#1: Like Clos said, with the lottery you can never tell. The Blazers had the worst record last year and ended up with the 4th overall pick.
#2: How on God's green earth are going to declare that two weeks into the season?
#3: Let's check out the teams the Knicks were playing: Three of their losses were at the hands of NBA championship contenders in San Antonio twice and Houston. In each game we held our own. Indiana and Denver are decent playoff contending teams and Atlanta looks much more improved from last year. This November our schedule is going to be tough playing many solid teams, so how can you say the Knicks are bound to have the worst record?
#4 When was Oden ever in Chicago?