All this playoff talk is crazy during a gameday thread lol but I enjoy it. When thinking about the 1st round, I think about a win because I cant expect a trip to the finals this year but you never know... Look @ the 99 Knicks as an 8th seed. It's a new season once the playoffs start. The regular season becomes the preseason & the playoffs then become a playoff season.
So with all that, I'm not expecting but I'm thinking Easten Conf Finals.
1st round: Knicks vs ORL.
2nd round: Knicks vs CHI
3rd round: Knicks vs BOS
I much rather get an aging BOS team during the 3rd round before the 1st or 2nd rounds. If a team like ATL took them 7 games, the Knicks, during the Eastern Conf Finals; could also shock the world with Amare & Melo both being much younger that KG & Pierce @ the PF & SF positions. Kristic is NO Perkins. Fields defensive intensity & youth factor being MUCH younger against a player like Allen who needs to hustle off the ball to get open could end up killing Boston. I want Boston during the 3rd!!