Knicks Morning News (2017.10.08)

Joakim Noah won’t be able to play in the first 12 games of the regular season, but he’s still looking forward to making positives strides when he does return.

According to new Knicks GM Scott Perry, the fan base wouldn’t mind if this year’s squad loses as long as they “fight hard every night.”

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The thing with The Process is that it’s, well, a process.

Hawkins, a playground legend in New York, did not make his N.B.A. debut until age 27 because of unfounded connections to a point-shaving scandal.

For Knicks fans who are anxious to see some more of the team’s first-round pick, you’ll have to stay patient.

Training camp is for introductions. So here comes Enes Kanter, the newest Knick to enter a white tent in the NBA’s forever circus.

Frank Ntilikina will sit out his second straight preseason game — Sunday against the Nets — and is still considered day-to-day with a knee bruise, but the 19-year-old said he could return to action Monday night against the Rockets. Ntilikina, who missed all of summer league because of the same injury, said he isn’t concerned…

A plan is in place. The bar has been dropped. Before the Knicks’ preseason loss Friday to the Wizards, new general manager Scott Perry said he believes fans just want to see the team compete hard, and that “they can live with the results” — if the long-term direction of the franchise is positive. The…