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Originally Posted by Banjoriddim
You are insanely optimistic... Yes Isiah is decent coach you have talent your team should have some balance and rotation but... Who of last playoff teams is going to fall of? Bucks? Maybe put they improved also... Then you have Magic who won 13 of theire last 15 games making strong case to become playoffs bound... Boston improved. Toronto was picked apart. You have some serious problems to overcome befor you can improve that much (like for example rebounding). 40 wins would surprise me 35 might not but...
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Of 30 teams in the NBA, we ranked 13th in the league in rebounds per game which is only 1.69 less than first place. We rebounded 41.4 rpg but held our opponents to 38.6 rpg last year and I believe that deficit to have been one of the best in the league. As far as us amongst other East Coast teams, you do take into consideration the fact that no one has regressed from last year. I think though that you underestimate the importance of what balance and a rotation could do for the Knicks. Last year with that, we went on a 6 game winning streak against some of the best in the league including the Cavs, Mavericks and Suns. In short, our improvement from just becoming accostomed to each other and taking advantage of what most teams have to work with might make our improvement much better than any other.