KB, I’m a horrible photographer. You don’t want any pix from me I don’t think. But, I’ll probably post something about the game by Friday.

They were, 18-32 in games WITH Marbury. Even with that 6-0 stretch, were they really going to go from 18-32 to 12-10? I don’t think so.

But yes, the Knicks last year certainly were hurt by injuries. Just not as much as this year’s team (also, note how LB started jerking David Lee around last year even AFTER the Knicks were 6-0 while playing Lee a lot – lordy, was LB infuriating).

As to the other teams that John mentioned re:injuries, injuries CLEARLY affected every single one of those teams dramatically, just like the Knicks!

The Lakers, injured, are barely making the playoffs. Healthy, they were challenging for a top 4 seed!

The Wizards, as Jon Abbey mentioned, have been TERRIBLE since they lost Arenas and Butler.

And both the Heat and the Nets were hit big by injuries – they were just better than the Knicks to start with!

The Rockets, I will give you, Van Gundy did a great job with them (but even then, he DID have T-Mac, who is better than anyone on the Knicks).

Oh, and to whoever mentioned the Knicks losing to teams TRYING to lose. That is untrue. The Knicks happened to be in a weird situation where, with all these teams out there tanking, they happened to get the teams that WEREN’T (with one or two exceptions – and they BEAT one of the exceptions, Milwaukee). They were facing teams that really WANTED to win, for playoff positoning (Detroit, Toronto, New Jersey and Chicago) or trying to make the playoffs (Orlando and, surprisingly, Philadelphia).

I’ve never heard of anything like this, ref issues are usually handled internally and VERY quietly. It sounds like the guy just had a nervous breakdown. Tim Duncan is arguably not only the most respected player in the NBA but the most respected player in all of sports with a spotless record of good sportsmanship and leadership both on and off the court. If you’re going to eject him he better have been on camera dropping his pants in front of the crowd or something, not on camera…doing absolutely nothing at all.

Reminds me of the first scene of that Billy Crystal movie…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041700958.html?hpid=moreheadlines

some pretty good commentary here.

Bernard King: I don’t remember the last time a Davey Crocket [sic] joke made me laugh. I haven’t heard much original material in the last 20+ years. The Animal House reference–very nice.

steve: Chick Fil*A–nice call. My girlfriend swears by that stuff, but I can’t do it. I’m allergic to peanuts and everything there (except the salad) is fried in peanut oil. If I do go, however, let me know if you want me to stop and pick up some fries for ya ;)

Sly: do you think I can get a sign into the stadium big enough to write, “his defensive (in)efficiency and turnovers are killing the team?” OR would you suggest just going with, “Hey Isiah! Read Knickerblogger.net!”

Ted Nelson: Put it this way, Hollinger pointed out in a recent column that Joe Dumars is the inverse of Isiah. He drafts terribly, but has a penchant for playing the trade and FA markets much better.

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I’m leaning towards going to the game… depends on how much work I can get done between now and tomorrow.

I think it’s clear that Dolan always wanted Isaiah back, and so he “made the call” at an earlier point in the season than he had promised.

He didn’t want to risk waiting and have to make the decision in the face of ACTUAL final performance.

He was obviously right to be worried.