"There's no Patrick Ewing in the draft; so you guys better go for the playoffs."

He said that on NBAtv. I thought it was interesting. A pick around 6 or 7 would still probably yield a better player (via draft or trade) to play with Marbury than a pick around 12 or 16 if we make the playoffs. But I'm not gonna root for the team to lose, especially now that they're starting Sweetney and giving Ariza meaningful minutes.

Bonn, you kept saying at the beginning of the season get ready for a real bumpy ride that's probably gonna end up at the .500 mark. Looks like you might be totally right. THis is like a psychodrama reality show. I root like cray for us to beat the Laers, then when we fall apart at the end I'm thinking about the draft pick getting highter. It's prorbably just goin to keep getting crazier as the season goes on. How's this for the stupidest of all stupid optimism - what if AH somehow recovers enough to give us an outside presence by playoff time to complement the wave of inside players we now have? I know it's insane, but '99 was insane too.

if the new CBA has a 20 year min age, this is probably going to be the best draft for a few years to come- so if your getting a high pick, this will be the year.

And this guy is like what, a Fantasy basketball commentator?