On this Halloween,as I'm about to fly to Memphis on the eve of the Knicks season, I wonder if their record (0-0) now will be the best we see all year. By the next holiday, Thanksgiving, this team could be deep in a hole. Seven of the first 13 games of the season, right up until Nov. 22 at Minnesota, are on the road. But the bigger issue is that some of the opponents are a tough matchup for the Knicks, from two games against the San Antonio Spurs in the second week of the season, to two games against the Houston Rockets (who is going to guard McGrady and Yao?), and games against the Cleveland Cavaliers (LeBron) and Miami Heat (everyone).
Tell me where you pencil in the W’s.
My guess is they head into the Minnesota game 4-8 at best. That might even be an optimistic outlook.
Look, I don’t want to bury the Knicks before the ball is even tipped-off in Memphis tomorrow night because I know nothing kills a fan’s anticipation for a new season like negativity. But until Jared Jeffries comes back from his injury and shows he can be the defensive stopper that Isiah Thomas says he is, I figure this team will be involved in some wild final scores and, most likely, on the losing end of most of them. I wonder if they can get the Spurs and Rockets into a running game so they aren’t dominated by the half-court grinder. I wonder if they can eliminate Shaq by making him run. D-Wade, however, might torch them anyway.
All I can say to the die-hards is take it one at a time and hope the Knicks win the games they are supposed to win. Opening night, with Pau Gasol out with an injury, the Knicks catch a break against the Grizzlies, but it's still no gimme. However they should win Friday in Atlanta, which means they could come home 2-0 for the Garden opener on Saturday against the Indiana Pacers.
That’s about all the Kool-Aid I can pour out right now.
I’ll check back in before the game tomorrow and give up some stuff from the shootaround and any lineup information. Right now, it’s pretty clear the starters will be Marbury and Francis at guard, Richardson and Frye at forward and Eddy Curry at center. Key subs will be Crawford and Lee with newcomer Kelvin Cato in to give Curry a breather.
Oh, I almost forgot. My lyric of the day. I always listen to Public Enemy when I fly.
In this corner with the 98
Subject of suckers - object of hate
Who's the one some think is great
I'm that one - son of a gun
Drivin' by - wavin' my fist
Makin' 'em mad when I'm goin' like this
Top gun - never on the run
They know not to come cause they all get some
Goin' quicker in the speedin' lane
Jealous can't do it and it's causin' them pain . . .
Comments (22)
if they can't protect the house, i predict the knicks start the season 4-17. what do you think, alan?
Um...Alan Hahn: Does editing out negative comments about your writing skills on this blog make you a man big guy?
Does it make you a better journalist?
Or does editing out negative comments about you on the blog make you a phony and a fake?
Hmmmmm.....I am gonna go with the phony/fake because it certainly does not make you credible, or a man, or a good journalist.
You might want to revisit my point that your writings make you sound like an "extra large idiot".
I am done with you.
Why have talent....when you can use censorship Alan?
Why be creative, when all you have to do is write some lyrics that pander to punks Alan?
A mind is a terrible thing to waste, good journalism and freedom from censorship apparently weren't taught at your "College" Alan.
hey, mike22 and raymond. . .didn't anyone ever tell you that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all? i mean really, what a bunch of tools the two of you are. mike22, you must be a harvard grad with your brilliant posts, and raymond, if newsday had any sense, they would edit every word you post.
keep up the good work, alan. don't let the jealous ramblings of these morons get you down.
Apparently, not everyone loves Raymond.
Oh my oh my, Alan Hahn went and asked his mom to make a post here on the blog as "Chief"! HA HA HA HA! "Hey Mom, you can call yourself --CHIEF--but please don't tell them who you are Mom....just defend me because the bloggers are saying I have NO WRITING SKILLS"!! Alan Hahn you are a complete hack. Keep on editing and censoring if that really makes you a better "writer". What a joke.
Truth is that your thoughts are the worst thing in town.
You should try asking someone elses opinion....why just panic and worry about mine Alan?
It is with irony that Alan Hahn uses lyrics from Public Enemy to give himself some sort of blog credibility...I guess the Captain and Tennille songs just don't provide the same sort of dramatic gangsta quality .
Drivin by..waving my fist...
Is that a rap song about Larry Brown and his acrimonious negotiations with Dolan... or is it a replay of when Alan Hahn was cut from his basketball team?
So sad...
Yes Chief, you would have made a great commie and mouth piece for the president because we all know that we live in a country where people better watch what they say. NOT.
After the last few pathetic years, we SHOULDNT censor ourselves. If we did, it would mean we are resigned to being the laughing stock of basketball on the planet (I heard Knicks jokes in Greece and a sports commentator in south america talk about how bad some local soccer team was saying he was afraid they were going a joke like the Knicks !!)
