Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=20647484'>posted</a> on 12/25/2013:

Very unlikely that Melo would want to miss a Christmas day game. Knicks simply have better ball movement without Melo and when he was out a few games last season they played equally as well. Hoping Melo sits this one out and I can hammer the Knicks as a double digit home dog for a big play.