A wistful Joakim Noah returned to Madison Square Garden on Sunday, and if he wasn’t already thinking about how it all went so wrong with the Knicks — his hometown team, the team he grew up rooting for — he was reminded by a crowd that booed him every single time he touched the ball for four quarters.
“I really don’t care,” the soon-to-be 34-year-old Noah said after recording four points, two assists, one block and three fouls in 16 minutes for the Grizzlies in a 96-84 win over the Knicks. “I love New York. It’s home.