Why Knicks may be missing Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah for awhile: As the New York Knicks move on from Tuesday’s 130-103 preseason shellacking vs. the Rockets, they could be without their two key offseason acquisitions from Chicago for the foreseeable future. Derrick Rose will leave the Knicks on Wednesday and fly to Los Angeles to join the $21.5 million civil trial for alleged sexual assault, which began with jury selection Tuesday. -- New York Post
Knicks’ awful defense upstages Derrick Rose’s promising debut: The Knicks were more “Superbad" than “Superteam" in a dreary preseason opener.