Each time the Pistons win a big game and Rasheed Wallace walks to the sidelines with a grin on his face, the Knicks? chances of signing the premier free-agent big man in the off-season diminish a little bit more.

Wallace appears happy in Detroit and seems to prefer a supporting role to being a team?s go-to guy.  

Even more significantly, of course, the Knicks can only offer the mid-level exception to Wallace, while the Pistons will be able to make Rasheed a contract offer for the maximum allowable dollars.