I think 4-8 is a very optimistic guess just because the west is much better even among teams which arent top 8.
The first two games HAVE to be won. Its that simple. Memphis lost players and have injuries and Atlanta is...well, we reaaaaaally shouldnt make fun of the Hawks around here. That would be like Rosie Odonell calling someone fat.
And I have no problem giving the runner a chance, its only fair. But that generosity ONLY applies to Thomas coaching, not his GM role.
I know the salary cap will never be addressed in NYC when a mediocre player like Jeffried ends up costing 60 million (with the tax) and no one bats an eye but could Jalen Rose's huge contract been worth something in Feb. or heavens forbids; taken a brick out of the payroll?
Why the hell was Rose brought in last year? Did no one watch a Raptor game to see see him play? The only reason I though he was here was because his contract's expiration was gonna make him a very coveted guy.
So we just chucked the contract?
How can a GM make two moves with one player and BOTH moves be wrong?
Maybe Thomas should use the Costanza do-the-reverse method and if all his gut feelings tell him one thing: do the opposite.
Thanks for the props Alan ..read you all the time..are you related to Don? Mets c fielder....? My prediction ...Knicks 44-38 season...Marbury-Steve Francis jell by 10th game...Frye gotta step up...Jeffries is gonna be rusty when he returns unless hes totally Rodman like 18 rebounds a game adding to his 'd'...Crawford needs to 'see' other teammates...Curry needs somebody like Oakley as a personal coach...btw I work with the Starbury brand and they were great on tour stages last month..on tour 55 ...light and gripping..I cant speak for them trying to keep up with Iverson and Kobe though ...only Steph can.
...oh yeah, the best thing LB coulda done is play Nate, David Lee, and Frye like he did last year...they're fearless for second year cats now...and I could be bias but i'm forever a Isiah Thomas fan no matter what...I think he has the respect of those players to go to the next level. Beyond 44-38 I dont know ..but i'm gonna enjoy this season like I di that 6 game win streak last year...regardless of what anybody says last year was at least more interesting than that mediocre playoff year the year before..when we knew we
didnt have chemistry,,..then again what do I know? Im gonna watch and enjoy, damn better than having to be a fan of the Hawks....
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Blogging, out of necessity, has resulted in a language all its own, that may vary according to the blogging community. This language includes shorthand in the form of acronyms which are used in certain blogging communities to speed up writing, allow for reading ease and/or to creatively circumvent censors geared to ban certain words or phrases.
The Knicks blogging community has its own special language which is constantly developing, but which can take newbies, without assistance, a while to understand. When I first started posting on Knicks Knation (another paper’s blog), I would ignore certain acronyms simply because I had no idea what they meant. For example, it took me forever and two days to figure out that “ROLF” was not a perverted dog bark, but shorthand for “rolling on the floor laughing.” I now imagine how many funny jokes (or jokes mis-identified as funny) I probably missed simply because I did not understand the blogger language.
Well, here we are at training camp and the agreed upon purpose of training camp is to get the team in shape and everyone on the same page. In that spirit, I offer the Fixers my compilation of often used acronyms and their meanings; it is my Acronymic-tionary. This is meant to be a benefit to the newbies, but hopefully, it will also serve those old heads, like myself, who just skip what they don’t recognize or understand. This list is not exhaustive, so feel free to add to it; nor is it a guarantee that you will finally understand what a FIXER has written, but it should reduce some of the guess work and enhance your Fixer Fellowship.
ABS = All BS or Anucha Browne Sanders depending on circumstances
AH20 = Alan Houston, #20
BARF = “Be A Real Fan” or “Be A Real Fart” depending on who is making the reference
BLT = Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato
BTW = By The Way
CTFU = Crackin’ The Funk Up
DL = Down Low (see RDL)
DLT Knicks = Dave Love’s Those Knicks
ESP = Extrasensory Perception or “Extra Stupid Post” depending on circumstances
HOF = Hall of Fame
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
IT = Isiah Thomas
JJI = Jared Jeffries
JJ0 = Jared Jordan
JJXXXXXXI = Jerome James/ aka / “Big Snaxxxx”
JJIIDD = Jerome James Lives at Dunkin Donuts
KBI❤U = DVJ’s Summer Wet Dream – “Kobe Bryant I Wish You Wore Orange and Blue”
KF = Knicks Fix
KFL = Knicks For Life
KK = Knick Knation (Daily News Blog)
LB = The unmentionable HOF coach, La**y Bro*n
LGK = Let’s Go Knicks
LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off
LMBO = Laughing My Off
LOL = Laughing Out Loud
NYC = If you don’t know, you’re on the wrong blog and on the wrong planet
OPP = Other People’s Players
OTP = Other Team’s Players
MAK = No Meaning Whatsoever
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