Considering espn analysts are usually wrong, i'm not worried about the knicks rating... How do you assume with a better roster than the previous two years will finish worse than they did in the previous two years?...
That just doesn't make logical sense... Especially considering the bulls won't have Rose until after the all star break, if at all, the Nets have not proven they can win games yet, and the knicks will probably have a top 5 defense in the league.
People don't realize that despite Amare and Melo's lack of chemistry, they didn't have that big of a problem scoring as a whole. Once their defense picked up (and people got healthy)... The knicks became one of the better teams in the league.