My boy called me up this afternoon offering extra Nets tickets.  Kinda random I know, but shit was free so I took him up on his offer.  They played OKC, so needless to say the arena was half empty.  Four of us went to the game and sat in Section 118 -- for $1.50 per ticket no less -- and proceeded to get a little tipsy.  Now you know as a Knicks fan I can't ever root for New Jersey.  We ended up spending the entire time booing the fuck outta Vince Carter.  I preferred to wait until the crowd was quiet to scream about him being a disgrace and how the Nets would always play second fiddle to the Knicks.  The amazing thing is that not one person in the crowd even gave me a sideways glance.  Not once in the entire duration of the game.  That shit would not fly in the Garden, and I let people know about it.  The moral of the story is Nets fans are bitches.  They're the same fools who rooted for Pat and our Knicks in the '90s, only to abandon the franchise when NJ finally got competitive.  Fuck em...just wait till we're back on top (it will happen).  They'll probably come crawling back.  We'll have the satisfaction of knowing we stuck through the hard times.  All you true fans: keep your head up.  We're still better than the Nets, regardless of record. 

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(Editor's Note: Now that Avery's actually free, Starkstastic's diary from a couple days ago deserves another look. AJ as the Knick coach...what do you think?)

There has been no mention of this as far as I've seen. I think it's at least worth discussing, as Johnson's exit in Dallas seems likely. Mark Cuban and Co. were head over heels for this guy back in 2006 when the Mavs made it all the way to the NBA Finals, even taking a 2-0 series lead before the refs, ahem, Dwayne Wade and the Heat took over and won 4-2. We all remember Dallas's exciting, if not epic collapse to Golden State in last year's playoffs. Now it looks as if the same disappointing fate awaits Avery Johnson's club. Chris Paul has been unstoppable. J. Kidd has looked like absolute shit, something that makes me very happy. New Orleans looks younger, faster, hungrier, and even more talented. If Dallas can't get their act together the team may have to be blown up -- including getting rid of the coach. I anticipate a lot of you dismissing AJ as a solid candidate for his excitability and need for control issues, but the above picture of Johnson fisting Eddy Curry and the rest of New York's lackluster roster into giving a shit gives me hope for the future. All of the big personalities are not in the Knicks' long-term plans anyway, so who cares if player and coach end up clashing? Expectations are low, right? Primary objectives are to get under the cap while getting more competitive now, right? Why not Johnson? Don't get me wrong, I think several of the candidates already mentioned elsewhere could be nice fits. Mark Jackson is intriguing, and he has no shortage of praise from others who know him from around the league. Rick Carlisle is battle-tested and proven. I just don't feel an A-List coach is necessarily the answer. Herb Williams has great rapport with the players and within the organization; as a fan I would like to see someone from the outside coach so as to signify a complete regime change from Isiah. Even Paul Silas is an interesting wildcard because of his ties to LeBron. Obviously, Dallas is not done yet and there's no guarantee Cuban would fire his coach anyway. Even if this happens, New York could very well have found a coach already. All I'm saying is if Johnson becomes available and the Knicks are still looking, he should get a look. What do you guys think?

Nice work Seth.  This is definitely an upgrade.  Hopefully all these new distractions will take away from the pain of another 23-win season.  Let's go Draft Lottery!!!  If we don't get Derrick Rose, and end up with some brick layer combo guard like O.J. Mayo I'm gonna be pissed.  Do you guys realize we had 13% of our wins in this last week of the season -- when we were supposed to be losing?!?  This team is so frustrating.

I was watching the Georgetown - Nova game and the announcers (Billy Packer and Digger Phelps, I think) mentioned that they saw Patrick Ewing Jr. as having NBA talent and any team with a 2nd round pick should take a long look at him.  Phelps views Ewing Jr. as a better version of Renaldo Balkman.

So my question to all you Posters & Toasters is: Do you think anyone will take a chance on him?  The Knicks perhaps?  It'd definitely be a good PR move, but I doubt it'd happen unless Isiah gets canned prior to the draft.  Your thoughts?