Knick Knotes from a "Random White Dude"

"Formidable", yes, I said it.

Formidable: for·mi·da·ble – causing fear, dread, apprehension

No, I'm not talking about the upcoming television season during the writers strike. I'm talking about the New York Knicks, in a good way. The team, and not the off season mess of the coaches and organization and who said what to whom and when.

There are some websites with people being upset over the "formidable" spot (see below)? Who cares? "oh no, Boston may get upset", Who Cares? It's sport. Let's get some talk going, at least it will be about basketball and not the bs that took up the sport columns over the summer. This is in no disrespect to the Celtics, because as we all know, they have already been crowned the Eastern Champs before stepping on the court. But lets at least try to make the season interesting.

I know it's waaaaaay too early for this, but lets take a look at the numbers so far this year:
Boston: Garnett (22pts/game-16 rebs), Pierce (20-5), Perkins (5-5), and throw in Ray Allen's (25pts- 4 assists) and what about New York?:
Knicks: Zach (18pts/game- 12 rebs), Curry (16-7), Lee (10.5-7.5) and Jamal (24.5- 6.5assists)

So, If the Celts are the barometer for the East, I think the Knicks are starting off in the right direction.

They may have lost their first game of the season to the Eastern Conference champs- Cleveland (106-110) last week, BUT they played well for the most part. People will look to the missed free throws (9), but Cleveland missed just as many. The real problem came down to three things:

1. We didn’t defend the three. How many bombs does Gibson have to make before anybody covers him? Going into that zone at the end of the game didn't help either.

2. Gave them too many second chance shots at the end of the game.

3. Lebron James. What can you do? Dallas gave them a beat down in the Cav's home opener and held LJ to 10 points. You knew he would respond, and he did- 45points, ouch.

But getting a look at Zach (21-14) and Curry (18-7) playing together gave a reason to smile. Plus Jamal Crawford tossing in 25 points and 6 assists and Nate contributing 19 points of the bench made the loss a little more bearable.

I went to the home opener against the Garnett-less Minnesota T-wolves. Everybody got a sweet orange Knicks cap from Footlocker and the place was rocking. I was wondering what the turnout would be with all of the bad press and "NFL the game of the year" playing at the same time. There were some empty seats that's for sure but if the Knicks keep playing competitive basketball, they will come back. The game? Knicks baby! They won their first home opener in six years 97-93. Al Jefferson, the third year player who was the centerpiece of the Garnett trade on the t-wolves receiving end had 16 points and 12 boards. For the Knicks, Zach backed up his second game with (15-10), Curry had a respectable (14-7) and Jamal rained 24 points and dished out 7, Starbury came to the party throwing in 17 points and 7 assists.

DENVER Tonight! How is this for a homecoming? Welcome back Camby, Carmello, and the scene of last years brawl.

The Nuggets lost on Sunday at home to New Orleans, and shot poorly, look for them to want to come running out of the gate. Carmello and A.I. have started right where they left off last year scoring 28-ppg 24-ppg respectfully. Get ready to "D" up Q! and fellas, you gotta keep Camby off the glass! he's averaging 19 boards.

This one should be fun.