the team is much improved. added dougie mcbuckets, gasol, mirotic, and rose.
and removed boozer. how can you NOT see that's a DRASTIC improvement.
knicks had their best player all season and were
then lost chandler and felton for calderon and dalembert
NY didn't win 54 games
last season with their best player and a healthy J.R? They didn't go 16-5 when J.R. got healthy at the end of this season? Tyson didn't play like trash when NY won 54 games, getting owned by
Roy Hibbert (of all people) in the process? Tyson didn't make matters worse after that season by coming back and missing 27 games this season? Tyson doesn't get the flu
every post season in NY? Sam didn't outplay Tyson the past 2 years? Please, don't make me post the stats. José isn't an elite PG? Please, don't make me post the stats. José isn't an elite shooter? Please, don't make me post the stats. Cole isn't an elite rim protector, elite defender, elite rebounder, and better than Tyson? Again, don't make me post the stats. As trash as they were to start, didn't they only miss the playoffs by 1 game, and again, playing very well when J.R. got healthy? Wasn't it their start that did them in, and not their entire season?
Did NY get Phil? Did NY get the G.O.A.T. offense? Did NY get a coach that coaches defense more intensely than Kerr ever will? Did NY get a coach who has his players playing super hard for him because he commands such a high respect (a quality Kerr also doesn't have)? Did NY rank 9th in opponent ppg? Will their defense be even better from a system that helps your defense? With a healthy J.R, will their offense rank better than a miserable 20th, helping them win more games?
Are Rose
and Noah coming off of injury? When is the last time Rose played most of a season? How many times has Noah done it in the last 5 years? When he did it last season, what happened?