Jalen Brunson 'questionable' to return
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Brunson, the Knicks’ All-Star guard and team captain, fully participated in Friday’s team practice at Georgia Tech’s Zellnak Center, signaling his imminent return.
From New York Daily News
Jalen Brunson was seated on the bench Wednesday night in Cleveland, inching closer to a return to action.
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The headline is Brunson, who has been out for roughly a month with an ankle sprain and, barring a setback, is expected to return either Saturday against the Hawks or Sunday against the Suns.
New York star guard Jalen Brunson has been cleared for basketball activities and could return to the Knicks' lineup for the final week of the regular season, coach Tom Thibodeau said before Wednesday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau delivers highly anticipated update regarding star point guard Jalen Brunson's timetable from ankle injury.
The Knicks don't have much incentive to rush him back. At 48-27, the team is virtually locked into the No. 3 seed in the playoffs, eight games behind the 2-seed Boston Celtics and four games clear of the 4-seed Indiana Pacers with seven games left. Barring a fairly epic collapse, New York's seed is locked
The Knicks, marred by injury in yet another season, are without both their All-Star guard Jalen Brunson and sixth man Miles McBride.
Brunson hasn’t played since spraining his ankle on March 6. He needs four more games to qualify for postseason awards. If he doesn’t play in both games of back-to-back sets (the Knicks have two more of those), a return by this weekend will get him exactly to the 65-game threshold by the season finale in Brooklyn on April 13.
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Brunson has played in 61 games and needs to be in four more to reach the NBA's threshold to be eligible for postseason awards.
New York Knicks All-Star guard Jalen Brunson is expected to return to practice and could see game action this weekend.
CLEVELAND (AP) — New York star guard Jalen Brunson has been cleared for basketball activities and could return to the Knicks’ lineup for the final week of the regular season, coach Tom Thibodeau said before Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.