Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?

So His Excellency John Hollinger unveiled his NBA 2K8 playoff odds about a week ago.

According to his formulae, the Knicks have a 0 percent chance of making the playoffs right now, and have a "best possible record" of 35-47 based on 5 trillion different projections or something. I imagine that will only get worse (the projected record, that is), after their inevitable loss to the Mavericks tonight.

C'mon now Johnny. The Knicks are terrible yes, and will not make the playoffs unless Marbury and Isiah perform some sort of unholy midnight ritual in which Stephon transmogrifies into his coach circa 1985. But 0%? I mean, not to be a homer, but if the Hawks go on a 4 game losing streak, Lebron doesn't come back for a while, and the Knicks string together a few wins, NY is not too far out. The odds of this are small, but not nil.

I'm not faulting Hollinger's system, which is probably correct, but I'm faulting the fact that many people (including J-Holl) are taking stock in such nonsense when we're only 1/4 of the way into the season. There's still a crapload of basketball left to be played.

Erm, there any way you think the Celtics are going to win 70 games? That's ridiculous, but as of now Holly's system indicates that there's a fair chance the Sell-Tix will best the Bulls' 72-10 record. Get outta here with that nonsense.

- WAW