Tip-off time approaching

I remain, despite the embarassing state of my belove Knicks franchise, a fan of the NBA. Last year’s playoffs, for instance, were thrilling — watching LeBron James come into his own but then run smack into the remarkable Spurs, a team that in many ways reminds me of the Knick title teams of yore.

This year features a lot of expectations for one of the league’s marquee teams — the Celtics — thanks to a pair of trades that make Boston the Eastern Conference’s most talented squad; another likely title run by the Spurs; a soap opera in Lakerland; what is likely to be the final run for the most exciting team in the league (the Suns, which will need to do some reconstruction if they fail to get to the finals this year); and an embarassing referee scandal.

The Knicks open Friday agaisnt LeBron in Cleveland. My prediction is another mediocre year, with the team approaching .500 — figure between 38 and 42 wins — and finishing behind the Celtics and the Nets in a weak division while sneaking into the playoffs (maybe).

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet