As per Thomas B.’s Week in advance:
What to watch for: Second chance shots. The Bucks are the best in the league right now at offensive rebounding, and they’re second in the league on the defensive glass. The Knicks are not a strong offensive rebounding team (27th) and they are in the bottom half of the [...]

Today’s big moves - if the Randolph report is a real deal — are all about money, specifically cap room in 2010.  Again assuming that Randolph is moving to LA in the reported trade, the Knicks can now re-sign David Lee and Nate Robinson and still have about $17 million in cap room that summer. [...]

Here’s the link.
Wow, what a day!!

Formerly: “Trade Rumors Starting to Percolate”

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(Note: The gray defensive circles labeled 1-5 are position specific. A point guard is a 1, a center is a 5, etc.)

Who’s going to protect the paint when the big men are sixteen feet away?

Stu Jackson helped give the Knicks a punter’s chance of winning tonight by suspending Kevin Garnett one game, so the All-Star Forward will miss tonight’s game. Then again, he missed two games against the Knicks last year as well, and the Knicks lost both games.
In other news, apparently Gallinari may “only” need to rest two [...]

Hello everyone. Thomas B. here, Kool-Aid in hand, to introduce a new Sunday feature. Each week, I will compare the Knicks’ against those of their opponents and provide some insight on what to watch for. The Knicks have three games this week – a home game against Washington after road games [...]

The Knicks face a slumping 2-7 Dallas team at home this Sunday evening.
The Mavericks are on a five game losing streak and consider this a must-win.
From the Star-Telegram via Mavs Moneyball:
“We’ve got to get a win somehow,” Dirk Nowitzki said. “Scratch, fight, whatever it takes. It’s not pretty. We’ve got to find a way to [...]

The Knicks’ opponent tonight may be playing without Kevin Durant, which would only make this game an even more important one not to screw up.
How many wins can P.J. Carlesimo’s team possibly manage this year? They look terrible.

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Has it been a week already? Well, close enough.
(Note: The gray defensive circles labeled 1-5 are position specific. A point guard is a 1, a center is a 5, etc.)

As you can see, it’s not [...]