[FanHouse] Rockets interested in Cousins... and Carl Landry

I predict NY wins 37 games.

 

Actually Felton is a reason why they have played well as of late. I agree with the previous poster about the Knicks, they are not very good, they've played the softest schedule in the league thus far.

 

...precisely, which shows why they need an upgrade. I don't think you guys are getting it though, they don't have to be very good, they have to win 41 games. Not that hard.

 

Can we bring back Dorsey too?! PLEASE! PLEASE! :grin:

 

I think the Knicks have fairly decent shot at the playoffs barring a Amare injury. Yeah, their bench is not the strongest in world and they have no concentrated effort on defense, BUT these other teams are just as flaw, or pretty much the walking dead.



You can already count NJ and Toronto out, if their rosters stay as is. Probably Detroit to.

The only team in that 8, I would put money on for the playoffs is Indiana. The other team is I have to say the Knicks, since they are the only team in that group that really has top 15 player on their roster (Amare Stoudemire). That's what separates the Knicks from some of the other teams.

 

If we get Cousins and he acts somewhat normal. There's no way we do not at least make it to Western Conference Finals. Barring too many injuries.

Look at our front line

Yao/Miller
Scola/Hill/Hayes
Cousins

 

You're putting Cousins at the 3?

 

Carmelo Anthony is coming to Houston baby!

 

I'm pretty sure you don't get it. Let's just say that they have to win 41 games to make it to the playoffs. That's a .500 record. They've had the softest schedule in the league to date and they're only one game above .500 now. If they're not well over .500 at this point, what makes you think that they're going to be at .500 when their schedule tightens up on them and they're playing through a stretch of games like this:

12/12 Denver (11-6)
12/15 Boston (14-4)
12/17 Miami (12-8)
12/18 Cleveland (7-11)
12/22 OKC (13-6)
12/25 Chicago (9-7)
12/28 Miami (12-8)
12/30 Orlando (14-4)
1/2 Indiana (9-8)
1/4 San Antonio (15-3)
1/7 Phoenix (9-9)
1/9 Lakers (13-6)
1/11 Portland (8-10) NYK already lost 1 game in series
1/12 Utah (15-5)
1/14 Sacramento (4-12) NYK won 1 game in series
1/17 Phoenix (9-9)
1/19 Houston (6-12) NYK already lost 1 game in series
1/21 San Antonio (15-3)
1/22 OKC (13-6)
1/24 Washington (5-12) NYK already won 1 game in series
1/27 Miami (12-8)
1/28 Atlanta (12-7)

Red = There's no way NYK will go .500 against these teams
Green = This is their best chance to pick up wins during this schedule
Black = NYK has a good chance to go .500 against these teams

There are a lot more RED games in that 2-month stretch than GREEN games for NYK. In fact, it's 13-3. Being only 1 game above .500 right now, you're telling me that you think they'll still have a .500 record by the end of the season after what you see in store for them through December and January?

Not So Bold Prediction: New York Knicks will not finish above .500 at the end of January, and will not be on track to finish the season with 41 wins on February 1st, 2011.

 

So the NBA Season ends on February 1st 2011?

I hate to break this to you, but everybody in the east plays the same schedule. I'm glad you highlighted that their WC road trips are mostly in December and January, like they are pretty much every year, for most EC teams.

But thanks again for pointing that out.

Really.

 

Can't believe I'm saying this but.....no to Landry

I like Hill's potential and aggression.

Besides after Starting, Landry isn't gonna want to ride the bench here in Houston

 

So you still choose to be blind.

I highlighted the stretch I did because it was the best stretch of a very long schedule that supported my side. It was a lot of work and I didn't see the point in carrying it out for the rest of the season. But since you don't care to do your own legwork to attempt to make your case stronger, then I suppose I'll do it for you.

They're 10-9 now.

They play 5 games before the stretch I described, and probably they'll go 3-2 against them to put them at 13-11.

Then there's the stretch I described. 6 Black games (likely 3-3), 3 Green games (let's assume 2-1), and 13 Red games (lucky to go 3-10) giving them an expected record of 21-25.

They play 10 games in February. 4 are against opponents with an above .500 record. 6 are against opponents with an under .500 record. Say they go 6-4 giving them a record of 27-29.

They play 18 games in March. 10 are against opponents with an above .500 record. 8 are against opponents with an under .500 record. Following my prior example, they would go 8-10, making them 35-39 at the end of March.

They then play 7 more games in April, but of those 7 they would need to win 6 of them to have 41 wins at the end of the season (April 13th).

I guess that's what you mean by 'not that hard'.

I'm not saying that it's impossible for them to hit 41 wins, or even to make the playoffs. I'm saying that it isn't as easy as you claim it is for New York to win 41 games this season. And so if people argue that New York may not make the playoffs, they have a good reason for thinking it.

 

And if I cared enough, I could do the same for the other 3 teams in the East that are contenders, though it would be a waste of time - you're spinning your wheels, they're all flawed teams, all the Knicks have to do is not be the worst of the 4.

 

I see you're a man of conviction.

It's so much easier to make a statement and repeat it multiple times, to believe it true, than it is to make a statement and to back it up. But hey, whatever works for you, right?

I'm just asking you to not discredit other people's opinion that New York won't make the playoffs. To say that they're "just not getting it" seems a bit disrespectful if you're not willing to back up your argument.

They may make the playoffs. But it won't be "not that hard".

 

I haven't seen much of the Knicks but I remember reading Alan Hahn tweeting some fans about their easy schedule so far. I think they will come crashing down to earth once they start playing the tougher teams in the East and West but the East is so weak.

Ultimately, I don't think they will make it. Indiana looks like they've turned some type of corner, I like Milwaukee to rebound and Charlotte or Washington will get their act together. I do think it will come down to the wire and if they do make it, it wouldn't be a surprise.

 

My statement is that the Knicks play the same schedule as every other team in the East.

You really want me to go through the schedules and "back it up"?

 

SamFisher, do you want to go to the Knicks vs. Heat game with me? You seem like a pleasant character, this could be fun!

 

If no one disagrees with or questions the statement, then it's pointless to back it up.

But you know that this isn't your statement.

 

You won't need even 40 wins to make the playoffs in the East, look at the standings.

Charlotte, Milwaukee, even Cleveland, have potential to overtake the Knicks, but Knicks are the favourites and they'll be in playoffs unless they do a very crappy season. You never know, with Pringles could happen.

 

someone told me that demarcus cousin's work ethic is similar to derrick colman's work ethic (lazy as hell).