"With the Knicks an underachieving and underwhelming 7-13 coming into tonight's game against the Pistons, it's no shock Mike D'Antoni's job security is being questioned. Even D'Antoni admitted himself with gallows humor that it's cause for concern. But Carmelo Anthony backed his coach, and Amar'e Stoudemire insists the talk hasn't crept into the locker room.

"We don't talk about that," Anthony said. "Anytime teams are losing, that's the first thing that comes to mind, the coach. But we don't talk about that. We support Mike 100 percent.

"We deal with it. He's here with us, we're here with him, and we're going to roll with that.''"