That title is actually an anagram for "Knicks Anagrams."  Catchy, no? 

Anyway, I've long thought that anagrams were as interesting and as predictive as astrology.  But, long breaks between preseason -- preseason! -- games will drive a bored man to desperate measures.  So I ran the notables from the NYK roster through the anagram machine and here is what I found.  It's more revealing than I expected.  (But still not very revealing.)

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I was wondering which second-year players you think made the biggest jump from Summer League last year to this year?

Gallinari, Gallinari, Gallinari.

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Lord John Starks of Dunkshire apparently is a regular rider of the NYC subway.  Even more amazingly, people generally don't notice him, despite his tall frame, recognizable baby face, and propensity to head-butt people.  I'll bet he would stand out more if he wore his face mask in the tunnels.

By the way, is it any accident that the NYC subways have been considerably safer since Starks came to town nearly two decades ago?  I say no.  Even the Warriors (of Coney Island, not Golden State) would have been afraid to mess with him.

I've figured that the Knicks could really use a big point guard more than anything (no homo), but just today I've become a massive Lawson fan.

No independent revelation by me, but I just read two uberstatistical pieces on HoopsAnalyst and from Hollinger which rated Lawson out-of-this-world high.  DraftExpress also points out how he's statistically flawless.  He shoots ridiculously from three and has an unbelievable assist to turnover ratio.

I would be dubious of superior statistics if the player was from a poor conference or is too slow or weak but Lawson is not and is not.  So what's the holdup? 

I presume it's his height, but his height is comparable to lots of good and great players, including Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Augustin, and Flynn.  Yes, Lawson has short arms, but he makes up for it with a short neck.  His standing reach is better than CP3's.

Plus, who has a more tabloid-headline-ready name than Ty Lawson.  After a gamewinning layup, it's "Ty Goes to the Runner".  After a fight, it's "Martial Lawson".  After a strong performance, it's "Awesome Lawson."

I wouldn't even mind using the #8 pick on him, but it would be a gift from the heavens if we could dump Jeffries and the 8 pick and trade down to pick Lawson.

H/t Basketbawful, who calls it the "Z-Bo Laction Figure"

This calls to mind a number of questions:

(1)  Even if he was still on the Knicks (and baruch hashem, he's not), who in their right mind would have wanted this clogging their shelves and poisoning their memories?

(2)  And if MacFarlane products was really committed to accuracy, would this doll really have a right hand?

(3)  Which is harder to trade, this doll or Z-Bo himself?

And finally

(4)  Does this doll somehow contaminate the chemistry of your collection?