Early September is usually a pretty dead time for NBA fans, let alone New York Knicks supporters. Luckily for them this year, there is the FIBA World Cup basketball to tide everyone over until NBA training starts.
With no Knicks players on Team USA’s roster this year, the glimmer of hope for fans of the orange and blue comes from an unlikely source: Team France and more specifically, Frank Ntilikina (or Young Frank, to quote Knicks general manager Scott Perry).
The rising third-year guard has had a solid tournament so far; but is the hype real?