this is courtesy of cosmic's post over at realgm:

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Starting point is the ewing trade denoted with horizontal green line. Plotted per month based on record. Interim plots of important transactions or injuries included and documented. Season ending plots extended horizontally in orange lines. It's not meant to be an exact science, it's meant to be both fun and enlightening.

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Maybe download that actually and open in another program since some browsers like to crush images to fit a screen - thats not going to fly with this thing.

second source of same image if the above croaks out

Data used: (some revisions and double checks made during actual graph makings, this is kinda raw here specifically in how I noted end-month-day #s was just to guide plotting.)

2000-2001

09/20/2000 - TRADE - Ewing, Dudley, 2001 1st round Pick -- for --- Longley, Rice, Knight, Maxwell, Stepania, Borrell, 2001 1st round pick, two 2001 2nd round picks, 2002 1st round pick.
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11/19/2000 - INJURY - Camby Out - 7-4 (+3)
11/30/2000 - 9-7 (-1)
12/30/2000 - RETURN - Camby In 19-12
12/30/2000 - 19-12 (+5)
01/30/2001 - 26-16 (+3)
01/30/2001 - TRADE - 2001 1st round pick, 2001 2nd round pick -- for -- Othella Harrington, Erick Strickland. - 26-16
02/22/2001 - 31-22 (-1)
02/22/2001 - TRADE - Chris Childs, 2002 1st round pick, -- for -- Mark Jackson, Muggsy Bogues - 31-22
02/30/2001 - 33-23 (+1)
03/30/2001 - 42-30 (+2)
04/13/2001 - INJURY - Camby Out 47-32 (+3)
04/30/2001 - 48-34 (-1)
05/30/2001 - 2-3 (-1) - PLAYOFF

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2001-2002

07/18/2001 - TRADE - Clarence Weatherspoon aquired FA
08/10/2001 - TRADE - Rice, Bogues -- for -- Anderson, Eisley
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10/29/2001 - INJURY - Camby Out - 0-0 (+/- 0)
11/26/2001 - RETURN - Camby In - 7-8 (-1)
11/30/2001 - 8-8 (+1)
12/08/2001 - 11-9 (+2)
12/08/2001 - RESIGNED - Jeff Van Gundy - 11-9
12/10/2001 - SIGNED - Don Chaney
12/30/2001 - 13-17 (-6)
01/30/2002 - 18-25 (-3)
02/02/2002 - INJURY - Camby Out 18-26 (-1)
02/30/2002 - 20-35 (-7)
03/25/2002 - INJURY - Houston Out - 26-43 (-2)
03/30/2002 - 27-45 (-1)
04/02/2002 - RETURN - Houston In - 28-45 (+1)
04/30/2002 - 30-52 (-5)



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2002-2003


06/26/2002 - TRADE - McDyess, Frank Williams, 2003 2nd round pick -- for -- Camby, Mark Jackson, Nene
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10/29/2002 - EXTENDED - Don Chaney 1 year - 0-0 (+/- 0)
11/30/2002 - 4-10 (-6)
12/30/2002 - 10-17 (-1)
01/30/2003 - 20-25 (+2)
02/30/2003 - 25-33 (-3)
03/30/2003 - 32-42 (-2)
04/15/2003 - EXTENDED - Don Chaney 2 years 37-44
04/30/2003 - 37-45 (+2)

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2003-2004

06/11/2003 - INJURY - Allan Houston surgery.
07/23/2003 - TRADE - Latrell Sprewell -- for -- Keith Van Horn
10/09/2003 - TRADE - Dikembe Mutombo FA
11/30/2003 - 7-10 (-3)
12/06/2003 - INJURY - Houston Out - 7-14 (-4)
12/10/2003 - RETURN - Houston In - 7-16 (-2)
12/22/2003 - FIRED - Scott Layden
12/22/2003 - HIRED - Isiah Thomas - 10-18 (+1)
12/30/2003 - TRADE - Weatherspoon -- for -- Norris, Amechi
12/30/2003 - 14-19 (+3)
01/05/2004 - TRADE - McDyess, Eisley, Lampe, Ward, Milos, 2004 1st round pick, future 1st round pick -- for -- Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway - 14-21 (-2)
01/14/2004 - FIRED - Don Chaney
01/14/2004 - HIRED - Lenny Wilkens - 15-24 (-2)
01/30/2004 - INJURY - Houston Out
01/30/2004 - 22-27 (+4)
02/15/2004 - TRADE - Keith Van Horn -- for -- Tim Thomas, Nazr - 25-29 (+1)
02/29/2004 - RETURN - Houston In
02/30/2004 - 26-35 (-5)
03/19/2004 - INJURY - Houston Out - 32-37 (+4)
03/29/2004 - RETURN - Houston In
03/30/2004 - 35-40 (+/- 0)
04/17/2004 - INJURY - Houston Out
04/30/2004 - 39-43 (+1)
05/30/2004 - 0-4 (-4) PLAYOFF

