Quick Thoughts

Some quick thoughts:

• With or without Tyson Chandler the Knicks were playing so bad I wonder if they would make the playoffs. Without him for at least a month, I think it might be a coin flip. The Knicks beat the Hawks last night which is certainly a good sign. There is buzz about a Shumpert for Faried swap, the Knicks could use a big man with Tyson out but they should still be playing the long game here. If Shump is the guy they prefer long term, Shump they shall keep. I love Faried but if he was that good, JJ Hickson wouldn't be brought in and start over him.
• The Nets are old. Every team has a clunker but losing by 21 to Sacramento is embarrassing. Something is up with Kevin Garnett as he only played 15 minutes last night shooting 2/9. Garnett's too good to shoot 30% all year but at 37 years old with his game fading further and further away from the hoop, the Garnett we used to know might be gone. 
• I can't read enough or talk enough about the college games on Tuesday. The media can get annoying over hyping certain  every event but Andrew Wiggins, Julius Randle, and Jabari Parkerdid not disappoint. If I had to rank those three after a sample size of watching one game I would go Randle - Parker; 3) Wiggins. Randle might be a little too aggro on certain plays but fixing up a few turnover issues seems likely and it looks like he could average 20 and 12 in the NBA tomorrow. 
• I've become a rather large fan of the NBA in recent years but you couldn't pay me to watch the Celtics vs Bobcats. Woof. Well, Cody Zeller is on the Bobcats...
• The new Knicks pipedream is to sign Kevin Love in 2015. The last time this happened they got stuck with Amar'e's knees and Ray Felton. A Carmelo/Love duo would be fantastic but it sounds like a poorly constructed and naive plan. The Knicks need a better direction than hoping Kevin Love wants to play with the 6th seed Knicks. Meanwhile, Love is torching the lead averaging 27.1/5.1/14.2 on a 6-3 Wolves team with the third best point differential in the league. I'm not sure he's itching to leave.