Isiah Thomas is not the only person who thinks the Knicks have a shot of making it to the playoffs.  Now Magic Johnson, the guy who the New York Daily News says recommended Thomas to run the Knicks to executive Steve Mills, says that there is no way that New York will miss out on post season action this season.

"They're going to make the playoffs and be a tough seven or eight seed," Johnson said. "They're settling into their roles. There's no way I don't see them not getting in as the seven or eight seed, especially in the East."

New York Knicks' forward Renaldo Balkman has been suspended for one game without pay and assessed a Flagrant Foul, Penalty Two for elbowing the Los Angeles Laker's Sasha Vujacic in the jaw, announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations.

The incident occurred with 7:07 remaining in the second period of New York's 120-109 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at Staples Center. Balkman will serve the suspension tonight when the Knicks visit the Utah Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena.

Isiah Thomas has finally admitted that the Knicks are no longer being built around Eddy Curry and Zach Randolp, and that he will inquire with New Jersey as to what it will take to land superstar point guard Jason Kidd, the New York Post is reporting.

According to The Post, Eddy Curry could be involved in a potential deal possibly along with Renaldo Balkman, whom the Nets like.

When asked if he wouldn't mind a trade, Curry laughed tellingly, then told The Post, "It's been tough, but I don't want to run from my problems. I had tough moments here but good moments here. Whenever [Thomas] says it's time for me to go, I go."

Asked if he feels Thomas is looking to deal him, Curry said, "Ask him."

Zach Randolph has joined Eddy Curry in voicing his displeasure towards Knick Coach Isiah Thomas for the limited playing time the two had in the team's loss to Golden State on Sunday night, the New York Daily News is reporting.

Asked if he felt that matching down to the smaller, quicker Warriors was the right move, Randolph said, "Nah, that ain't the right way. The right way - how I know, coaches I had in the NBA and in college - they tell me we don't care how we match up, they gotta match up to us. That's what I learned playing in the NBA and college."

Thomas implied that Randolph was too concerned with getting points in the second half.

Eddy Curry was upset that his teammates didn't get him the ball during the fourth quarter of the Knicks' loss to the Warriors on Sunday, the New York Post is reporting.  Curry thought he was open, but Jamal Crawford sees things differently.

"It's different because Eddy sees he's open but doesn't see the guys behind him who are helping," Crawford said. "It's a different perspective. Sometimes it's not safe to make that pass."

Isiah Thomas is standing by his word that there are no real trade discussions involving the Knicks at present and that the team will not be making any deals prior to Feb. 21 trading deadline, the New York Daily News is reporting.

"I don't want to move anybody," he said before last night's game against the Warriors.

Two weeks ago, Thomas did try to orchestrate a deal with Milwaukee that would have sent Zach Randolph to the Bucks in exchange for several players, including Charlie Villanueva. The Knicks also have been looking to trade Jared Jeffries.

Joshua Thomas, the 19 year old son of Knicks' Head Coach Isiah Thomas, has been arrested for underage drinking, the Associated Press is reporting.

Thomas was charged with illegal consumption of alcohol and being a minor in a tavern, both Class C misdemeanors and disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor, early Tuesday morning, according to Bloomington, Ind. police.

Thomas is a student at Indiana University, where his father starred before becoming one of the league's best point guards at Detroit.

Thomas and two friends were at the bar Kilroy's on Kirkwood when Thomas attempted to order a drink and started talking with another man, according to the police report. Thomas told police the man punched him, causing a laceration above the right eye.

MSG yesterday banned all media from the Expo Center in the bowels of the arena after Monday's verbal and physical confrontation between three Knicks' beat writers and Garden security as a fan was being ejected, the New York Post is reporting.

A Garden spokesman said a new policy will also be in place in which reporters are not permitted to speak with fans who are in the process of being ejected by security.

According to The Post, the Expo Center, also known as the rotunda, lies under the stands on the celebrity-row side of the arena, directly opposite the locker rooms. Reporters were previously permitted in that area to interview celebrities during intermission.

Knicks' guard Stephon Marbury had successful surgery to remove bone spurs from his left ankle on Tuesday, the Associated Press is reporting.

Marbury said he hopes to return this season.

In a story in the February issue of "Philadelphia" magazine, former Knicks coach Larry Brown accused the team of having "spies throughout the arena" during his one season with the team.

Brown also complained about the way he was treated by the NBA organization.