in EC and a 32-50 record. This year they have us tied for 9th in the EC with a 40-42 record. Pretty disappointing prediction if you ask me, with the addition of a DRose, CLee, Jennings and Noah I expected ESPN to predict the Knicks would make the playoffs, pretty gloomy of them to predict DRose or Noah to get injured for the reason the Knicks won't make the playoffs.
My prediction somewhere in the middle of DRose Knicks super team and not making the playoffs predicted by the ESPN analysts. 48-44 record 5th seed in the East.
Yeah and last year ESPN predicted Charlotte to win 34 and they actually ended up winning 48. They predicted New Orleans to win 46 and they actually won 30.
Pretty bold prediction picking the Pacers over the Cavs to win the EC. Lebron and Kyrie coming back from down 3-1 against the Warriors didn't convince you to pick to them to repeat in the East.ESPN prediction are a month early this offseason .. must be the money$$$
Over half the teams in the Eastern-Conference added winning players to their team in June n July.
And some of these East teams are not finish signing and trading players ...
Im guessing ...
1-Pacers
2-Cavs
3-Bulls
4-Raps
5-Celtics
6-Hawks
7-Pistons
8-Hornets
Wizards and the injury-prone Knicks 9th seed
Pretty bold prediction picking the Pacers over the Cavs to win the EC. Lebron and Kyrie coming back from down 3-1 against the Warriors didn't convince you to pick to them to repeat in the East.
I mentioned in the NBA playoff thread that I would have liked to see Green not suspended and Bogut healthy but those are the breaks. Can't take anything away from the Cavs coming back from down 3-1 to become the only team in history to do that.If Draymond Green doesn't get suspended do you truly think the Cavs would have won?
Agreed and don't see Bulls that high, they are getting love cuz of Wade but to me thats crazy. I honest to God wanted Lee over Wade, splash aside it's just a better fit. Wade isn't a very strong defender anymore to me, and they have Rondo and Wade who aren't strong perimeter shooters, defenses will sag and clog the lane. Basically Mirotic better have a huge year spreading the floor or I don't see their roster being a great combination of parts. Also while I hate saying it as I hate the Celtics, I see them much higher than 5th, top 3 to me.Pretty bold prediction picking the Pacers over the Cavs to win the EC. Lebron and Kyrie coming back from down 3-1 against the Warriors didn't convince you to pick to them to repeat in the East.
Agreed and don't see Bulls that high, they are getting love cuz of Wade but to me thats crazy. I honest to God wanted Lee over Wade, splash aside it's just a better fit. Wade isn't a very strong defender anymore to me, and they have Rondo and Wade who aren't strong perimeter shooters, defenses will sag and clog the lane. Basically Mirotic better have a huge year spreading the floor or I don't see their roster being a great combination of parts. Also while I hate saying it as I hate the Celtics, I see them much higher than 5th, top 3 to me.
If Draymond Green doesn't get suspended do you truly think the Cavs would have won?
Pretty bold prediction picking the Pacers over the Cavs to win the EC. Lebron and Kyrie coming back from down 3-1 against the Warriors didn't convince you to pick to them to repeat in the East.
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Agreed and don't see Bulls that high, they are getting love cuz of Wade but to me thats crazy. I honest to God wanted Lee over Wade, splash aside it's just a better fit. Wade isn't a very strong defender anymore to me, and they have Rondo and Wade who aren't strong perimeter shooters, defenses will sag and clog the lane. Basically Mirotic better have a huge year spreading the floor or I don't see their roster being a great combination of parts. Also while I hate saying it as I hate the Celtics, I see them much higher than 5th, top 3 to me.
If Draymond Green wouldve got Suspended for kicking OKC player Adams, GS wouldve been eliminated 4-1 in the OKC series. Last season the officials let GS Warriors get away with a million fouls on opponents throughout the regular season to where opponents stop playing to win, because as soon as u touch a GS player the reffs called a foul. PHONEY! PHONEY! PHONEY!
I'm with u bruh. These Knicks are going to make those BSPN haters eat their 9th seed prediction.nobody will respect the Knicks until the season starts and they're putting away teams consistently. We're going to win between 45 and 55 games and the internet's head will explode