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Knicks coach plots Lakers-like splash with big names lined up

LAS VEGAS — The Lakers got LeBron James and the Knicks got Mario Hezonja … but wait ‘til next July.

“Hal-le-lu-jah,” coach David Fizdale said when asked Tuesday about James leaving the East for a four-year deal with the Lakers.

“But I can’t talk much about that stuff until all of those guys are inked, but whew. Look, I’ll take it. That’s all I can say.”

Fizdale spent the day before the Fourth of July at the Thomas & Mack Center in a “detailed teaching” session, explaining his position-less basketball offense. It was the first day of Knicks summer league team practice.