PHOENIX — Another ex-Knick was summoned by coach David Fizdale to impart his wisdom, even if this point-guard legend spent just one season in orange and blue.
Newly inducted Hall of Famer Jason Kidd appeared at the Knicks shootaround at the Talking Stick Resort Arena and spent nearly 20 minutes huddled with Knicks point guards Dennis Smith Jr. and Emmanuel Mudiay. (Frank Ntilikina is with the team but still is rehabbing from a groin strain and wasn’t part of the conference, though they exchanged greetings).
Fizdale, out of Los Angeles, and Kidd, an Oakland product, go back to their teenaged years when their California high schools were state rivals.