The Milwaukee Bucks and NY Knicks are playing live on the NBA preseason schedule on Monday and the matchup from New York is at Madison Square Garden and starts up at 7:30 pm ET as Carmelo Anthony and the triangle offense take on the Bucks in an eastern conference exhibition matchup and NY will be looking to get another win after taking down the Sixers in their last game.

The Knicks come into the game after a win against the Sixers and the team is starting to look more and more comfortable in the new triangle offense. The team has the Washington Wizards next on the schedule and then the team finishes with their final preseason game on the road and that will be against the Toronto Raptors. The team opens the regular season at home and they have two prime matchups to start the year overall.

The Bulls are at MSG on the first night for the Knicks and then the team plays on the road against Cleveland and that will be the first matchup against the Cavaliers with LeBron James back in Ohio. The Knicks have back to back home games against the Hornets and the Wizards and then they will play against the Pistons and the Nets before a home and home against Atlanta. The Bucks come into the game after a win against the Timberwolves and they will play the Knicks ahead of another game with the Wolves and that will be at home.

The Knicks have pulled off a number of moves and Jackson has put in some players in the right spots and the roster is clearly better than last season. The trade of Tyson Chandler and Raymond Felton for Jose Calderon and Samuel Dalembert on its face may seem like a straight up move, but the Knicks got the better players in that deal. Felton was a mess last season and Chandler was a shell of himself making too much money and now the Knicks have an upgraded point guard and a strong shot blocker and rebounder up front.

Anthony has finished one and two in the past two years in scoring average and this season he likely will not be there, but that doesn't mean he can't be very effective. The Triangle should open him up and even if he is taking fewer shots, it doesn't mean he can't lead the league in scoring. Anthony is in on a five year deal after being a free agent last summer and so are Jackson and Fisher and that means for the first time in a decade the Knicks really can try to build something and Phil is the steward of that.

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