KNICKS NOTES

“I’ve been working a lot this summer on my body. I grew too,’’ Ntilikina said at Monday’s media day. “It’s exciting to play a different position. Coach [David] Fizdale is really not having straight positions. It will be exciting that I will be able to go out at stronger guards and small forwards. So, I’m just going to keep working on that.”

Fizdale is looking at Ntilikina as a lot more than just a point guard in a position-less offense. The 20-year-old has put on nearly 15 pounds of muscle and is listed at 200 pounds (up from 190).

Last week, Fizdale referred to Ntilikina defending the 4 (power forward). Ntilikina’s 7-foot wingspan gives him such potential flexibility. Fizdale has mentioned playing all three of his point guards — Ntilikina, Trey Burke and Emmanuel Mudiay — in some lineups together.

“I feel great about it,’’ Ntilikina said. “I’ve seen last year a couple of switches defensively where I’ve been guarding a big man. I can deny them to score in the post. As a competitive player and a defensive player, I would never say, ‘No, I can’t guard him.’ ”

Potential starting point guard Trey Burke on running the sand dunes in Palm Springs, Calif., this offseason: “I wanted to take my athleticism to another level, speed and quickness to another level. I expect to be playing a lot of minutes this year, so conditioning was huge for me before I even got on the court to work on skill stuff. The summer was huge for me.”