Their season may officially be over, yet the New York Knicks still continue to steal the headlines.  On a day where Latrell Sprewell?s $125,000 fine for sleeping in and missing a morning shoot around was cut back to $122,500 Harvey Araton of the New York Times writes that the Knicks should start over by trading Sprewell, the team?s best player.

In being fined, Araton writes, Sprewell again showed that he had become more a part of the problem than he was the solution.  Moving Sprewell could propel a quick turnaround for the Knicks, just like New Jersey witnessed this season after exchanging Stephon Marbury for Jason Kidd, or Boston saw when Jim O?Brien took over from Rick Pitino.  The malignancy can be in the man with the moves or the coach who makes them.

But would moving Sprewell have similar consequences for the Knicks?  Maybe not, but Sprewell has been playing undersized at small forward and probably would excel further if he was away from Allan Houston, who now has an unmovable contract.  Araton writes that to get back to the playoffs the Knicks must use Sprewell to acquire veteran leader, a unifying presence to walk the walk.

But such a move would have further ramifications, with often injured but highly talented center Marcus Camby threatening to opt out of his contract after next season if the Knicks do move Sprewell.

If my guy's not there, I'll think about it," said Camby.

New York have their concerns with Camby himself, a player who has never played in a full season.  The Knicks tried shopping Camby this past trade deadline, and according to Marc Berman of the New York Post will do so again this summer, but teams were concerned about his durability.

"I'll definitely try to play them all, it's my mindset every year," "Scott [Layden] and Coach [Chaney] said I can't change my game. It's my forte, playing in the air. I can't lose that."

"Marcus just needs to stay healthy somehow," Sprewell said. "If he's going to be with us, I'd love for him to go through an entire season and put the whole health thing behind him. When he's playing well, you've seen how effective he can be."

As the rumors swirl around himself and his friends Camby has remained skeptical of management to the point where he wonders if coach Don Chaney is safe.

"I don't know what to expect from head coach on down," Camby said. "But we all hope coach stays here."

"We've identified him as the guy we want to move forward with this team, give him the opportunity to be at training camp," GM Scott Layden said. "We have confidence in Coach he'll be able to help us through this transitional period. We're very comfortable with him as our coach."