| The season starts for the Knicks today so lets take a look at the first addition of this years Knicks roster power rankings! 7 new faces this season and since no games have been played this week is just going on gut instinct and what I saw in preseason. I’m in a good mood so this will probably be the most upbeat rankings you’ll see all season. | |||
| Rank | Player | Comments | Last weeks Rank |
| 1 | Anthony, Carmelo | He’s the best player on the team by a very large margin. I’m hoping to see more passing and less iso plays now that the Knicks have an actual system. He’s also going to have to play acceptable D for the Knicks to make the playoffs, which he is definitely capable of. | – |
| 2 | Stoudemire, Amar’e | Amare looked good in the preseason on offense. Maybe taking baths in red wine actually helped. Hopefully he’ll continue to look good on offense, having another scorer on the floor should result in more ball movement. | – |
| 3 | Smith, J.R. | I’m not sure if JR should be this high, but if you just look at talent he’s a top 3 player on this team. No clue if he’ll behave or not but I think we’ll know after the 1st quarter of the first Sunday noon game. | – |
| 4 | Shumpert, Iman | It’s year 3 of getting excited for the leap Shump is about to make. Lets hope it actually happens this year. He’s up this high for being the only player in the top 10 that can actually play defense. | – |
| 5 | Calderon, Jose | A real point guard. An actual real point guard! He’s 32 and bad at defense and still our best point guard since that one good season Marbury had. | – |
| 6 | Hardaway Jr., Tim | If only we can make a frankenstein combo of Hardaway’s offense, JR’s athleticism and Shumperts defense. I’m not expecting THJ to be good on defense but not being the absolute worst would be great. | – |
| 7 | Dalembert, Samuel | Dalembert looks like he can clog up the middle a little bit. I’m not super impressed but I don’t think there will be any days where I’m mad at him either. | – |
| 8 | Acy, Quincy | Oof, these rankings are getting real tough already. Acy had a nice dunk in preseason and he has a cool beard. Apparently that’s good enough for #8 on this list. | – |
| 9 | Larkin, Shane | Not sure what to make of Larkin yet. He’s super fast, but in preseason I didn’t see too much other than running around really quickly. | – |
| 10 | Prigioni, Pablo | I love Pablo but I have a feeling he’s not going to play unless there are 1 or 2 injuries. | – |
| 11 | Smith, Jason | The Knicks sure do have a lot of big guys who can shoot midrange jumpers and not do much else. | – |
| 12 | Bargnani, Andrea | Bargs is already injured. I have a feeling he’s going to be a resident bottom 5 in these rankings. | – |
| 13 | Aldrich, Cole | Phil already said Cole isn’t going to play unless there are a lot of injuries. Not sure why, he seems just as capable as Smith and Bargs. Of course knowing the Knicks injury history he’ll be starting by January so it won’t be an issue. | – |
| 14 | Early, Cleanthony | Early is a lot more raw than I thought. If the Knicks fall out of the playoff picture I’d love to see him get a lot of run as he’s one of a total of 3 guys on this roster than can actually defend. | – |
| 15 | Wear, Travis | Glad Travis made the team, he impressed me in preseason. It looks like he’ll be spending most of his time in Westchester so I’ll leave him down here until/unless he plays in actual NBA games. | – |
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