Link:Renaldo Balkman will be right at home when the Knicks open their preseason schedule Oct. 8 against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Colonial Center in Columbia, S.C. It's where the University of South Carolina product starred collegiately.
It wasn't set up to be a homecoming for the second-year forward. Comcast-Spectator, which owns the Sixers, also manages the arena.
That game will be followed by six other tuneups, including an Oct. 11 charity game against Maccabi Tel Aviv at Madison Square Garden.
A first look at the revamped Boston Celtics lineup will come Oct. 17 at TD BankNorth Center. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen will pay an Oct. 22 visit to Madison Square Garden.
There is also a home-and-home set with the Nets, another rival in the Atlantic Division. The Knicks head across the river Oct. 18, then play host Oct. 26.
A second game against the Sixers will be played Oct. 24 at Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks will head for training camp in Charleston, S.C., after they get done with their media-day responsibilities Oct. 1.
