Nevertheless, lean and rest assured copious other suitors have contacted Magic general manager Otis Smith and registered bids. Without a doubt, the Knicks are one. Number one, in all likelihood, for several solid reasons:

Because of the grab bag of riches evidently about to be auctioned off; on account of the imposing threat of stiff competition in the stands and the standings should (Dwight) Howard bunk in Brooklyn (how long before shameless front-runner Spike Lee switches jerseys?); and because the Knicks arguably own more featured frontline creatures than anyone else in the field to exchange for (who does he think he is?) Mr. Big Stuff.

“I’m positive the Knicks have called just in case Dwight changes up,” an Eastern Conference GM said. “I’m sure they’ve offered a combination of everybody, excluding Jeremy Lin, of course. Otis deserves a lot of credit for not putting it out on the street which teams have offered what.”

via Peter Vecsey of the New York Post