What's wrong with Melo? This blows cause my little brother loves him and I was planning on taking him to the game this weekend for his b-day. Bummer. But.... YAY! For us, better chance to win, bet Amare goes off tho.
[rquoter]Carmelo taking next two games off to rest his injuries, D'Antoni says. Could return tues[/rquoter]
http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...dwyane-wade-new-york-knicks-miami-heat-battle May miss game against pistons too.
If the Knicks lose the game against the Rockets, they will tie the Nets for the 7th worst record in the league. No 'Melo.
I really think this pick could end in the lotto. They are just an injury away from being terrible. I don't think Bdiddy is gonna be there savior. I hope we make the playoffs and the NY pick still sets us around 10 or 11. (Trying to be hopeful and realistic) although I realize they probably will still make the playoffs.
The Knicks will have to have one of the 2 worst records to have a 100% chance of drafting in the top 5. They will have to have one of the 3 worst records to have at least a 96% chance of being in the top 5. If they have the 4th worst record, they have a 82.8% chance of being in the top 5. If the 5th worst, they have a 55.2% chance of being in the top 5. If 6th worst, the chance drops to 21.5%. If 7th, it drops to 15.1%, and it gets lower and lower from there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Draft_Lottery Realistically, they really have to have one of the 4 worst records in the league to feel pretty safe (82%) about keeping the pick, and I doubt they can really out-tank some of the truely horrible teams (CHA, WAS, Detroit, SAC, Toronto, New Orleans(NO is not that horrible, but being in the West, they'll play a significantly tougher schedule)).
