McGrady Scores 26 In New York Debut, Knicks Fall To OKC In OT

Even at the beginning of the year, we knew the New York Knicks didn’t care about this season. The roster was full of mediocre players with contracts that expired this summer—just in time for 2010 free agency and a run at Lebron James.

And this week, when the Knicks traded away what little talent they had left, you could hear the guffaws leaguewide. Totally transparent, the Knicks have given up on winning now. They used the trade deadline not to improve the team—or even pretend to improve—but to bolster their position for this summer’s Lebron sweepstakes. As one beat writer joked at the outset of tonight’s game:

McGrady started and went 10-of-17 from the field.