Allan Houston will always be remembered as a great Knick and his legacy was already written before he made his comeback attempt with the team during the preseason. His two-year layoff from knee complications may have been too much to overcome, and he was not a lock to make the guard-heavy team.

“After much consideration, I have decided to end my comeback with the Knicks,” he said. “While my body and my knees, in particular, feel fine, I know what is required for me to be truly effective in the NBA again, and it involves a timing and progression that would not be fair to Isiah (Thomas) and the Knicks right now. With the season opening less than two weeks away, I think it is best for the team to move on without me.”

Houston may look to hook on to another team, and the Nets were interested before he signed with the Knicks. He was a longshot to make the cut, and walking away gracefullly as he did may have been the smarter move than getting released.

The Knicks fell to 1-2 in the preseason after dropping their second consecutive contest, this time at the newly-named Izod Center in New Jersey to the Nets by a score of 110-94. Eddy Curry had a team-leading 23 points and four rebounds. Jamaal Crawford chipped in with 22 points and six assists, while newcomer Zach Randolph pulled down 9 boards to go with his 8 points.

The Knicks lost their first game of the preseason with a 40-point loss to the Celtics at Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden. The new-look Celtics took it right to the Knicks in the first quarter, 30-18. Boston’s ‘Big Three’ of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen scored 7 points each in the opening stanza. All told, they scored nearly half of the Celtics’ game total.

The back court was cleared up a bit when the Knicks announced that guard Roderick Wilmont had been waived. He had been signed as a free agent on Oct. 1 and appeared in one preseason game.

The preseason roster still has 19 players on it and will need to be looked at again during the week.

The Knicks came home to Madison Square Garden after winning their first preseason game against Philadelphia with a 112-85 victory over the Maccabi Elite team from Tel Aviv. Seven Knicks scored in double digits to complete a comeback after falling behind the foreign club.

Jamaal Crawford led the way with 16 points while Knick fans had their first look at Zach Randolph, who pitched in with 15 points and 7 boards. Fred Jones scored 14 points off the bench.

First round draft selection Wilson Chandler pumped up the crowd with 4 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block in 11 minutes.

The Knicks have back-to-back raod preseoasn games on Wednesday and Thursday at Boston and New Jersey.

After a two year layoff, Allan Houston has re-signed with the team. The talented guard retired in 2005 after complications resulting from microfracture knee surgery and has been rahabbing for the comeback attempt. He will have to earn a job with the team during the preseason.

Houston is the Knicks’ fourth leading scorer in franchise history during the regular season with 11,165 points and the eighth leading playoff scorer with 1,139 points.

On Tuesday morning, the jury reached a decision in the Isiah Thomas/MSG civil trial. Their decision has to be viewed at as a blow to Dolan and company.

Their decision was that Thomas sexually harrassed Anucha Browne Sanders, subjecting her to unwanted advances and a barrage of verbal insults. They also decided that he will not have to pay punitive damages.

They also found that MSG commited harrassment against Sanders and that she is entitled to punitive damages, giving her a partial victory of the $10 m illion she was seeking in the lawsuit.

A defiant Thomas made a statement outside the courthouse following the verdict and claimed his innocence and that he would appeal the decision.

The Knicks have waived guard Dan Dickau, who never actually suited up for the team. He was acquired from the Portland Trail Blazers on draft night along with Zach Randolph and Fred Jones in exchange for Steve Francis and Channing Frye.

Dickau is a five-year NBA veteran and has averaged 6.0 PPG and 2.5 APG in 233 career games, playing for six teams.

The jury in the Isiah Thomas civil trial is reportedly close to reaching a verdict. They are said to contemplating only one count out of the nine and the word is that their decision will not be in favor of Thomas and MSG. The other eight counts have already decided by the jury and their announcement could be forthcoming.

The Knicks announced that they have come to terms with guards Walker Russell, Jr. and Roderick Wilmont. Russell was with Fort Worth of the NBDL last season and averaged 5.6 PPG and 3.6 APG in 15 games.

Wilmont averaged 12.6 PPG and 5.8 RPG at Indiana University during the 2006-07 season. He also played in four games for the Kncks Summer League team this year.