Kurt Thomas News: Thomas started at power forward Wednesday night in the Knicks' preseason win over the Nets.

Thomas started at power forward Wednesday night in the Knicks' preseason win over the Nets.

Thomas, who had four points and five rebounds in 23 minutes, is getting the first chance to replace the injured Amare Stoudemire. It should be noted that Chris Copeland also got some extra run because of the injury and scored a team-high 16 points in the win.