Of all the teams ready to pry Crawford free from the Bulls, it'll be the New York Knicks. His agent Aaron Goodwin says that if the Bulls don't handle Crawford with care, he'll be just fine with the Knicks next season.

"I will tell you Jamal's initial interest is to stay in Chicago, but he'd love the opportunity to play in New York," said Goodwin, the subject of a Sports Illustrated feature last week that crowned him the NBA's top agent after netting LeBron James. "He's Chicago's to lose. Isiah [Thomas] likes his style of play and the thinking is he will fit in well. He was interested in Jamal in Indiana, too."

"I can only go by what their people tell me," Goodwin said. "They called me the day before the draft to tell me who they were taking. It was a sign of respect. They said they wanted to do a three-guard offense. But at the end of the day, talk is cheap. [Today], we'll see if it's just grandstanding. If Chicago decides not to be a player, the doors are open."