Beasley: With Melo, we’re 5th seed

Michael Beasley views himself as a scoring machine, constantly touting his points-per-minute averages. He’s also a quote machine.

Beasley, the former No. 2 pick who has had a journeyman career, said the rebuilding Knicks, if Carmelo Anthony stays, will make the playoffs as a “five, six seed’’ because of their scoring potency.

Beasley also made an out- rageous boast that he still has faith, at age 28, he’ll become an All-Star and “one of the best in the NBA’’ with more playing time.

Introduced to the media during a Tuesday press conference in Tarrytown, Beasley said he’s hoping Anthony, who grew up in Baltimore, a stone’s throw from Beasley’s D.C.-area hometown, doesn’t get traded.

Las Vegas has put the Knicks’ over-under for wins at 30.5.

“Tim Hardaway Jr., Carmelo Anthony, Kristaps Porzingis and myself — those are four guys that can score 25 points per game,’’ Beasley said. “Then you add in Lance Thomas, Kyle O’Quinn, Joakim Noah — let’s not forget about that All-Star. It’s up to us to put it together just like it was up to them last year. Whatever happened last year is what happened. But I’m here now, and I’m going to do everything I can to get everyone on the same page, even if that page is beating me up every day in practice.

“Do I see us better than a 30-win team in Vegas? Listen, I don’t even go to Vegas. So yeah, I do. I think we’ve got a position to be not only a playoff team, but a five-, six-seed team if we do it right.’’

Doing it right means keeping Anthony, who is on the trading block. Beasley wants to be Anthony’s sidekick, not his replacement. Anthony hasn’t been one of the 15 or so players at Tarry- town’s voluntary scrimmages the past two weeks, instead hosting his own pickup games at his gym in Manhattan that some Knicks have attended.

“Listen, Carmelo’s been like my mentor,’’ said Beasley. “I’ve known Carmelo since I was 13 years old, one of my best friends. I can’t wait to play with him.”