<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> October 25, 2006 -- The Knicks' motto this season should be, "Good seats still available. Very." The 23-59 Team Titanic disaster and subsequent sloppy Larry Brown firing has resulted in waves of season-ticket holders to cancel, at least for this season until Isiah Thomas proves the league's most expensive roster can actually post victories and not set payroll records. The Post has learned the season-ticket base has dropped a significant 15 percent from last season's opening-night total - which includes full and partial plans. And a source connected to the Garden said the final full season-ticket plan tally could be the lowest in 20 years, dating to the season before the Patrick Ewing Era began. The Garden does not release season-ticket figures. But Garden president Steve Mills told The Post before last season's opener their base was on par with the prior season's - approximately 13,000. Incredibly, the fans kept coming last season, as the Knicks became a morbid curiosity, laughingstock of the city and fodder for David Letterman monologues. Now they may just be bad, without the soap opera. The Knicks' first three preseason games at the Garden, including last night's 113-102 victory over Philly, drew half-full houses. (The Mets held playoff games during the first two). The club announced inflated totals of 14,402, 13,902 and last night's 16,346. Brown's Knicks averaged 18,931 Garden fans, which ranked sixth in the NBA - 95.8 percent capacity. They also achieved a respectable 24 sellouts for a team that posted the most losses in franchise history and the second-worst record for a 82-game schedule.</div> Source
