The positive feeling that washed over the Knicks' front office this summer has now been replaced by the reality of the regular season. One of the best ways to measure team progress is to break the season into 10-game evaluation periods, so The Vertical examines the early performance of the New York Knicks. In a league in which half the coaches are either in their first or second seasons, overanalyzing the job performance of coach Jeff Hornacek this early is detrimental.