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The Knicks continued the reshaping of their roster on Thursday with two trades. In the bigger deal, they acquired Larry Hughes from Chicago for Jerome James, Tim Thomas and Anthony Roberson. In the smaller deal they acquired Chris Wilcox from Oklahoma City in exchange for Malik Rose. Hughes gives the Knicks a solid scorer who can also play defense. Wilcox gives the Knicks a true big man. The trades should improve the team this season and shipping Jerome James off to the Bulls ends one of the worst free agent signings ever — 700 minutes on the court with the Knicks for $24 million.

That’s right Knicks fans, it was four years ago today that Isiah Thomas came to town and boldly stated, "My only goal is to win the N.B.A. championship. In my mind, everything else is failure."

Besides the inspired play of Crawford, the Knicks finally made a lineup change. Jared Jeffries was sent to the bench and Channing Frye got the start. Jeffries only played 15 minutes while Frye played 37 and David Lee 29 coming off the bench. Hopefully, Isiah has finally realized that Frye and Lee deserve the time more than Jeffries.

It is getting impossible to root for the Knicks anymore. The franchise is completely lost, stuck over the salary cap for the rest of the decade and playing uninspired basketball. Now we learn that the head coach is running the team like a mob boss, ordering his players to take out opponents.

-Brooklyn 3 Staten Island 0: Jacob Ruckle was dominant going eight innings while allowing only four hits and striking out ten as Brooklyn increased their division lead to two games.

The Knicks fought back from a 19-point deficit midway through the third quarter to make it a two-point game with thirty seconds remaining, but they couldn’t stop Troy Hudson when it mattered. Hudson hit a three as the shot clock expired to clinch the victory for Minnesota.

Maybe a new year will bring a change in fortunes for the Knicks. 2006 got off to a thrilling start as the Knicks beat the Suns 140-133 in triple overtime. Stephon Marbury silenced his critics for an evening with an impressive 32-point effort in 55 minutes of action.

Channing Frye won't be able to carry the Knicks every night. He mustered twelve points against the Heat Monday, but the Knicks still lost 107-94. The game wasn't that close, and the Knicks seemed overmatched by a Miami team that has not played well of late. (Yes, Toronto beat them last week.) With Shaquille O'Neal still sidelined for Miami, the Knicks could have put up a better showing.