Isiah Thomas, unintentionally, has become one of the great entertainments in town.

It is fascinating, on almost a daily basis, listening to his analysis of his basketball team, which is never directed at Knicks fans or even to the media, but only to his owner.

As if he is playing to an audience of one.

The Knicks get blown out the way they do by the Heat last Monday night, a night when the Heat is without Shaq and Dwyane Wade, and he tells us it's the first time his team hasn't shown up all year.

As if the Charlotte Bobcats, one of the worst records in the league at the time, didn't blow the Knicks out by 16 points at home.

As if the Knicks didn't get blown out by the 76ers in Philadelphia last month.

And, man oh man, any rally the Knicks make is always supposed to be a lot more relevant than the way the Knicks put themselves in some kind of big hole in the first place.

I'd kind of like to know, how is Eddy Curry (scoring just slightly better now than he was two years ago with the Bulls) going to be the Next Big Thing if he shows this little interest in rebounding the basketball, or passing it?

Twenty-six points the other night, three rebounds.

As always he averages less than one assist a game.

The Nets just lost Richard Jefferson and lost their starting center for the season a long time ago, but apparently could never be more heroic than the Knicks.

Somebody explain to me again why David Lee isn't playing 40 minutes a game.