Marc Berman of the New York Post says the Knicks are furiously shopping Marcus Camby around.  He talks about talks with Denver, Golden State and Atlanta.  But he hastens to add that trading Camby next week would seem foolhardy since his trade value could not be lower.

Colleague Peter Vescey gets into the act with some prescient comments about what the Knicks are doing.  He figures that -- aside from Latrell Sprewell -- the Knicks' cupboard is bare.  They have no tradable assets aside from Sprewell and (possibly) Othella Harrington's friendly contract.

Vescey says, "Truth be known, Layden and Chaney can't honestly believe the Knicks have any chance of doing anything exciting before the Feb. 21 trading deadline. The only reason all these possibilities have been leaked by team officials (with James Dolan's blessing, of course) is to emphasize to Knick fans and the team's beat writers that Layden is doing everything in his power to get something done."