The Knicks' Nerlens Noel scores after being fouled by the Bulls' Thaddeus Young during the second half of an NBA game on Feb. 3 in Chicago. Credit: AP/Charles Rex Arbogast
The Knicks signed Nerlens Noel just before the start of training camp and it provided the team with a backup who seemed almost too similar to Mitchell Robinson.
Now, with Robinson likely sidelined for at least a month with a fractured bone in his right hand the Knicks are hopeful that Noel can do just that — fill the hole with as close of a facsimile of Robinson as he can be, beginning Saturday against the Houston Rockets at Madison Square Garden.