I think with our lineup we could potentially make it out of the east. While we're talking on paper-- there simply are no teams in the east with dominant post players, with the exception of Indiana. I thought Ilgauskas was up there, but for one reason or another he has regressed. K-Mart is very good player, but his forte is not his back to the basket play (on a team w/ Jason Kidd, he doesn't have to be). Jamal Mashburn will give NO a solid post guy, but he's not a big man.

The Knicks were playing an exciting brand of basketball during the short FW-led winning streak, moving the ball quickly and getting great 1-on-1 work from KVH and Houston. This formula supplemented by Marbury's play should get us back on track.

Of the players mentioned, Rasheed Wallace is probably the most desirable from a talent standpoint. IMO, he never truly reached his full potential, in spite of his great physical tools. Unlike Camby, he can't blame it on recurring injury. I'm not too convinced he's markedly better than KVH, if at all. One thing going KVH's way is at least he knows the right things to say.

While the big push right now is for Leon Smith, I'm concerned that his problems go beyond his troubled childhood. We know he skipped college--- did he even graduate high school? Does he have the mental makeup to make it in the NBA?

Forget about Stromile. Scout like to drool over his physical gifts, but they say he's got a horribly low basketball IQ--- it's one big reason why he doesn't always get the playing time even he's healthy.

My solution, if it comes down to adding 1 post-up presence: Roy Tarpley. :) He's playing in the CBA now...

We were gonna make the playoffs as long as Frank Williams stayed healthy and started at the point, so now that we brought on Starbury we can't be just talking playoffs anymore...It has to be EC CHAMPS!