<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>New York Daily News - Isiah Thomas' conversations with Seattle have centered on Reggie Evans and Danny Fortson, a sign that the Knicks are trying to surround Eddy Curry with rugged power forwards. Malik Rose is a similar-type player, but the Knicks, according to league sources, are willing to trade Rose and perhaps Trevor Ariza to the Sonics if they can get Fortson and Evans in return. With Antonio Davis gone, Rose has emerged as the vocal leader in the locker room. He is also the lone Knick with a championship pedigree, having won two titles with the San Antonio Spurs . "Malik has been great," Larry Brown said of Rose being a positive influence on the team's younger players. "He's really been helpful. A number of them have talked to me about that. "When you're losing it's important to have character guys in the dressing room. We have good guys in the dressing room."</div>
It's understandable that the Knicks need to do something to make themselves younger, but this move doesn't really do that. It just gets rid of another expired contract and then we may give up one of our top young players in Ariza. I don't like this deal at all, Evans is an average player but Danny Fortson is a complete waste of space. I hope this doesn't happen.
