Playing Catch Up

Another weekend of college-fueled fun, another weekend of missed posts and games, lost forever.

Someone remind the Knicks this guy's no longer a Cav

Here's my quick update on the Knicks, for which I've come up with the following completely original title: "The State of the Knicks Address."

First, let's all agree to pretend that I never predicted the Knicks would come "out with a vengeance" and "blowout" the Cavs. Can we all agree that it's a good thing the Cavaliers are 21 games behind the Knicks and 15 out of the eighth seed? Because if this season is any indication, the Knicks would be handily swept in that playoff series.

Moving on from that ghost post (which still exists, if only to humble me when my many other predictions ring true), the Knicks are now 5-3 since the big trade, but really 5-1 once you understand that the Cavs have officially defined what it means to "have a team's number," rendering discussion of any Knicks vs. Cavs game moot.

Let's focus on the other games that the Knicks have played since Carmelo Anthony came home (and yes, I'm linking to that commercial again because every time I watch it I cry like I'm a member of the Miami Heat).

Further proof of blowout uneccesary
 (Photo: Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

The Knicks beat the Bucks, a team they should beat, using their prodigious (Walt Clyde Frazier word alert!) offense in the first game after the trade, or as it will henceforth be referred to as, A.C. (After Carmelo). Then, they had an impressive, gutty victory over the Heat, with a stifling defense, allowing under 90 points for just the third time this season. They were beating the Magic until Jameer Nelson woke up from a three-quarter coma, and lost by six. They massacred the playoff-bound Hornets by 19, and double-massacred the new-look Jazz by 22, with their bench on the floor for the entire fourth quarter.

So can't we just contract the Cavs from the league and strike their games this season from the record books? The Knicks would be 33-26 and approaching ten games over .500 (they haven't finished a season .500 or better, let alone ten games over .500 since 2000-01), having won 7 of their last 10 games. I like the sound of that.

Come on, humor me.