▁not ▁trade ▁Francis . ▁Still , ▁rum ors ▁pers isted ▁that ▁Francis ▁would ▁be ▁trad ed ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Kn icks , ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁L akers , ▁Minnesota ▁Tim ber wol ves , ▁Den ver ▁N ug gets ▁or ▁even ▁back ▁to ▁his ▁former ▁team ▁the ▁Houston ▁Rock ets . ▁ ▁New ▁York ▁Kn icks ▁( 2 0 0 6 – 2 0 0 7 ) ▁On ▁February ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁one ▁day ▁before ▁the ▁NBA ' s ▁trade ▁dead line , ▁Francis ▁was ▁trad ed ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Kn icks ▁for ▁small ▁forward ▁Tre vor ▁Ari za ▁and ▁the ▁exp iring ▁contract ▁of ▁shooting ▁guard ▁An fer ne e ▁" P en ny " ▁Hard away . ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁trade , ▁the ▁N ug gets ▁reported ly ▁offered ▁both ▁Watson ▁and ▁Ken y on ▁Martin ▁for ▁Francis , ▁but ▁the ▁deal ▁never ▁took ▁place . ▁He ▁made ▁his ▁Mad ison ▁Square ▁Garden ▁debut ▁on ▁Friday , ▁February ▁ 2 4 ▁when ▁the ▁Kn icks ▁faced ▁the ▁New ▁Jersey ▁N ets , ▁and ▁scored ▁ 1 6 ▁points ▁in ▁a ▁ 9 4 – 9 0 ▁loss ▁for ▁the ▁Kn icks . ▁He ▁wore ▁j er sey ▁# 1 ▁with ▁the ▁Kn icks ▁as ▁his ▁usual ▁# 3 ▁was ▁already ▁assigned ▁to ▁Ste phon ▁Mar bury . ▁Francis ▁has ▁end ured ▁a ▁rec urr ing ▁injury , ▁tend init is ▁in ▁his ▁right ▁kne e , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁began ▁the ▁