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Since we don’t see much of practice any more, the easiest way to judge the workout is to eyeball the amount of sweat on the practice jerseys.

It looks as though Isiah Thomas ran the Knicks around pretty good today.

They were on the court a good two hours. And only a couple of guys hung around to get up some extra shots, which means the legs were a little wobbly.

It wasn’t a big news day.

Roy Jones Jr. dropped by to run a few sets with the Knicks, and promote his upcoming fight with Felix Trinidad. It was kind of a scripted moment since the fight just happens to be taking place at Madison Square Garden.

Nobody asked Eddy Curry or Zach Randolph to weigh in.

“Everybody goes through ups and downs,” Jones said. “I’m the perfect guy for ups and downs. Anybody can look at my career and see that. Unless you go through the ups and downs you don’t know how good you are or how good God is to you. How you come back is what makes you. That’s why I am where I am now. That’s why I stopped by to see them. I just wanted to tell them you can’t give up. Your time will come.”

He seems to come from the Don Nelson school of thought.

“Attack. Attack. Attack,” Jones said. “The best defense is a good offense.”

Maybe the Knicks should take that approach to heart. They are not built for stopping opponents, so why not run up the score? With more possessions, they could keep Curry and Randolph happy.

Thomas isn’t announcing the starting lineup for Sunday against the Bulls.

“We’ll keep moving things around,” he said, noting that all three days of practice will factor into the decision.

Starters wear blue jerseys in practice, reserves are in white.

At the end of practice today, Curry was in blue and Randolph was in white. That may not mean anything with another practice to go before a decision has to be made. Time will tell.

Malik Rose and Randolph Morris squared off in a sprint from end line to end line before they headed into the locker room. It was a case of age before beauty. Rose deserves a lot of credit for making sure the young players on this roster who don’t see much time push themselves and stay ready.

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