"If my brother played basketball, he'd have five fouls in the first quarter, " Toney Douglas said.

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That was in the days when Toney Douglas, Iman Shumpert and Mike Bibby couldn't run the offense.

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Anthony matched the Knicks' record for 3-pointers held by John Starks, Latrell Sprewell (twice) and Toney Douglas.

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At the time he finally scored, he was outscored in the game by Toney Douglas and Landry Fields, among others.

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Role players taking lots of shots didn't work out too well on Thursday, with Landry Fields and Toney Douglas making four of their combined 15 shots.

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They would match the elite front court of Chandler, Stoudemire and Anthony with a C-list guard duo of Landry Fields and, for now, Toney Douglas, since Chauncey Billups would have to be jettisoned for salary-cap purposes.

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New York Knicks guard Toney Douglas, whose brother Harry plays wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons, said he and his brother are similar athletes but that Toney prefers the "mellow" sport of basketball while his brother likes contact.

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But there was the small matter of 12 other players, such as Josh Harrellson and Toney Douglas coming up short and making it apparent so early in the season that on most nights, the Knicks' stars will need to do nearly all the work.

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