For months, the hope in Knickland was that Iman Shumpert, a 6-foot-5 ballhawk, would fix the defense upon his return from knee surgery.
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Shumpert, who is less than a month into his return from a torn anterior cruciate ligament, is still working himself into the defensive ballhawk he was late last season.