For some reason (the lockout, or whatever), people are writing off NBA teams less than a week into the season.
The Celtics are dead and buried. The Mavericks probably won't win a game. And the Clippers are a Chauncey Billups-y mess.
As ridiculous and premature as it is, you can add the Knicks to that list if they get beat by the Lakers in LA tonight.
This is The Year for the Knicks. After season upon season of "rebuilding," this is the group that has to go and win. There's no more waiting for LeBron or Melo or CP3.
As a result, people will get real anxious, real quick if they get off to a slow start.
Last night's loss to the Warriors was an ugly as they come — they played like crap on two days rest against a Golden State team that didn't have its best player.
Combine that loss with the second half against Boston (a small disaster) and a rash of injuries (Iman Shumpert, Jared Jeffries, Baron Davis), and you have a seed of worry that could bloom into full-fledged a freakout with a loss to the Kobes tonight.
Will they actually be "in trouble?"
Will the anxiety be justified?
Will the four-season long rebuilding project be a waste?
No.
But people will start worrying if they fall to 1-2 tonight, and the pressure on D'Antoni and Co. will be very, very real.
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