Joakim Noah wants to set the record straight before he returns to the Garden.
The veteran big man’s time with the Knicks came to a merciful end in October, but he wants fans to know his tumultuous time in the city was not the result of enjoying the New York City night life a little too much.
“Everybody who knows me knows that I take the game really seriously and that I work really hard,” Noah told The Athletic in an interview published Thursday. “And when I said I’m too lit to be in New York, I was talking about mostly when I was injured and when I got kicked off the team.