New York Knicks: Pressure on Toney Douglas in Past Has Resulted in Poor Play
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Fourth quarter in Game 1 of the 2011 NBA Playoffs.Then-New York Knicks starting point guard Chauncey Billups goes down with a knee injury that would sideline him the rest of the postseason."Toney, you're in."Two weeks before Christmas Day 2011.Billups is released, a casualty of the new amnesty clause packaged in the collective bargaining agreement, and would leave the Knicks roster without a legitimate point guard."Toney, get in there!"Both instances resulted in failure for the Knicks, in large part due to his play, and Toney Douglas was banished to the bench with the emergence of Jeremy Lin.Sure, both these situations put ...