Kristaps Zinged by shoulder injury, getting MRI today
DALLAS – Kristaps Porzingis’ spectacular rejection made the highlight show rounds and also sent him to the injured list. Now he awaits an MRI to determine his status for the rest of the season.
The Latvian rookie did not play Wednesday night in the Knicks’ 91-89 loss to the Mavericks because of a shoulder injury sustained Monday against the Pelicans, when he thwarted a dunk attempt from Alonzo Gee above the rim.
“It’s really sore,” said Porzingis, who is scheduled to undergo an
D-LEE RETURN?
Former All-Star David Lee the second round. The following October, he told Woodson he believed the Knicks were a championship contender. Since that conversation, the Knicks have won 77 games over three seasons. The can be taken care of so I anticipate spoke with the Knicks about rehim playing sometime between joining them this season and is now and the end of the season,” open to a return in the summer. interim coach Kurt Rambis said. The 32-year-old is currently
On the play in question, Gee reviving his career with the MavMRI in New York on Thursday. “I went up with such force that Porzericks, serving as a prominent recan’t even lift it up.” ingis fell backwards after the serve player on a team with play
Despite the i mpairment, the block. It’s was a good example of off aspirations. But when he was 20-year-old sounded optimistic why the Knicks hope he builds in the process of being bought out about playing again this week – up strength over the summer. by the Celtics in February, Lee whether Friday against the Nets Wednesday’s game will be just his said there were conversations or Sunday against the Pacers. He second missed due to injury. He sat with the Knicks. had issues with his shoulder preout two because of an illness. He’ll be a free agent again in viouslyJuly.thisseasonbutdidn’tmiss any games. “I think I’ll have some good “It’s my understanding that it choices. And I look forward to
playing three or four more years,” Warriors have won 67 games this year alone.
Dolan can’t be happy that his pal, Carmelo Anthony, has talked openly about possibly waiving his no-trade clause and the need for a real coaching search. Meanwhile, Jackson is campaigning for Rambis to keep the job and, barring a change of heart, Jackson will recommend that Dolan give Rambis a contract extension. This is when the proverbial spit will hit the fan.
Dolan is believed to want an outside candidate − maybe Tom Thibodeau, David Blatt, Mark Jackson, Scott Brooks − so we could be headed for a showdown. Dolan, however, should turn the tables on Jackson and inform Phil he’s free to pick the coach but only under one condition: he commits, under contract, to remain with the team for the next two years.
There isn’t an NBA executive alive who doesn’t believe that Jackson wants out and that if he can’t leave this summer he’ll almost certainly be gone after the 2017 season. If that’s the case, why would Dolan want Jackson making important decisions that impact the future of the club when he already has one foot in Playa Del Rey? Rambis shouldn’t get a four-year, $20 million contract if Phil is leaving in 10 months. That makes zero sense.
Phil clearly likes his free time but Dolan isn’t paying him all that money to be a travel editor. Rebuilding a perennial loser is not a part-time gig. It takes work. It’s a long, sometimes tedious job. And two years into it, it’s about time Phil got his hands dirty. said Lee, who scored six points Wednesday. “I feel like right now my body feels as healthy as ever. And I think going down in weight has made me feel a lot better and a lot more active. I feel as active as I was early in my career.”
Lee, who played five seasons in New York and still runs a summer camp in Chappaqua, won a championship with the Warriors last season and was subsequently traded to the Celtics. He took responsibility for his struggles in Boston, where he played 30 games before the buyout.