What can the Knicks get in free agency? Not the top guys

There is not much for New Yorkers to look forward to over the remainder of the Knicks season, unless Jim Dolan decides to write another nasty over-the-top e-mail to an elderly fan. There is a slim chance Phil Jackson can find a taker for Jose Calderon on the trade market, but aside from that there will likely be no Carmelo Anthony, no Amare Stoudemire, and no hope.

The Knicks are all-in on free agency and the draft, but here is the problem. They have traded away their first round picks in 2016 plus all of their second-round picks through 2018, and the top tier of free agents are not looking to play for the worst team in the league when their other prospects with other NBA teams are so much more alluring.

So who will Phil Jackson be able to convince to come to New York? My best guess is Greg Monroe of the Detroit Pistons, but Jackson also must maintain enough cap room to make a run at Kevin Durant in the summer of 2016. Much more on the Knicks in this podcast with Richard Neer of WFAN in New York.