Chris Wallace, general manager of the Memphis Grizzlies, was speaking with a New York basketball fan a couple weeks ago when the subject of Marc Gasol's free agency came up. Wallace had a simple message for the fan, one that could have come out of any number of front offices around the NBA. "Tell the Knicks, 'No chance,'" Wallace said. It was an accurate read on the situation. Phil Jackson has no chance of persuading Gasol to help win him the two titles in New York that the big man's older brother, Pau, helped Jackson win in Los Angeles. Marc has a great thing going in Memphis, and hey, why would anyone give that up for a pay cut to join the worst team in Knicks history? Jackson has an awfully tough sell to start making in the first seconds of Wednesday morning, when the midnight madness that opens free agency allows executives of teams good and bad to channel their inner Calipari and recruit like mad. Chances are, long after admitting the Knicks' dreadful season could frighten away desirable talent, Jackson will have to spend his $27 million in available salary-cap space on a couple second-tier free agents to complement his draft-night additions of Kristaps Porzingis and Jerian Grant. - See more at: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...ckson-do-better-likes-greg-monroe-free-agency
