No matter what the die-hard Ewing haters tell you, The Knicks are not a better team than they were a week ago. In the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the Knicks were exposed as a team desperately in need of rebounding help. New York hasn’t improved themselves a lick in that department with Luc Longley and Travis Knight playing at the 5 spot. The addition of Glen Rice and his wife puts the Knicks in the same predicament they were in when Ewing was in the mix. With three supremely talented perimeter players on the floor at once, shot distribution is sure be a sticking point all year long.  Almost all of the local beat writers expect the Knicks to move Houston or Sprewell and another player to Atlanta for Dikembe Mutombo before the season begins. For all of his shot-blocking and rebounding prowess, bringing in a 34-year old, one-dimensional player in the last year of a 14-mil a year contract is more a quick fix than a real solution. Don’t forget: Larry Johnson (6’ 5” and shrinking daily) is our starting power forward and his understudies, Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas lack the durability and discipline, respectively, to take his spot. We’ve got some problems and we’re way too capped out to solve them without another blockbuster trade.  Forget about the Conference title this year, people. As constituted, New York might be the third best in their division, behind Miami, Orlando and a shade better than Philadelphia.  At least when the Knicks go out in the second round for the fifth time in seven years, the fans won't have Patrick Ewing to blame.

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