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2004-2005

08/05/2004 - TRADE - Deke, Othella, FWill -- for -- Crawford, JYD
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11/01/2004 - INJURY - Houston Out - 0-0 (+/- 0)
11/30/2004 - 7-6 (+1)
12/08/2004 - RETURN - Houston In - 9-9 (-1)
12/23/2004 - INJURY - Crawford Out - 13-13 (+/- 0)
12/30/2004 - 16-13 (+3)
01/17/2005 - RETURN - Crawford In - 17-20 (-6)
01/21/2005 - INJURY - Houston Out
01/22/2005 - FIRED - Lenny Wilkens - 17-22 (-2)
01/22/2005 - HIRED - Herb Williams
01/30/2005 - 18-26 (-3)
02/24/2005 - TRADE - Nazr, Jamison -- for -- Malik, 2005 1st rounder, 2006 1st rounder
02/24/2005 - TRADE - Baker, Norris -- for -- Taylor - 22-33 (-3)
02/30/2005 - 24-33 (+2)
03/30/2005 - 29-41 (-3)
04/30/2005 - 33-49 (-4)

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2005-2006


06/25/2005 - TRADE - Kurt Thomas -- for -- Quentin Richardson, Nate Robinson
07/28/2005 - HIRED - Larry Brown
08/02/2005 - SIGNED - Jerome James MLE
10/04/2005 - TRADE - Tim Thomas, Sweetney, 2006 1st round pick, 2007 1st round pick swap, 2007 2nd round pick, 2009 2nd round pick -- for -- Eddy Curry, Antonio Davis, 2007 1st round pick swap.
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11/30/2005 - 5-9 (-4)
12/06/2005 - INJURY - QRich Out - 6-11 (-1)
12/12/2005 - RETURN - QRich In - 6-14 (-3)
12/30/2005 - INJURY - QRich Out
12/30/2005 - 7-21 (-6)
01/06/2006 - INJURY - Crawford Out - 9-21 (+2)
01/08/2006 - RETURN - QRich In - 10-21 (+1)
01/10/2006 - RETURN - Crawford In - 11-21 (+1)
01/18/2006 - INJURY - Marbury Out - 13-24 (-1)
01/25/2006 - RETURN - Marbury In - 13-27 (-3)
01/30/2006 - 14-30 (-2)
02/03/2006 - TRADE - Antonio Davis -- for -- Jalen Rose, 2006 1st round pick - 14-31 (-1)
02/03/2006 - INJURY - Marbury Out
02/22/2006 - TRADE - Penny, Ariza -- for -- Steve Francis - 15-38 (-6)
02/22/2006 - RETURN - Marbury In
02/30/2006 - 15-41 (-3)
03/15/2006 - INJURY - QRich Out - 18-45 (-1)
03/21/2006 - RETURN - QRich In - 19-47 (-1)
03/22/2006 - INJURY - Frye Out - 19-48 (-1)
03/24/2006 - INJURY - QRich Out - 19-49 (-1)
03/30/2006 - 19-52 (-3)
04/02/2006 - INJURY - Marbury Out - 19-53 (-1)
04/30/2006 - 23-59 (-2)


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2006-2007

08/07/2006 - SIGNED - Jared Jeffries MLE
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11/25/2006 - INJURY - Frye Out - 5-10 (-5)
11/30/2006 - 6-11 (+/- 0)
12/11/2006 - RETURN - Jared Jeffries - 8-15 (-2)
12/16/2006 - INJURY - QRich Out - 9-17 (-1)
12/16/2006 - RETURN - Frye In
12/18/2006 - BRAWL - Jeffries, Collins, Nate, James = Suspended - 10-17 (+1)
12/29/2006 - REINSTATED - Jared Jeffries - 13-19 (+1)
12/30/2006 - 13-20 (-1)
01/02/2007 - REINSTATED - Mardy Collins - 13-21 (-1)
01/10/2007 - RETURN - QRich In - 16-21 (+2)
01/10/2007 - REINSTATED - Nate Robinson
01/30/2007 - 20-28 (-3)
01/30/2007 - INJURY - QRich Out
02/03/2007 - RETURN - QRich In - 21-28 (+1)
02/25/2007 - INJURY - Lee Out - 25-32 (+/- 0)
02/27/2007 - INJURY - Crawford Out - 26-32 (+1)
02/30/2007 - 26-33 (-1)
03/09/2007 - INJURY - QRich Out
03/10/2007 - 8th Seed - 29-34 (+2)
03/30/2007 - 31-42 (-6)
04/07/2007 - INJURY - Marbury Out - 32-44 (-1)
04/30/2007 - 33-49 (-4)


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[Edited by - djsunyc on 05-08-2007 09:52 AM]

it doesetn make sense cuz it says our record last year was better than the one before... what exactly is the vertical numbers? Looks like the Camby trade was really the horrible one

Posted by Elite:

it doesetn make sense cuz it says our record last year was better than the one before... what exactly is the vertical numbers? Looks like the Camby trade was really the horrible one

No it doesn't, at least that's not what I see. Here's the graphical chart if you're able to understand it

From a Poster at Realgm

For those who are confused about the axis.......

the axis are measured by wins and losses.......

so for every win.....the line goes up.....and every loss the line goes down......



for example......in 04-05.......we had 33 wins........just like this season.........but this season we're much lower because we've continued to play under .500......

the graph is much more useful is you look at the short term trends......rather than the long term........

for example........we were MUCH worse is 2/02 then 2/07.........even though 2/02 is much higher...........but in the short term trend.......you can easily see we were much worse.

damn!

umm. it seems like the team got worse significantly whenever major players got injured. i'm not a doctor or anything, but... ;-)

someone epitomized this chart in a famous quote:

"The Ship be sinking"