couple of things to remember. Orlando has one (major) paper that covers the magic. NY has like 5, and 2 of which are tabloids that publish rumor with no regard for fact or source. So much of what we hear is bunk. If half of the deals happened that the tabloids say would happen Kobe, Walker, Van Ex, Dampier, Swift and Crawford would all be Knicks right now.

The rumors are such because unlike Layden who was guarding nuclear secrets Isiah candidly says he is interested in a player.

For the last 5 years the Knicks have been a trading doormat and grossly overpay for deal to get done. My guess is Isiah is simply refusing to budge. Of course if I wrote for the post I would say that Isiah simply refuses to budge. I just dont know that for a fact