Frank Ntilikina

If Kevin Knox wants to start for the New York Knicks, he’ll have to earn it. And he hasn’t doesn’t that yet, according to head coach David Fizdale. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: After studying film and going through preseason statistics, Fizdale decided that Ntilikina had earned a spot in the starting lineup. He will start [...]

New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale has not committed to starting any one of his team’s point guards just yet. He prefers to see Frank Ntilikina, Trey Burke and Emmanuel Mudiay battle it out amongst themselves. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: [tweet https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/1016135502418923520] This mostly makes sense. Fizdale shouldn’t be assuming control of a team [...]

Frank Ntilikina’s place on the New York Knicks is unclear—both now and over the long haul. Is he a point guard? A shooting guard? Should he be starting? Coming off the bench? Are the Knicks doing him a disservice by at times playing him Trey Burke and Emmanuel Mudiay over him? The answer isn’t a [...]

LeBron James wants New York Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina to know his infatuation with Dennis Smith Jr. is nothing personal. Well, okay, it’s personal. But it’s personal with former Knicks president Phil Jackson, not The Big Apple’s rookie point guard. James said the following about Smith, the Dallas Mavericks newbie, over the weekend (via SLAM): The [...]

Building up self-esteem is part and parcel of mentoring young NBA players. And, well, Ramon Sessions is doing one helluva job boosting the ego of New York Knicks rookie Frank Ntilikina. Although training camp is barely underway, and although Ntilikina is just 19 years old, and although Sessions hasn’t really spent that much time around [...]

Go ahead and pencil in Frank Ntilikina, the No. 8 overall pick in this year’s draft, as a bust. Relax, I’m kidding. But someone on the New York Knicks better talk to him, or stop talking to him, or something. The rookie guard is already talking about how he’d welcome having free agent Derrick Rose [...]