http://www.nba.com/knicks/news/houston_040129.html

Bout time

Good. He has gotta rest that knee because right now he is killing us on both ends of the floor. Preferable I'd like to move Marbury over to the 2 and play FW at the point. But I expect Penny to start.

Posted by MaTT4281:

I say shandon should start. The games houston sat out earlier, shandon was our mvp. I hope management saw that and let penny come off the bench in a 3 man rotation between shandon/KVH/Penny.

http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1075446263272830.xml

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Penny Hardaway is likely to start in Houston's guard position tonight, and Shandon Anderson, who had one of the best games of his Knicks career at Boston on Nov. 24 (28 points, four assists), is likely to get more playing time. It has been a frustrating fortnight for Anderson, whom team president Isiah Thomas is trying to trade. The veteran swingman is on the outer edge of Wilkens' rotation, and isn't likely to get back in it unless Houston is out for a while.

"I definitely don't have room for a mistake if I want to play, that's just the way it is," said Anderson, who the team wanted to stash on the injured list before learning of Houston's injury. "If I get opportunities, I have to take advantage of them. If I don't, it's definitely going to be against me. So, I have to go out there and produce when I get a chance."

"I haven't said this guy or that guy isn't going to play," Wilkens said when Anderson's status came up. "How do you do that without knowing? You have to know what guys can and can't do."