Another one:

After the game, former teammates Rick Mahorn and John Long tried to comfort the embattled coach.

"Everybody is throwing him under the bus right now and it's not right," Long said. "He has to be accountable for some things, but the bottom line is he can't make his players play with pride."

This is the problem of trading for the players we have traded. This is why rebuilding this mess has to be done. Obviously all the Isiah doings have also helped this, but it isn't like these players have no responsibility.

When analyzing a team we usually forget that it is their job. They should all be fired by now for such a pathetic performance.

You don't even have pride for yourself that makes you try hard? Please!

I'd rather have players with less talent and more pride...

I wish someone on the knicks would make statements like this after a losing streak.


The Nets got a much-needed win.

"How depressing was it around here?" Jefferson asked. "I love Portland and Seattle, they're beautiful places. But there's a reason why they have a high suicide rate. I didn't think our team would make it. Someone was going to go down in Seattle if we lost both these games. Somebody was going to go down. Someone would have gone to a bridge and not made the plane. It might have been me. Seriously. Someone was going to lose it."