newyorknewyork wrote:Just heard the snippit audio for it. It was said by his brother who said his hips. Said he would be good by Thursday . But then said he didnt know if he would play summer league or not.

Strange -- the Knicks have to know this is out there now. They need to release something telling us all what the real deal is -- serious injury or not, recovery time, etc...If we don't hear anything by tomorrow, it was probably overblown. Still troubling to hear. Hopefully it's nothing..

Think it's basically the injury he had in his first workout.

Not considered an issue, or they would not have chosen him. They examined him at the time, and you know that they wold not have taken him if it was anything more than a minor issue.

Would be really pissed off if we didn't get to see him in SL, but do you really think they would rush him?

Played in his Euro League games

Worked out prior to his first big showcase workout before everyone

Worked out for LA

No injuries were reported, and when we saw his workout there was clearly nothing wrong with him.

Worked out for the Knicks- seems to have pulled something.

Not really worried, but I do think he should be monitored so that he does not overwork himself(especially with the weights)- which is something I could see someone like him doing.

mreinman wrote:

nixluva wrote:Everybody CALM THE PHUCK DOWN!!!! No one said anything about any serious issues. This is not something his brother sounded upset about. Precautionary measure to wait until the muscle tightness goes away. His brother said he was working real hard leading up to the Knicks workout. No doubt because he really wanted to be selected by the Knicks. Figures BRIGGS would freaking start a panic around here. Let's just be patient and see what this is before we start a major conniption over what is likely some muscle soreness from overdoing it. JESUS what freaking nervous fan base.

who needs to calm down sir?

Yes. Briggs is in that time of the month.

We don't need this BS Panic crap anytime someone twists an ankle. There's psychosis with the Knicks fan base where they feel cursed and doomed for the worst to happen. It's a sickness now. Any rumor about the Knicks Maxing out some 3rd tier FA and the fan base believes it. It's freaking annoying as hell to ride the roller coaster of emotions with this fan base. The Media love it cuz it sells papers and gets hits on the web. They don't even have to try hard.

OldFan wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:Will most likely not play in SL.

This is concerning for a few reasons and I dont have to state the obvious.

#1 is they may still trade him

#2 like any other player who doesnt play the SL--the injury could be much worse than what is being let on.

Briggs, man, you were all in on Porzingis. You aren't allowed to jump ship yet.

I wonder if they should just use the next 15 months to get him to a hard 260 and start his career as our 5 man. That was my thought process anyway that hed be our 5 man for 12-15 years. I think Id rather get him physically ready to play for a decade at the right position with his body put together the right way. True positioning and body symmetry is important for him. Hip injuries are almost all compensation injuries.

Gaining 30 lbs of muscle may not even be possible for him. Some guys can do it and some guys can't - a lot of it is genetics. It could be as he matures, if he works hard he may be able bulk up, but that is far from guaranteed.

Nalod wrote:Its better that the knicks listen to Briggs, not his brother and sit out 15 months to rebuild his body.

why stop at 15 months? Lets go with 3 years, since that is how long we have to wait for him anyway.

Oh, and Melo reached out to KP.

17 threads... all a waste

If you pull a hip flexer or strain a muscle generally you shut it down, because if you try to work through it you will hurt other parts of your body. Normal stuff

CrushAlot wrote:Checked realgm and apparently kritaps brother said something. Not clear at all and posters over there interpreted differently.

I listened to the interview last night, his brother said Kristaps hasnt worked out since the injury and he said he might not be ready for the SL