"Less than a month into the season a majority of teams already have played 25 percent of their schedules.

Time flies when you're playing back-to-back-to-back.

Except for the bizarre dismissal of Paul Westphal in Sacramento just seven games into the season, the coaching carousel hasn't begun to turn, and there is no doubt the no-time-to-think season is playing a role.

If things are going so badly for an owner to ponder a change on the bench, will a new coach have time to effect real change when there's no real opportunity to practice?

Knicks fans who chanted "Fire D'Antoni" and "Phil Jackson" from the rafters during New York's loss at home to the Bucks should consider what their team might look like trying to adapt to the triangle offense without the benefit of weeks and weeks to learn one of the most theoretically structured of offensive systems."