Joakim Noah went to high school in Brooklyn and was raised in Manhattan — but he wants free agent LeBron James to join him in Chicago.

“I’m excited to have a chance to play with the best player in the world,” the Bulls’ center-forward said yesterday at the iS8 Nike Spring Classic in Queens.

“That’s always your goal, to play at the highest level with the best players in a place like Chicago. It’d be a great opportunity to one day win a championship.”

In April, Noah had ripped the city of Cleveland, James’ home with the Cavs — saying there is nothing to do and no one vacations there. Chicago, he said yesterday, was an ideal destination for “The King.”

“I hope he comes,” Noah said.

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