Smith felt ready to return to the court when the Knicks played in Chicago on Tuesday but his performance was a continuation of the miserable start to this season. Frank Ntilikina has replaced Smith as the team’s starting point guard and will continue to get the opportunity if he hounds perimeter players as he did Luka Doncic in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s win. But Smith plans to continue to compete and find a way to contribute. “I’m working hard. I’m staying patient. I’m trusting the process. I’m staying patient with the process,” Smith said. “I done had a lot of stuff happen in my life, way bigger than basketball, you know what I’m saying? The older I get, I’m gaining more perspective on things. I look at things a lot differently now. And even when the trade happened earlier, I look at things differently now.”