Knicks, Jazz and Anunoby
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Knicks forward OG Anunoby, who missed the past nine games with a left hamstring strain, was expected to return Friday against the Jazz.
The Knicks got a significant injury boost with OG Anunoby. He was upgraded to questionable for the team’s game against the Jazz on Friday night at the Garden. He has been out since Nov. 14 with a left hamstring strain. The Knicks have gone 6-3 in nine games without him.
The New York Knicks got a positive injury development on OG Anunoby ahead of a game against the Utah Jazz on Friday, December 5
Anunoby (hamstring) is available and starting against the Jazz on Friday, Ian Begley of SportsNet New York reports.
OG Anunoby isn’t back in uniform just yet, but the Knicks’ star forward is finally trending in the right direction.
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Mike Brown’s rotations need some work without OG Anunoby
The way the Knicks are built, things will never be fully cohesive without their best defender. While OG Anunoby has reportedly resumed taking contact in practice and is inching closer to a return, the Knicks are likely going to slow-play him, not risking things in an 82-game season.
While Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors dominated NBA headlines Wednesday, New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown delivered a key update on the status of OG Anunoby — a player who could become central to any seismic Knicks– Bucks trade scenario if the two-time MVP ultimately asks out of Milwaukee.