<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Kurt Thomas, 32, happens to be one of the few pawns ? for a team looking for a final veteran piece to a championship puzzle. It's hard for Isiah to match up salary for a young player. The Knicks would have to take back another big contract ? and don't want to. The Knicks will have a better chance at a deal this summer when Wizards center Kwame Brown becomes available as a restricted free agent. Kurt Thomas doesn't understand why he'd be moved in the name of youth. "I still consider myself a young player," he said. "I still feel I'm in the prime of my career with a lot of years left." </div> Source
