Knicks president Donnie Walsh plans to meet with the team's scouts this week as he prepares for the Feb. 18 trade deadline.
New York is still trying to recover from Sunday's 50-point loss to Dallas, the worst loss the team has ever been handed at Madison Square Garden.
"[Sunday] was disappointing to the players, the coaches, the front office, the fans, the press," Walsh said. "It was a terrible game. Obviously we have to pick it up if we hope to make the playoffs.
"This is the time to start to really pushing and playing well to have a good year. We can't play like that."
The Knicks have lost six of their last eight games and they sit four games behind the Bulls for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
"I will pick their brains, [as] they are out there looking at pro teams," Walsh said of his scouts. "Who do you think can play that we don't know about or don't see a lot? That kind of thing. We have guys who know the teams. But it takes two to tango."