The Knicks and Nets finally reconvened on the hardwood Tuesday, officially transitioning from a bonkers offseason overflowing with enough major trade possibilities and personal drama to consistently steal summertime headlines away from the first-place Mets and Yankees.

Their training camps should be strictly about basketball now, however, with COVID restrictions and trade demands lifted concerning the Nets, and the specter of a blockbuster deal no longer a possibility, for now, with the Knicks.

Following massively disappointing finishes for both local hoops squads last spring, the Nets will look to reboot their championship aspirations with the KD-Kyrie duo finally aligning with imported third All-Star wheel Ben Simmons, while the Knicks have to hope that the addition of free-agent guard Jalen Brunson to their existing core can boost them back into playoff contention in the Eastern Conference.

Here are five pressing questions for each local team as their camps get underway: