Rookie shooting guard Toney Douglas should get more of a look for the Knicks the rest of the way. The rookie has played in 32 games (2 starts) for the Knicks this season and he is averaging 13.4 minutes, 6.1 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. Douglas was a first round pick for the Knicks and they have to reason to give him a few minutes the rest of the year seeing how this year is going down the tubes.

The Knicks aren’t playing their rookies that much this season and I believe it’s because they have an eye on making the playoffs this season in the very weak Eastern Conference and that’s a good thing. Back-up shooting guard Toney Douglas is the one rookie the Knicks have who should probably be playing more right now. He has played in 25 games (2 starts) for the Knicks this season and he is averaging 13.0 minutes, 6.5 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game this year. Power forward Jordan Hill has played well when he has gotten the chance to play which hasn’t been too often. Hill has played in 11 games (0 starts) for the Knicks this season and he is averaging 8.4 minutes, 3.8 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game on 52.8% shooting from the floor. Back-up small forward Marcus Landry is buried on the depth chart right now. He has played in 10 games (0 starts) for the Knicks this season and he is averaging 6.4 minutes, 2.8 points and 1.0 rebound per game. I can’t see the Knicks playing any of these guys much more unless they suffer injuries, go on a long losing streak or make some trades to open up playing time for them.

The Knicks don’t look like a team that’s going to win many games this season so they should get the rookies a lot of minutes this year. 23-year old PG/SG Toney Douglas has been electric off the bench for the Knicks so far this season. He has played in 9 games (1 start) for the Knicks so far and he is averaging 16.1 minutes, 9.3 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. Douglas is also shooting 50% from the floor so far for the Knicks. This kid needs to keep getting his minutes as he can put the ball in the basket. 22-year old power forward Jordan Hill has only played in 5 games (0 starts) so far for the Knicks and he is averaging 7.0 minutes, 5.0 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. He, like Douglas, appears to have a nice upside. 24-year old SF Marcus Landry has played in 4 games (0 starts) for the Knicks this season and he is averaging 5.5 minutes, 2.3 points and 1.0 rebound per game.

Knicks’ fans roundly booed the drafting of small forward Danilo Gallinari last June and he has done nothing to win them over. He has played in 2 games for the Knicks this season and he has averaged 5.7 minutes, 1.0 point, 0.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Gallinari is hurt right now and it will be interesting to see if he does anything positive as a rookie for the Knicks this season.

The Knicks didn’t know what they had in forward Wilson Chandler until he started playing near the end of the season. Chandler played in 35 games (16 starts) for the Knicks this season and he averaged 19.6 minutes, 7.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. The Knicks will no doubt let Chandler play more next season as they found out that he has some game.