The standard of greatness. A childhood idol. A runaway freight train. The best player in the world. That is what awaits four Knicks rookies Monday when LeBron James visits for the final Garden game of the season.
The rookies — Frank Ntilikina, Damyean Dotson, Luke Kornet and Isaiah Hicks — all have varying degrees of awe, excitement or so-what focus for James, who is having another MVP-caliber season which is hardly a surprise when you are a standard of greatness or the object of idolization.
“I just think about how physically dominant he is when he’s driving to the hole.