Knicks team president Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D’Antoni met with former Pacers point guard Jamaal Tinsley yesterday in what was described as a feeling-out meeting to gauge mutual interest.

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Tinsley, released by Indiana last week, has drawn interest from the Heat and Sixers. He has a checkered history that includes two late-night incidents where guns were fired — once by then-teammate Stephen Jackson — in Indiana. So the Knicks no doubt were curious to chat with the 31-year-old Brooklyn product. Walsh drafted him for the Pacers so he knows why he would want Tinsley for the Knicks — and also why he wouldn’t.

No offer was made and money was not discussed, said one person close to the situation. Tinsley, who reportedly was bought out for $10.7 million of the $14.7 million he was due over the next two years by Indy, likely would be worth a veteran’s minimum to the Knicks, around $1.2 million. A one-year deal with the Knicks would have no effect on the 2010 summer free agency blueprint.

Meanwhile, there was no movement on the David Lee and Nate Robinson fronts. “There’s nothing new right now,” said Lee’s agent Mark Bartelstein. “It’s just something we’re working at very hard.”