If the Knicks were smart they would play guard Nate Robinson a lot at home. He is a fan favorite plus the guys ahead of him aren’t exactly racking up the wins this season. Robinson has played in 28 games this season for the Knicks and he is averaging 19.8 minutes, 10.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. He must improve his shooting as he’s only hitting 39.9% from the floor and 37.5% from three point range so far this season.

For some reason Jamal Crawford thinks that he’s Allen Iverson….except he’s not shooting well. Crawford is only shooting 34.1% from the floor so far this month and only 25.8% from three point range in December. Crawford has started 5 games in December and he has averaged 43 minutes, 18.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.0 steal per game. Crawford needs to start passing the ball more because he’s hurting the Knicks right now.

Quentin Richardson talks a good game….too bad he doesn’t play one. He fired up the Celtics last week by saying they weren’t that good and then the Celtics pasted them 104-59 on national T.V. He needs to shut up and work on his game. Richardson has played in 15 games so far this season and he’s averaged 31.4 minutes, 6.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game so far this season. He’s also heaving up bricks at an alarming rate as he’s only hitting 31.3% from the floor. If he doesn’t start playing better soon the Knicks will have to give his starting job to someone else.

This is the kind of free agent signing that should have gotten Isiah Thomas fired.  Jared Jeffries is a complete waste of money as he’s not even a decent basketball player.  With all of the injuries the Knicks have suffered as of late, they have given Jeffries another chance to step up and contribute and he has failed again.  In 5 games in April, Jeffries has averaged 32.8 minutes, 3.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.  He also has shot 27.3% from the floor this month and that is downright pathetic.

With Crawford’s injury, starting small forward Quentin Richardson will now move to shooting guard to take Crawford’s place in the starting line up.  Richardson is having a good season as he’s averaging 12.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.  The problem won’t be Richardson replacing Crawford……it will be Jared Jeffries starting at small forward in place of Richardson.  The Knicks gave Jeffries a lot of money when they signed him in the off season and he has not produced at all.  Jeffries is only averaging 3.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game this season.  He will have to pick it up on offense or the Knicks could have problems scoring points the rest of the way.  Nate Robinson will also see a bump in playing time and he must produce when he’s on the court.  Robinson is averaging 8.2 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 18 minutes per game.