The Knicks Wall’s Statistical Projections

Through the use of a weighted statistical projection, the Knicks Wall will attempt to project the rotation of the Knicks, as well as the production of players, based on per minute production. Before explaining how these per game numbers were projected, it is essential to take note of a few things. First, it will be very noticeable that Iman Shumpert, Rasheed Wallace, Marcus Camby, Chris Copeland and James White will not be in the projected rotation. For Shumpert, Wallace, and Camby, their injury situations are too fluid to make a reasonable estimate on how many minutes they will be able to play. For the purposes of this projection, the minutes are based on what the rotation may look like while those players are injured. James White and Chris Copeland are not included because there is no evidence to suggest that they will get any consistent minutes, even with said injuries. In terms of injuries, Amar’e Stoudemire is projected on the assumption that he returns on Christmas (while this is not necessarily true, the formula needs an estimate of games missed to be accurate as possible). Lastly, all stats are as of December 18, 2012.