They are traveling because they need Physical therapy and those guys are traveling with the team. I doubt they play right away but they are paid professionals being taken care of by paid professoinals and have personal doctors as well.
They play when they can. Knicks are in first place for the moment and should do everything they can to stay there, keep a top 4 seeding and prepare for the playoffs.
If they can't play, they don't.
Nets have a lot of away games and have their own "tired" issues but have been pretty healthy for the most part. Their bench is youthier than ours with young guys that actually have upside. They are just a game back and still figuring things out rotation wise. That might seem like "they suck" but if they figure it out they have the talent to take the division.
Its long season and like our trend has changed, so can other teams. Both good and bad. Anyone see the potential for whats happening to the knicks the last few weeks? Went from "Its gonna get better when Amare is starting!", and he was really starting to play better until he got shelved! Melo has been hurting which is why some of his game went away. Tyson had been a rock all season long.
We are not different than any other team and fortunes can change on a dime.
Its just the knicks being old and dependant on Melo's output makes us a bit more vulnerable. Evidence?
Look at the team we put out there last nite!