Yes I'm sure D'Antoni's record with the Knicks is TOTALLY indicative of how the team is going to do this season given the whole "two rebuilding and tanking years in order to get LeBron James" thing.
That being said I think the Knicks have more adjusting to do than the other teams. Whereas most of the other teams in the East are adjusting to maybe 1-2 new players on their team compared to last year, we have 10. Of the 9 players who saw minutes in the game against the Kings, only four of them played for the Knicks last year (and two of them only towards the very end, Douglas and Walker).
We have a new Point Guard (in a D'Antoni offense where the PG is KEY nonetheless), a new #1 option, a couple of ROOKIES anchoring our team (Fields, Douglas, Mozgov for all intents and purposes). Are we going to start off slower than some other teams? Goodness, I'd hope so.
Furthermore I'm concerned about whether having Boozer back really helps the Bulls that much. Yes, Boozer is a really good scorer and he has an excellent post game, but he's also a terrible defender. Taj Gibson on the other hand seems to play pretty good defense and is also a capable scorer - yes, he's not Boozer, but he's a much more balanced player...does Chicago really benefit that much if they lose Gibson and his shotblocking ability and get Boozer and his god-awful defense back? My goodness Boozer was as bad on defense as David Lee wa.s..