Game On!

So this is your team.

Or is it?

The Knicks pulled off an intriguing trade, grabbing talented big man Zach Randolph, Fred Jones and Dan Dickau from Portland in exchange for Channing Frye and Steve Francis. Then they snagged Wilson Chandler from DePaul in the draft.

So it's all set now, right?

Or is it?

The Knicks now have put together an unquestionably talented team, but one that doesn't seem to fit quite right. In Randolph, they have a talented low-post scorer, who often doesn't quite hustle enough to satisfy his critics and to be as good as he could be. Zach, meet Eddy Curry, who can discuss those issues with you.

If this is the lineup now -- Curry, Randolph, Quentin Richardson, Jamal Crawford and Stephon Marbury, that's a lot of talent. But is it the talent that wins?

I'm not sure and I am sure of this -- giving up Francis might have cost the Knicks a shot at the free agent market two years from now. Francis's contract runs out after the 2008-09 season while Randolph is under contract for two years after that. That's another part of the equation that doesn't quite fit.

So it makes you wonder -- or make me wonder -- is another deal on the horizon? Could you turn one of these pieces into a star talent? That's one of the possiblities when you stockpile talent like Thomas has -- Francis had a limited market, but Randolph -- and Curry? -- are players who can be put into a bigger package and draw big offers.

So how does it fit? Are you happy to go to war with this?