"I don't think that goes through your head," said Nets Coach Lawrence Frank, who was here as a spectator but has coached summer-league teams in the past.

He was far from home, his summer-league team was losing, and the people around him did not seem to care.

After five days of coaching the Knicks' summer-league team here, Thomas was upbeat Thursday in his first interview as head coach.

Williams also coached the Knicks' summer-league team.

Mark Aguirre, a Knicks assistant, will coach the summer-league team in Las Vegas next week.

Williams is here running the Knicks' summer-league team; Westphal is here with other members of the Pepperdine staff to watch one of his former players.

He is the youngest member of the Knicks' summer-league team, but also its second-most experienced player.

Wallace led the Knicks' summer-league team in scoring, averaging 22.8 points, and grabbed 6.6 rebounds a game.

Tucker, who played on the Nets' summer-league team, hopes to be at an N.B.A. training camp this fall.

Williams ran Thursday's workout of college prospects and will probably coach the Knicks' summer-league team in Las Vegas.