Wally Szczerbiak tells The Post if this is a better Knicks playoff team and who could be the difference

NBA analyst and former All-Star Wally Szczerbiak takes a shot at some playoff Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.Szczerbiak will be in studio with Bill Pidto and Alan Hahn for MSG Network’s pre- and postgame coverage during the Knicks’ first-round matchup against the Hawks — with contributions by Alex Monaco, Monica McNutt and Tyler Murray. A: You can never predict.

… I would think they would be because of the depth of their roster, and how many guys they can trust off the bench, and the different kind of rotations that Mike Brown has experimented with.… I remember when I played for Mike in Cleveland, he really did a thorough analysis of who he was playing, matchups in each individual playoff series.

And I remember the first round we played against Detroit, and I was playing a lot of minutes, I was the first or second guy off the bench, but that series I didn’t play much at all because he didn’t like my matchup guarding Tayshaun Prince.So he wanted to keep LeBron [James] on him, I think, most of the time.

I don’t even know if I even played until maybe Game 4, we won all four in a row.And he explained to me, he was like, “Wally, just stay ready, this series I’m gonna experiment with some stuff.

I’m gonna watch the matchups, see how the series goes.” … The following series we played Atlanta, and my matchup was different, I was taking on [Ronald] Murray, and I played like 25, 30 minutes every game and we won 4-0, and I played a lot in the Eastern Conference finals because I was matched up with Rashard Lewis, he liked that matchup for me.… He has a lot of options now with who he’s gonna go with off the bench.

… These are all options that I don’t think the team had last year that Mike Brown and his coaching staff have at their disposal this year.I personally would think they’re a little more equipped for success and the opportunity to win a championship.

That’s how this team has been coached all season long.They’ve bee...