The relationship between the New York Knicks and Joakim Noah never developed positively since the former president of basketball operations, Phil Jackson, gave him a four-year, $72 million contract in the 2016 offseason.
With a suspension, injuries and exile from the organization, Noah’s time in the Big Apple seemed at its end during the 2017-18 season, which he played just seven times in and averaged 1.7 points and 2 rebounds.
Well, the situations appear to be at its end or in the proper direction. Stadium and The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported, the Knicks and Noah are expected to part ways before training camp, with a waive-and-stretch option as the route that “looms.