The saga between the New York Knicks and Joakim Noah has been ongoing for sometime, with the latest story being that there was some kind of verbal altercation between the former All-Star big man and head coach Jeff Hornacek.
Noah has not played for the team since Jan. 23, and he is now separated from the Knicks as they try to find a solution to shed him from their roster.
We now have a better idea of what kind of urgency New York has to make that move.
A report from the New York Daily News has given us more information about the confrontation between Noah and Hornacek. The latest addition to the story is that it was not just words between the Knicks coach and Noah, and that Hornacek actually pushed Noah first during the confrontation.
The two then had to be separated.
Via NYDN:Noah was banished from the Knicks after an altercation with coach Jeff Hornacek during a practice last month. The disagreement stemmed from Noah’s lack of playing time, and it turned physical the day after he logged only five minutes against the Warriors.
While no punches were thrown, the Daily News learned that Hornacek was the first to shove Noah before they had to be separated.
In our last update on this story, Dan outlined how that could be made possible. No team is going to trade for Noah at this juncture in his career, so the only real option for New York is to waive him.Here’s how that looks, according to our own Dan Feldman:
If the Knicks waive Noah without a buyout, they’d have two options after paying out the rest of his $17,765,000 salary this season:
Pay Noah $18,530,000 next season and $19,295,000 the following seasonPay Noah $7,565,000 each of the following five years via the stretch provision
It just keeps getting weirder and weirder during a lost season in the Big Apple.
