Third-year center Mitchell Robinson should be in line to become the New York Knicks’ starting center.
But not so fast.
Free-agent pickup Nerlens Noel is expected to give him a run for his money in the training camp as new Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau weighs in on who should get the starting gig.
Robinson welcomes the competition.
“I feel like he [Noel] wants to start. I want to start. So we can go at each other and that’s a natural thing. Nobody really talked to us about that stuff [on who will start].