Chris Sheridan reports that there is no credence to the previous rumor about LeBron James wanting to play with Joe Johnson.  

But Sheridan writes that Donnie Walsh seems to have a high level of confidence in the Knicks' ability to sign this summer's top free-agent targets, including LeBron James.  Sheridan reasons that "you get the distinct impression that word was somehow passed to the Knicks," given that Walsh went out of his way to shed the contract of Jared Jeffries.

"I ask this: Why would anyone in their right mind trade away what amounts to three No. 1 picks just to clear cap room?" Sheridan wrote.  "It's just plain crazy ... unless there is a confidence among the Knicks their Plan A will succeed."