Greg Logan of Newsday reports that the Knicks are still looking to bolster their front court by talking with Cleveland free agent Michael Doleac.

Layden has been bargain shopping for help in the middle. He declined to offer the full $4.55 million mid-level salary exception to Jerome James, who got that amount to re-sign with Seattle last week, but Doleac, who made just over $2 million last year with the Cavs, might agree to take half the exception. Two NBA sources and another person close to Doleac confirmed the meeting.

The free agent market got a boost yesterday when Toronto made Keon Clark an unrestricted free agent. Clark?s agent, Jim Mourer said yesterday that he still hasn't heard from Layden since his initial call when the negotiating period opened July 1.