Jowels, are you sure it was the face, that he would get all up in?

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After he was examined by doctors, his trainer suggested he would be ready by opening day. It sounded like as ACL injuries go, he had the best possible prognosis. But he also suggested the team may not want him to play so quickly even if he’s ready.

I think they are going to err on the side of caution and continue working on his body so he becomes less likely to get injured again (especially the other knee). They aren’t going anywhere this year anyway.

So why push it?

One the flip side, I said from day one if they are serious about attracting a major talent next year, they are going to have to prove he’s still healthy and able to play. When he’s back the team will have to be reasonably competitive down the stretch. Someone like Kyrie is going to have to say to himself, ” If they add me and Knox, KP, Frank etc.. make some progress we can make some noise in the weak east in 2019/20″.

If someone can say that with a straight face based on what we see down the stretch in 2018/19, they can sign someone serious.

The only reason that I bring it up is that the other message in that was about how delaying signing him to an extension until the summer will save the Knicks $10 in cap space for 2019/20. Does anyone know anything about that?

Oh, and he was pretty good at basketball too.