First, Shandon Anderson was upset. Now, Frank Williams is uncharacteristically angry. Williams, a second-year point guard who is out of the rotation, stopped just short of demanding a trade.

"I just think it's probably a time for an explanation for what's going on," Williams said after he did not play in the Knicks' 110-105 victory over Phoenix on Saturday night. "If no one's talking to you, you never know what's going on, you have no idea. You would like to know something."

Williams said he planned to go to the gym yesterday to work out and to speak to Wilkens or Thomas. "Yeah, I wish something would happen," he said. "I wish something would happen real soon."