this is a stud we had on our summer team and instead picked mark pope.

now he's with toronto...

check out his stats last night against Golden State

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
M BASTON 12 3-3 0-0 1-2 1 6 0 0 3 1 2 7
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=230214028

in 12 minutes, he went 3-3, had 6 rebounds, 1 block

Right, and if we kept him, he still wouldn't be playing. The reason he gets minutes in Toronto is because it's, well, Toronto, one of the worst teams in the league. They'd play Pope if they had him.

Good for Maceo, but no point in Knicks fans lamenting not signing a guy who would be wearing a suit and tie on our bench anyway.

Oh, and Toronto lost the game.

Knicks are now 1 1/2 games behind Orlando, 2 behind Wash and the last playoff slot.

The way they've played of late, the only way Knicks could get a high draft pick is if Layden does a "dump-contract" trade instead of a "make team same or better" trade. Sounds like he's trying for the latter.