GREENBURGH, N.Y. – Joakim Noah wants to redeem himself and prove he was worth the $72 million former Knicks president Phil Jackson paid him last summer.
It won’t happen right away, if at all, though since he’s still recovering from offseason shoulder surgery and must served the remaining 12 games his 20-game suspension for violating the terms of the league’s anti-drug policy. The Knicks also have four serviceable centers on the roster.
Noah, 32, returns to a team that looks far different than the one he joined. He came to the Knicks because of his relationship with Jackson and Derrick Rose, who was acquired in June of 2016, and to play with Carmelo Anthony.