Just three days after officially signing him, the Knicks have waived Jones, the team announced today.

Apr 14, 2013; New York, NY, USA; New York Knicks power forward Solomon Jones (54) and Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert (55) tip off for the game at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports

The move opens up a roster spot for the Knicks, as they are now carrying 14 players, and that alone brings up a lot of unanswered questions.

Rasheed Wallace will likely play tonight in Charlotte and while Kenyon Martin, Tyson Chandler and Carmelo Anthony will all miss the game,  they all will be ready when the playoffs begin. That’s not likely until April 20, but the question is who will fill the final roster spot before then?

But is the extra roster spot signaling a return for Amar’e Stoudemire?

Did James Singleton get his contract situation in China resolved?

Those could all be options, but the realistic thing would be to target a perimeter player now that the Knicks appear to be getting back to health. Who that will be is anyone’s guess right now, but Delonte West’s name was often mentioned a few weeks ago.

Jones appeared in two games for the Knicks, playing 26 total minutes. He was fairly ineffective in his limited time, racking up as many fouls and turnovers as rebounds (three each). He also didn’t score a single point in either contest.

If a perimeter player isn’t in the cards, I would keep my eye on the Singleton situation, as he originally came to terms with the Knicks before it fell through due to complications relating to his letter of clearance from China.

If the Knicks sign a free agent like Singleton he would be eligible for the postseason.

One thing of note is they can’t go out and sign a guy like Stephen Jackson, who was released by the Spurs today, as he wouldn’t be eligible for the postseason roster.

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As they prepare to face the Chicago Bulls Thursday night at the United Center, the Knicks need to find a way to get some more healthy bodies in time for the playoffs as they will be taking the floor without the likes of Amar’e Stoudemire, Kenyon Martin, Tyson Chandler, Rasheed Wallace, Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas.

With that in mind, it looks as if the Knicks are making a roster move to get just a little healthier.

According to the New York Daily News’ Fran Isola, the Knicks will release the injured Thomas to clear a roster spot that they will use to sign free agent James Singleton.

Kurt Thomas will be released to create a roster spot for James Singleton, Daily News has learned. KT will have right foot surgery next week

— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) April 10, 2013

April 9, 2012; Charlotte, NC, USA; Washington Wizards forward James Singleton (3) gets a rebound during the game against the Charlotte Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena. Wizards win 113-85. Mandatory Credit: Sam Sharpe-USA TODAY Sports

The Knicks, currently the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed, will make the roster shuffle roughly three weeks after Thomas suffered a stress fracture in his right foot. With Thomas, the Knicks’ roster had been full at 15 players. ESPNNY.com reports that the Knicks and Singleton have reached agreement on a contract so that he would be playoff-eligible.

Singleton, a 6’8″ forward, has played parts of five seasons in the NBA, recently with the Washington Wizards in 2011-2012.

He played the 2012-2013 season in China with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers, averaging 15.1 points and 11 rebounds in 21 games.  During his NBA career, Singleton has played in 243 games with three different team, averaging 3.9 points and 3.7 rebounds in 13.4 minutes per game.

Thomas was the oldest player in the NBA this season at 40 years old and averaged 2.5 points and 2.3 rebounds in 10.1 minutes per game.

He was expected to be sidelined two-to-four weeks after an MRI in March revealed an acute stress reaction surrounding a chronic stress fracture in the navicular bone of his right foot, but The Daily News has reported that he will have surgery next week.

It’s sad to see Thomas get released while he is injured, but the Knicks needed to add some size and length badly.

Singleton may not be the best talent in the world, but right now the Knicks need healthy frontcourt bodies and he can fill an immediate role.

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We were up by 5 points with about two minutes to go in regulation, and it looked like we’d have a nice win.  But then we let ‘em score 6 unanswered points, with the last five happening in a mere 18 seconds.  Yikes.  Al Harrington hit only one of two free-throws to tie it up.  Then Harrington got a layup and a foul, meaning a chance to give us a  nice three-point game with 32 seconds left.  But again Harrington missed the gimme.  And in less than 7 seconds we let ‘em score and tie it up.  And while Harrington could’ve iced the game if he’d hit those two free-throws, if it wasn’t for him we wouldn’t have even been there in the first place.

