New York shooting guard Allan Houston yesterday refused to get into a war of words with former teammate Marcus Camby over exactly who should be to blame over the Knicks struggles this season.

Frank Isola of the New York Daily News reports that Camby defended Knick Latrell Sprewell by saying, "He comes late to a couple of games but you can never question what he brings to the game each night." But then Camby added: "He's not the guy with the huge, huge contract. He lays it on the line every night so he's not to blame."

The huge contract comment is an obvious dig at Houston, who's $100M contract is the largest in Knicks history.

"The only thing I'll say is ... we're not blaming Latrell for anything. We know what Latrell means to the team," said Houston, agreeing with Camby in his only comment on the issue.