"The season is only three games old, but between Toney Douglas and Mike Bibby, the Knicks don't have a reliable, front line guard who can make smart decisions with the ball and figure out whether it needs to go to Carmelo Anthony or Amar'e Stoudemire.

It's the most glaring deficiency now, but not exactly unexpected since the Knicks had to part ways with Chauncey Billups in order to fit Tyson Chandler into their salary cap.

The Knicks are paying a steep price for cutting ties with Billups, as their 99-82 loss Thursday night to the Lakers showed for the second straight night."