The Spree-less portion of the schedule is now over, and it was a disaster.

When Latrell Sprewell returns Saturday, the Knicks may not get any better - but it can't get any worse than last night's humiliating 108-87 loss to the Jazz that has stamped the Knicks as the league's laughingstocks and got them booed out of the Garden.

Memphis fired its coach yesterday after an 0-8 start, but knowing Garden boss James Dolan, Don Chaney may receive another contract extension following the Knicks' most inept showing of the season.