Kurt Thomas (40) and Rasheed Wallace (39) never made it to the playoffs because of foot injuries.
He joins reserves Amare Stoudemire, Rasheed Wallace and Kurt Thomas, who all will be sidelined for weeks.
Waiving Kurt Thomas, the NBA's oldest player, opened a roster spot for the Knicks, who signed C Solomon Jones.
Kurt Thomas committed four fouls in six minutes, in the second quarter, then argued with fans when he went to the bench.
Wednesday's starters Raymond Felton, Iman Shumpert, Tyson Chandler and little-used players Kurt Thomas and James White comprised the Knicks' 16th different starting lineup this season.
That honor belongs, of course, to 39-year-old Blazers forward Kurt Thomas.
It left the Knicks, already missing veteran big men Rasheed Wallace, Amare Stoudemire, Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas, undersized against the Wizards' front line that includes Nene and Emeka Okafor.
Curiously, with those two players out, Woodson hasn't turned to 40-year-old big man Kurt Thomas, who is solid defensively, still rebounds well and has forever had a nice medium-range shot.
The Camby move came after the team acquired 39-year-old point guard Jason Kidd, and just before the return of Kurt Thomas, a Patrick Ewing-era enforcer and power forward who turns 40 in October.
It's a damaging blow for the Knicks, who loaded up on veteran big men this season but have now lost two of them for good in Kurt Thomas and Wallace, and have gotten almost nothing from Marcus Camby.
Veteran guard Jason Kidd, who once played with Martin in New Jersey, said the 35-year-old has been an invaluable addition following injuries to big men Amare Stoudemire (right knee), Tyson Chandler (neck), Kurt Thomas (right foot) and Rasheed Wallace (left foot).
Players such as Jason Kidd, Kurt Thomas, Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby, all 38 or older, were counted on to provide postseason experience but either weren't healthy (Thomas and Wallace), playing poorly (Kidd) or hardly playing at all (Camby) by the time the second round began.
The Knicks are still without several other key big men, such as Amar'e Stoudemire (right knee debridement), Marcus Camby (left plantar fasciitis), Rasheed Wallace (fractured let fifth metatarsal) and Kurt Thomas (right foot acute stress reaction), which is why Woodson has had to rely more on the 6-foot-10 Novak and 6-foot-8 Copeland, who aren't nearly as capable defensively.
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