This is MASSIVE for the Knicks…

This is MASSIVE for the Knicks…

There’s been a lot of New York Nick injury Updates this Allstar break and we are going to break this down because obviously the Knicks do need to get healthy before the playoff run and shout out to those cars honking the horn right as I start this video as New York does

It what’s up guys welcome back to Nick digest it’s Chris here and we’re going to jump right into the video as we always do because there is a lot of Nick injury news especially with OG on anobi because we got great news earlier that OG will probably be back with in the

Next two weeks as doctors are set to re-evaluate OG around March 1st and according to a league source with knowledge of his recovery the team expects him to return to onc court activities not long answer as put by Fred Catz of the athletic I took this

From daily Nicks shout out to them and basically that’s the biggest news that we could have because we know OG’s supposed to be the first one back and we need to start getting our players back look Randall’s the most important guy out but we need OG on anobi not as much

As we need Randall of course Randall is an Allstar he’s just an NBA star in general he’s on he’s been on the all NBA team twice he probably would have been again this year if he didn’t get injured but OG’s also incredibly important to this team so getting him back would be

Huge and I think that we all know as we’ve seen the Knicks play with and without OG this season we are considerably better when anobi is on the court so we need the first and him to fall now if Oobi is able to play again in early to mid-march that would mean he

Is going to be in time for the last month of regular season play which allows him to get his conditioning back up to speed before the playoffs that is the big thing here it sounds like he’s going to return sometime soon after March 1st so let’s go somewhere around

Like March 5th is if he returns by then then yeah he’s got a little over a month to work and to try to get back into playoff off shape and that probably shouldn’t be too hard it is an elbow injury so he could still do a ton of

Conditioning so he’s probably not really lost a step at all conditioning wise and if he has it’s probably something very minor that he’s easily going to get back once he’s back on the court as you know as much conditioning possibly could be done will never compare to what it’s

Like playing on the basketball court especially in the NBA because it’s just such a fast-paced game it’s exhausting It’s So Physical it’s a contact sport after all you will not be in perfect shape but it does seem like OG will be able to get back in time that is so

Important to the Knicks but it’s also just important that the rest of our team comes back for instance Julius Randall and we’ve heard mixed things about Randall but mainly that he should be back soon after this break ends the question is is what happens when he gets reevaluated because if his shoulder

Keeps just popping right in in and out of place and is not stable he’s going to need shoulder surgery he’s probably not going to be able to hold off for the rest of the season and and in turn he will end up getting season ending shoulder surgery which will really screw

The Knick’s hopes up of making the Conference Finals I still think they could but the odds go down so much because they lose their other on ball threat the Knicks have two real offensive sets it’s run a pick and roll with Bronson or let Randall isolate and

Use his size to create mismatches and if the Knicks don’t have that second option they are going to struggle they don’t have a lot of on ball guys past that I mean d venzo has been good but his shot percentages have started to go down since he started balling out as teams

Are a little bit more prepared to game plan for Dante d venzo as one of the lead scoring options which they were not doing previously which is why he was so Adept to breaking out outside of the fact that D venzo is just an awesome player who’s having the best season of

His career and clearly has shown that he could have a bigger role than what he does on the Knicks and that that contract was a steal believe me I’m not saying that that’s not true what I’m saying is it’s going to be harder for him to produce in the playoffs than

Compared to a few days before the allstar break or really two weeks before the All-Star break that entire span he looked great nearly 27 points per game but those percentages are dropping it’s concerning for the playoffs or it could be nothing who knows but look OG’s having a great season with the Knicks

Just to tie it back into him real quick 15 points per game 4.2 rebounds two assists shoots 50% from the field and 38% from three he’s an efficient player he’s one of the best defend in the NBA since getting to the Knicks they have been Unstoppable with him on the court

But they have not been the same with him off the court the Knicks lost their last four games in a row going into Allstar break and that sucked I mean yeah we all know why they were covered in injuries they were not supposed to win those games but it’s still sucks because how

Close the Eastern Conference is this year there’s a lot and I mean a lot of parody in the NBA right now on both sides I mean look at the Dallas Mavericks right now 32 and 23 and they’re the seventh seed and then Sacramento 31 and 23 as the eighth seed

Everyone’s so close if you keep looking at that scrl all you’re going to see is one after another these teams are all very close except for the bottom of the barrel NBA teams and that’s about it and Boston Celtics I guess but like it’s such a tight conference on each side

It’s just so the standings are so tight that the Knicks are going to need to get high up in the standings if they want a home court advantage and losing four games in a row injuries or not is going to hurt your chances of doing so so the

Knicks need to get healthy it’s imperative I really would rather them not ever have home courted or have them not not have ever home court advantage so essentially if they’re a fifth seed or below and every time or every series you’re going to play pretty much will

Probably be not in their favor when it comes to where the games take place most of the time having homecourt Advantage at Ms homec court advantage I’m struggling with that right now geez in MSG it’s so huge the crowd is like no other the atmosphere is crazy it’s a lot easier

For the Knicks to play there since they’re more used to that than other teams who are not as comfortable playing there when literally players have said the court has started shaking because how loud MSG gets in the playoffs the Nicks have more experience with that than anyone because they play in MSG 41

Times a year leading up to that and games get intense there I mean that Lakers game that had a playoff atmosphere I guarantee the court got a little shaky there the same way that does in playoffs especially with someone as electrifying as Jaylen Brunson the fans have gotten loud this year they’ve

