Jose Calderon in walking boot, says Achilles is bothering him

Watching the New York Knicks is like viewing James Cameron's Titanic. You think it can't get anymore depressing, and then you realize, "Oh my gosh! The ship hasn't even sank, yet!"

Well, it's post All-Star break now, and we appear to be somewhere around the part either where the ship splits or where Rose gets yelled at for breaking through a door by the employee with all-time awful priorities. From Chris Herring of the Wall Street Journal:

Yes, that's from after last night's loss to the Boston Celtics, a game which would drop the hapless Knicks to 10-46, a game-and-a-half worse than the Philadelphia 76ers for worst record in the league (hat tip to Jahlil Okafor's future agent). 

Losing Calderon to a serious injury would be a real problem for the Knicks, even with the down year the guard has had since coming over from the Dallas Mavericks. New York made an effort to trade Calderon at the deadline, but couldn't unload the $22 million and three years remaining on his deal (including this season). Now, travel forward in time to the offseason, and imagine how difficult it might be to ship out a soon-to-be 34-year-old who's coming off a down year in which he also got hurt...

Of course, this is all speculation. We don't know the status or severity of Calderon's injury for now, but there is one trend for which Knicks fans should monitor: This Knicks regime has shown a propensity, especially with Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire, to let players decide if they want to play through injury or not. Normally, you'd assume a team with a 10-46 record would shut down its aching 33-year-old, but that may not be the case here, even if it is the best decision on the table.