Big Al shot a nice 12-of-21 from the field for 37 points.  He hit 5-of-8 three-pointers.  Yet somehow from the closer range of the free-throw line, and with no defenders, he shot about the same, 66%, missing 4 freebies.  The overtime was also odd, ‘cuz all game long it was just an offensive fest.  Washington rang up from 26-30 points in each quarter (we ranged from 24-31).  Yet in the five minute overtime, they managed only 4 points.  And we had only 6.  And we only got those last two points with seconds left, thanks to David Lee.  Of note, TMac, who had another solid game with 23 points, did not play at the end of regulation or during overtime (I’m unsure if this was due to his knee hurting or a lack of conditioning).

TMac's been great about driving to the hole rather than settling for the jumper... when he's able to make it on the court

Last thought about that game.  As some of you know, I used to write a Clippers blog (even though I’m a New Yorker, I currently live in Los Angeles and have pathetically adopted the Clips as my secondary team).  As a result, it was bizarre noticing this version of the Wizards had five, count ‘em, five former Clippers.  The day of the game they signed former Clip prodigy (before a devastating accident), Shaun Livingston (who sadly had a costly turnover for the Wiz late in the game), plus newly acquired Al Thornton, James Singleton, Quinton Ross and Earl Boykins.  I mean knowing how bad the Clips are/have always been, how dumb do you have to be to acquire five of ‘em?  And not even just any five, but five who pretty much always came off the bench.  So you’re not just choosing players from a bad team, you’re choosing players who couldn’t get much playing time even when they were on an awful team?  Moving on…

Saturday’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, we remained competitive for most of the game, even taking a lead into the fourth quarter.  Once again, Al Harrington was unstoppable.  31 points on 18 shots.  Again he was on fire from three-world, hitting better than 50% at 6-of-11.  And again, oddly, he was worse with free throws, making only 3-of-6.  McGrady had his first terd of a game, 0 points and 2 assists in only 15 minutes before having to sit out the whole second half due to knee pain (yikes!).  The thing that really killed the Knicks though was the rebounding disparity.  The Grizz used their superior length to outrebound us by 20 rebounds.  Pathetically, we allowed former Knick Zach Randolph to get a career high in rebounds with 25.  Our team, combined, managed to get just 32 boards.  Yup, one man almost outboarded our whole frickin’ team.

Comedian Tracy Morgan (from TV's "30 Rock"), watching the Knicks get whupped on the boards, ain't laughing

Last thoughts:

-D’Antoni has started regularly playing new acquisition Bill Walker, ‘cuz he’s been impressed with his athleticism.  Walker does have potential, so it’s nice to see him get some run so we can determine if he can be a piece down the road.

-Sergio Rodriguez didn’t have that non-stop energy in Saturday’s game.  Maybe he was tired from the back-t0-back, or just from being on a team where he often didn’t play at all to now getting big minutes and needing to initiate everything.

"Oh my God, your jaw is so strong & square! I must touch it!"

-As much crap as we’ve given Chris Duhon here over the last few months, we oughta comment that the dude has been pure class since not only losing his starting gig, but also losing all minutes whatsoever.  He’s gone beyond being a professional about it.  Always the first guy jumping up and cheering, and he seemed as thrilled as anyone when the Knicks pulled out the Wiz game.  He even issued a statement acknowledging that he sucked and that he was given MORE than enough of a chance to right things but he couldn’t, so he thinks it’s a good move to go another direction.  And I used to think a classy guy meant someone who didn’t eat with their fingers.

-Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler, despite being the only key players who’ll definitely be here next year, remain marginalized in the offense, usually getting at best the fourth or fifth shot attempts.  And mostly getting those off of broken-down plays rather than having plays run specifically for them.  This is a very, very bad trend.

Chandler rarely gets the ball 'cuz he takes low percentage shots like this. Oh wait, he drove past his man for an easy dunk. ...Hmmm, then I dunno why he don't get the rock more.