The Knicks have other dicey training-camp issues besides the dark shadow of the rehabbing left knee of Antonio McDyess, whom the club believes can return in November.

A league source said McDyess still has to undergo more tests. He probably will need a final C-scan Oct. 21, the sixth-month anniversary of the last surgery, before being given full clearance to play in intrasquad scrimmages. Though Knicks GM Scott Layden will give an official update in today's State-of-the-Knicks Address, he, too, doesn't know exactly when McDyess will make his debut until he starts scrimmaging.

Here's other pressing Knick issues, as players with three or less years experience reported to Westchester camp yesterday and hold practice today. Veterans join Frank Williams, Mike Sweetney, Maciej Lampe and Slavko Vranes on Friday for the first full team practice.