"With the NBA lockout churning ahead full-steam, Amar'e Stoudemire did not back off recent comments that the players would form their own league if there is no NBA season.

"It's definitely realistic," the Knicks star said of a new league. "It's all about the evolution of thought. If we put our minds together and really come up with a great game plan, we could. But the first goal is to play NBA basketball and try and get this thing resolved."

Stoudemire and teammate Carmelo Anthony made separate appearances in Manhattan as product pitchmen Friday. Stoudemire said he was keeping plenty busy as the NBA owners and union try to end the labor dispute, which has already caused the first two weeks of the season to be canceled."