Oct 15, 2001 6:19 PM EST

The Knicks are a veteran team, so rookie Michael Wright can expect this to be a learning year, right? "I don't know if he's got a year," said head coach Jeff Van Gundy.

So it goes with Wright, the Knicks' second-round draft pick (39th overall) and the team's only rookie still in camp. Only six months removed from being a key member of Arizona's NCAA tournament runner-up squad, the 6-7 forward is battling just to make the team.

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