They know they can roll the balls out their and beat the bottom

I never pegged you for this kind of guy Bob

I’ve more or less thrown in the towel on understanding this team. I think I understand the players and overall quality, but not the variance in effort.

Completely human nature, Strat and at your age and gambling experience level, I’m surprised you don’t recognize it.

All the starters are locked in contractually. Guys like MR that ARE playing for a contract, generally play hard but are limited within a certain level.

They “know” they will be somewhere between the 2 and 4 seed, and it doesn’t much matter. There is no one above them who they cannot beat in the conference and no one below the top 4 where they can easily sweep. They don’t have a psychopathic leader like Jordan who is driven and will force the others out of their comfort zone.

They know the playoff are going to be a grind no matter who they play so they are playing out the string waiting for game one of the first round.

They know they can roll the balls out their and beat the bottom dwellers 9 out of 10 playing hard for 20 minutes and that’s precisely what they are doing.

I’ll give you a hint: when healthy, they are all definitely better than us. When healthy.

But being 2-3 key injuries away from the finals isn’t the worst place to be.

And I’m desperately hoping Deuce comes back soonest, because as with Tatum it’s likely to be a while before he has his legs under him and his rhythm back.

Apparently last night’s win clinched the season tiebreaker vs Boston cause it guaranteed the Knicks will have the better division record. Knicks now have the tiebreaker vs both Cavs and Celtics for whatever that’s worth.