Let’s see, the Knicks should be taxiing down a runway at Westchester Country Airport right now, embarking upon a quirky escape from the spotlight. Over the next eight days, this circus will visit Toronto, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Memphis and New Orleans.

How is anybody supposed to pack for that junket?

I know. I know. Isiah Thomas should pack lightly. With every twist and turn comes another punch line. He managed to slip away unnoticed today because the Knicks did not have an official practice. The order left on the board after yesterday’s game was shots and lifts, 1 p.m.

Nice work if you can get it.

A lot of difficult lessons are being learned right now, but despite all of the rhetoric about rolling up sleeves and loving the game and working harder than anybody else, there’s not a lot getting done in terms of teaching. Practice doesn’t have to be three hours long. There’s no sense in going overboard and getting somebody hurt.

But why not come in and watch film so the young players can see why Miami forced overtime?

That is a team in need of more than a high lottery pick. Seriously. Blake Ahearn? But the Heat are well ahead of the Knicks in that they have Dwyane Wade in place.

Nobody in the organization is ready to announce the Donnie Walsh Era, so there’s a pretty good chance we are going to be waiting until the end of the season. I find it hard to believe James Dolan would hint to anyone he prefers to keep Isiah Thomas on the sidelines.

I’m not a fan of throwing bodies overboard, but it’s not good for business.

Dolan isn’t going to sell a lot of season-ticket plans unless he clears a path for Walsh in the coming weeks. Forcing the departing Pacers CEO to fire Thomas might be a deal-breaker.