Linkin’ Center: Where The Knicks Fall Below Mediocrity

It'd Be Nice To Have Howard, But Let's Forget About Adding Another Superstar (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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* We’ll kick things off with this wonderful piece by Marc Spears on Denver and how the Knicks could really take advice on how to assimilate players into a system.

* Times’ recap.

* Jerry West says take it easy Knicks’ fans.

* KnickerBlogger gives their take on last night’s failure.

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* The fans chanted M-V-P for Amar’e last night. It was beyond nonsensical.

* Taking a look at filling the Knicks’ biggest need if they want to elevate themselves next season. It’s not gonna be easy.

* Will Leitch and Marc Berman tell us, separately, that the Knicks are now below .500.

* Carmelo says he needs to breathe deeply, let it out, then repeat. Problem solved!

* Chauncey Billups is so key for this team, and when he struggles things don’t go so well.