Talked about that a ton it’s been huge so I want home court advantage the Knicks could still get up to the second seed but it’s not going to be easy that’s why they need their players to come back now what Tims have to say on Buon dvo and hartenstein they’ll all be

Ready once the team returns from All-Star break that’s huge three of our most important role players hartenstein has been awesome as the center and the only concern with hartstein is that he’s playing so well he’s going to play himself right into a bigger contract that the Knicks can’t afford and he’ll

Walk in free agency that would be terrible but we have to prepare ourselves for a very likely scenario that that exact situation happens I mean sure we could try to keep him and Mitch together but it’s going to be difficult because both of them deserve to start

And they both deserve similar money and I’m not sure if ncks can pay both of them and the Knicks have to be ready to make a tough tough decision no matter what that is on who they want their center of the future to be because it’s

One of those two for sure buy coming back is huge he hasn’t been here that long but he’s clearly very good he gives the Knicks a ton of shooting that they need and I just really like his play I think he fits well with the Knicks and he could certainly play power forward

And cover for Randle while Randle recovers I don’t think the Knicks should Rush Julius back it doesn’t make sense with the dislocation the best thing to do is rest it as much as possible he’s going to be physical when he comes back so he’s going to have to use that

Shoulder a lot that’s just how it is and then if he’s got if you need surgery you can do it over the offseason again he might not Steph Curry hurt he did the same thing he dislocated his shoulder was back two months later yeah he wears

The sleeve now but he hasn’t once once injured the shoulder since and R’s got a lot more muscle around him and muscles around a bone that dislocates it’s very important that they’re very strong and hopefully bigger because it will help stabilize that bone more Julius Randle looks like an NFL linebacker who’s also

Happens to be 6′ n so he should be more okay than Steph was because of the big your size especially since it’s an upper arm thing it’s not like he’s putting pressure on his upper arms that much like you might with a leg injury so hopefully randle’s back and he’s good

Because that is obviously the most important injury we have now but there is someone else who we’re forgetting about Marcel Scott Mitchell Robinson’s trainer posted a video of Mitch working and it said getting ready for playoff basketball if you look Mitch’s ankles neither one of them is wrapped up at all

He looks great I mean the man looks like a million bucks right there he’s jacked he’s all Mitchell Robinson like and look Scott seems to think that Mitch is going to come back for the playoffs he knows that people were going to see this Marcel Scott’s been Mitch’s trainer for

A while and clearly we’re seeing Mitchell Robinson get ready for a playoff push that would be huge there’s a good chance the Knicks and the Cavs have their rematch and I really want to see Mitchell Robinson available in that series as the things that he did to Evan

Moy and Jared Allen were just so comical to watch that I really want to see Mitch just do that again and be like yeah no don’t get don’t get it twisted I am better than both of you so I’m really looking forward to seeing that if it

Happens or against any team I mean just the presence of Mitchell Robinson as great as Haren Stein’s been I think because of his greatness we forgotten how pivotal of a Defender Mitchell Robinson is people don’t drive to the rim when Mitch is there it’s the same thing as Rudy gobear they’re like Mitch

Is down there I’m not trying them look the reason Mitch only averages one and a half blocks per game this year instead of the usual two is because teams know now they’re like if I drive on Mitchell Robinson he doesn’t foul people anymore he just blocks every shot he’s also

Getting a bunch of steals now to make up for the fact that no one drives on him anymore to keep that defensive impact he’s honestly making his impact higher because he’s forcing guys into tough shots he’s not willing to play perimeter defense remember the Mitchell Robinson

That we saw at the beginning of this season before his injury looked like a defensive player of the year candidate that’s how good he was while also being the best offensive rebounder I’ve ever seen in my entire life Robinson is on one they need him back for playoffs

Especially again when it comes to making an Eastern Conference Finals push and potentially an NBA Finals push if things go well they need Mitchell Robinson there as much as they need anyone Mitch is the longest 10-e Nick there’s a reason why he has never been moved there’s a reason why he’s basically

Started his entire time with the Knicks he is a baller I cannot wait to see Mitch back especially once OG’s back also oh G and Mitch together would be flat out disgusting on defense you’re not scoring on that team that is an elite defense right there with an elite

Offensive player in Jaylen Brunson with an All-Star and Julius Randle with OG shooting with defense shenzo becoming Klay Thompson this is a stacked up team one healthy so the Knicks need to make sure that they get healthy in time I want to see this variation of a

Basketball team in the playoffs I think it is how you determine what you do in the off season do you trade for a star if you do what kind of player are you looking for what kind of position are you looking for there’s only one way to

Find out which is you put this Knicks team in the playoffs and you have all of your weapons there and healthy so hopefully that works out the one I’m most concerned about is probably Julius because the Knicks can’t afford to lose him as much as they can afford to lose

Mitch because of hartenstein and precious his balling out and Jericho Sims and you could always pick up a center off of the buyout Market or the free agent market like nerland Noel like what’s his name like Dwayne deadmond something like that and OG you have a million Wings you’re going to lose his

Defense and that’s going to suck but you still have Alec Burks you still have buan bonovich who can play that small forward role you still have D venzo you have Josh Hart you have a ton of wings anyway the Knicks will be fine they need Julius back and healthy they also need

Mish they need the whole team and I hope that that’s what they get make sure to like this video comment down below what you think who are you most excited to see come back anything you guys want to see us make comment down below we’ll do it at Nick digest we’re expanding the

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