Seth from P & T has a must-buy T-Shirt for all you fans excited about tomorrow night’s game. Pay homage and Declare.

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Knicks Mecca has some interesting trade possibilites.

Great link to an apparent NBA commercial starring Danilo Gallinari (finger point to AD1 for the link)

According to Marc Berman, Nate Robinson’s time in the starting lineup will be short lived as Mike D’Antoni plans to re-insert Chris Duhon as the starting point.

Despite “winning” back his job, it is clear that Duhon is not the answer to the Knicks woes at the point.  With the deadline looming, Donnie Walsh will work the phones for a second option at the very least.

As for Nate, most people on this site agree that he is at his best as a scorer off the pine.  He was not overly effective setting up the offense against Cleveland.  Actually, on multiple occasions, Nate killed possessions by dribbling for too long and running out the shot clock.  He is not the answer to the Knicks’ PG woes either.

Acie Law remains on the market, and while I would not mind giving him a shot, I have not been overly impressed with him since the Hawks drafted him a couple of years ago.  Perhaps he just needs a fair chance to prove himself, but who knows.

Via Hoopsworld-

“…Acie Law and his camp have been given permission from the Charlotte Bobcats to talk to teams and try to find a situation that makes sense for the point guard. The New York Knicks have shown the most interest in Law and his expiring contract. The Indiana Pacers have also had some conversations with Law and could be a potential suitor if New York doesn’t work out. Law still has a lot of potential and many believe he could still be a great point guard if put in the right situation…”

The Law situation, from what I understand, is part of several moves the Knicks are monitoring. I can’t gather any information linking Charlotte to Jared Jeffries, but Law would be a fit if the Knicks can move Nate Robinson or Chris Duhon, the latter an unrealistic possibility.

Via NY Daily News

“…Eddy Curry vowed to be healthy enough to play again this season even though the veteran center is convinced Mike D’Antoni won’t give him a chance to get on the court.

“Odds are I’m not going to play,” he said. “For my own sanity I would like to come back.”

Curry, who had arthroscopic knee surgery on Jan. 18, has appeared in just seven games this season and 10 over the last two years. Curry also revealed that he intends to exercise his $11.27 million player option for the 2010-11 season…”

Okay so let me get this straight. You know you’re not going to play, but you’re going to take every cent of the money you are earned instead of agreeing to a  very expensive and reasonable buyout and having another opportunity elsewhere?

Sweet.

BOX SCORE

That’s the effort you’re looking for.

That was a tremendous game to watch from a fan standpoint as the Knicks gave everything they had and came up short at the end of the game.

In the first half, it appeared as if the Cavs were going to score 200 points with Lebron getting 100.

Seriously, I’ve never seen a team score easier in the early stages of the game. Then Lebron rips off 24.

In the second half the Knicks, behind Nate Robinson and Al Harrington, made a huge push as Wilson Chandler, David Lee and Danilo Gallinari sat and watched.

The combination of Robinson, Chris Duhon, Jordan Hill, Harrington and Jared Jeffries really clicked tonight.

Hill, to me, had his most impressive performance as a Knick finishing with 8 points on 4 of 5 shooting, and looked good in the pick and roll and offered up impressive jump hooks, in 19 minutes. He didn’t record a rebound, but played very strong post defense and did a decent job keeping Lebron in front of him.

Like to see more and more of him as the season goes on.

The Knicks have now lost 11 of their last 15 games.

On the heels of a most disappointing effort last night, the Knicks will face the Cavs tonight in Cleveland.

What else is there to talk about? The game is always about Lebron, and the Cavs have the ability to take the Knicks out in the first 8 minutes. I’d like to see some fight out of a group that hasn’t had much of it lately.

What the team has to focus on now is finding a way to play hard every possession until the week after the All-Star break and just see what happens.

Without googling, who is wearing #54?

Finger point to upnorthtrips for the link.

Welcome Pavlos Gorgey to TKB as our new video editor. Don’t worry, the search for a new contributor continues, and on that end, Andrew and I sifted through all the hundreds and hundreds of emails and narrowed it down to about 15. Those people have had emails sent to them and we will continue to cut down until we reach the finals.

As always, we’ll continue to request submissions for posting, so if you didn’t receive an email, you can still contribute to the site.

BOX SCORE

When Andrew Bogut left the game with headaches, it was Brandon Jennings, in part, who gave the Knicks plenty of their own in the second half and essentially stuck a fork in the team’s playoff hopes.

Jennings scored 10 points and dished out 4 assists in an unbelievably horrid defensive third quarter for the Knicks which saw the Bucks put up 36 points.

Tough to get a real read for Jennings, he made nice jab pull backs and made smooth moves to the basket, but he was out of control and lowered his shoulder on a move that should have drawn an offensive foul in the 4th quarter that wasn’t called. There were plenty of calls that went against the Knicks in terms of charges that were called throughout the game.

Either way, I’ve seen a ton of more impressive rookie performances at the Garden, but Jennings willed his team to victory and he deserves kudos. High volume and ill-advises shots aside, he made sure that Ersan Ilyasova (25 points) got his touches.

But it was the Knicks lack of important rebounds and ability to get stops when it mattered that ultimately sealed their fate tonight.

And their playoffs hopes, seemingly, as well.