In the first three preseason games, New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek has started Kyle O'Quinn and rookies Willy Hernangomez and Marshall Plumlee at center with Joakim Noah sidelined because of a hamstring injury. Once Noah is cleared to play, there will be a heated competition for the main backup role between O’Quinn, Hernangomez and Plumlee.
“It’s going to be a battle for those [three] guys," Hornacek tells the New York Post. "It could be one guy one night depending on matchups, [but] right now I like what we see.