As a heavy slate of NBA basketball games are already underway on this Saturday evening, here's a closer look at the Atlantic Division.
- ESPNNY.com's Jared Zwerling talks about a lot of Knicks related things, including the health of point guard Raymond Felton and the chances head coach Mike Woodson has at coaching the Eastern Conference All-Star team in Houston later this month.
- With Rajon Rondo out for the rest of the season, Celtics guard Leandro Barbosa now has the opportunity step in and fill a ball-handling/scoring void that the team seriously needs, writes ESPNBoston.com's Greg Payne.
- Nets guard MarShon Brooks is looking to increase his playing time, writes Newsday's Roderick Boone.