New York Post

Exiled Noah partying on All-Star weekend

- By MARC BERMAN

LOS ANGELES — Joakim Noah isn’t just moping around.

The exiled Knicks center was spotted Saturday night at impresario Jimmy Goldstein’s All-Star Weekend party in Los Angeles, along with Stephen Curry, his wife, Ayesha, the 76ers’ Joel Embiid and ex-Knick draft pick Danilo Gallinari.

Goldstein is a longtime eccentric NBA superfan who is seen at all of the NBA’s big events and is regularly courtside at Staples Center.

“I’ve known [Noah] a long time, I spoke to him last night,” Goldstein told The Post on Sunday before Team LeBron defeated Team Stephen 148-145. “I asked him if he was going to be all right, that I’m a little worried about you. He said don’t worry about him, everything’s going to be fine.”

Knicks general manager Scott Perry said after the trade deadline earier this month Noah was not allowed to rejoin the team “until further notice.”

“When the Knicks played here recently [Jan. 21], I watched Joakim warm up,” Goldstein said. “He was the only guy on the floor before the game. He made every shot he tried, from every spot, was out there 15 minutes by himself.”

Later on that Western trip, Noah left the club in Denver after a feud with coach Jeff Hornacek, who yanked him during garbage time of a blowout loss in Golden State on Jan. 23. The next day at practice, according to eyewitness­es, the two engaged in a shouting match with Noah having to be restrained.

Indication­s are the Knicks mulled issuing Noah a suspension for his actions but decided against it. The separation has been called “mutual” by team officials.

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