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Wed 29 	Orlando
Sat 1 	at San Antonio
Mon 3 	at Orlando 
Wed 5 	Milwaukee 
Fri 7 	Sacramento 
Sat 8 	at Milwaukee 	
Mon 10 	at Cleveland 	 
Fri 14 	at New Jersey 
Sat 15 	Indiana 	
Mon 17 	Boston  

one of the Milwaukee games, maybe Cleveland, and one fluke game.

Case, Martin - I like your confidence in this team. I am going to predict 2-4 games are W's...and thats with some luck. However, I remember last year they beat Sac because they must not have been taken seriously. This year Sac knows they need to get home court for the playoffs so I dont see a repeat. That is a rough starting schedule for this team...if H20 is healthy I would say maybe 5 W's but I wouldnt put any money on it.

Orlando - loss
San An - loss
Orlando - win/loss - Orlando isnt consistent enough to write off NY in game 2
Bucks - win/loss - not enough talent on that team to gurantee a W
Sac - loss
Bucks - win/loss
Cleveland - loss/win - Lebron who?
Jersey - loss
Indy - loss
Boston - loss/win - without Twan this team wil struggle


[Edited by - oasisbu on 10/28/2003 10:48:45]

Man, the knicks are in for hard times this year... they might, just might be one of the worst teams in the league... with all the injuries, and no young bench of athletic, guys - we are going to be in the bottom 5 teams all year unless our guys get healthy.

News reports have Chaney saying that Houston won't be 100% all year. That Dyess is not coming back for a bit (end of November, probably earliest). Mutombo really is done. Van Horn is hurting now, and can't carry a team by himself. Eisley is junk. Ward still has knees that are done for (bone on bone - the guy should have retired 3 years ago since being diagnosed with no cartilage left in his knee). Lampe is hurt. Slavko is young, but still slated as the Knicks as a bust (not my wording...). Harrington is injured and trying to be dealt. Knight was just cut. We have no back-up SG. Anderson can't hit a jumper. Guys, let's just pack it in.

Posted by playa2:

KNICKS WIN 4-5 GAMES OUT OF 1ST TEN .Mutumbo will make our defense better and bring back some passion to the knicks overall.

4 _OR_ 5?!? Which ones?

There's only one way a team this injured and crummy can come out of the first ten 50-50, and that's by playing defense-only, rebound-heavy, get-to-the-free-throw-line-at-all-costs basketball. No jumpers, no 3's, no running game. Keep the other team below 80 pts a game, don't worry about making baskets except at close range. Keep hitting the other team, even if your guys foul out. Do not let anyone get in the lane. The only way to win here is to win UGLY.

Personally, I don't think they have the stones between them. One or two guys will play tough, but it takes a lot more than that, especially when outmatched by so many opponents. McGrady, if healthy, will have a field day unless they double- and triple-team him.

2-8, I say. Given this is Layden's last stand this season, if they are really bad by All-Star break, expect Layden to do everything short of selling off his mother to make a deal, unless he's such a cream puff he just backs down and lets his job disappear.

D&R:

That's a frightening prospect I hadn't considered: a lame duck Layden handing off one or two more ill-conceived midseason trades as a parting bag of crap to whoever inherits the mess. I'm hoping even our shrewd management won't let that happen.

Fact is, there's not much we could trade that would hurt us, aside from picks and (I hope) this year's rookie crop. Everyone else is either overpaid or not that good or both. Of course, there always are worse, even more overpaid players out there, and we seem to have a nose for 'em.

I hope this really is LayDown's last chance to gouge out the hearts of the true Knicks fans. We have almost the highest payroll in the NBA and we look like this...

DefandReb, I am with ya 100% on running Dolan outta here. Hopefully LayDown, Mills, Chaney and Queef (KVH) go with him.

Lawd, please.... please get these fools outta here.

Ned,

The whole Eastern conference sucks. NJ and Detroit are so-so, Indy maybe has some good games, but the whole conference stinks. And we cannot even make the playoffs most likely? Unacceptable. Miss the playoffs one year, well, it's a transitional season. Twice? Still putting the pieces in place. Thrice? Uh-uh, no way. I'm happy about adding some youth, but we didn't add athleticism. We are stuck in a rut, and are not climbing out. And this is the highest-paid team in the NBA. Disgusting. Did you read what the Vikings owner did last week after Minny lost its first game after going 6-0. He said they "humiliated" the franchise. Harsh. For going 6-1. Though he kind of apologized for it, that's the kind of owner I would rather have, a hard-ass. 38 wins? YOU'RE ALL FIRED, GET THE HELL OUTTA MY SIGHT YOU MAGGOTS!!! That's what I want to see. A psycho who expects nothing less than victory.

Posted by DefAndReb:

...a hard-ass. 38 wins? YOU'RE ALL FIRED, GET THE HELL OUTTA MY SIGHT YOU MAGGOTS!!! That's what I want to see. A psycho who expects nothing less than victory.

Sounds like the way Real fans are. Remember when that was a real fan? Damn... Times'a'changin'.....