BRIGGS wrote:So KP was hurt before he met the Knicks--good job by our crack medical staff!

Janis Porzingis said on the radio his brother’s injury occurred because of the strenuous workouts he underwent leading to his ballyhooed Las Vegas workout June 12, which was attended by Phil Jackson and almost every NBA team’s top executives.

and good job by you for touting him all summer long on this board!

Cartman718 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:So KP was hurt before he met the Knicks--good job by our crack medical staff!

Janis Porzingis said on the radio his brother’s injury occurred because of the strenuous workouts he underwent leading to his ballyhooed Las Vegas workout June 12, which was attended by Phil Jackson and almost every NBA team’s top executives.

and good job by you for touting him all summer long on this board!

Its a good draft pick but he should be healthy and I said that many times.

matt wrote:This is probably not a big deal, but I remember that one of the first things Phil wanted to do was can the current medical staff.

i dont remember this... is there a link? can we just overpay suns medical staff to come work for us instead of overpaying our players and coaches?

Cartman718 wrote:

matt wrote:This is probably not a big deal, but I remember that one of the first things Phil wanted to do was can the current medical staff.

i dont remember this... is there a link? can we just overpay suns medical staff to come work for us instead of overpaying our players and coaches?

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/source-dolan-stop-jackson-knick-staff-firings-article-1.1765645

nixluva wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:So KP was hurt before he met the Knicks--good job by our crack medical staff!

Janis Porzingis said on the radio his brother’s injury occurred because of the strenuous workouts he underwent leading to his ballyhooed Las Vegas workout June 12, which was attended by Phil Jackson and almost every NBA team’s top executives.

and good job by you for touting him all summer long on this board!

Its a good draft pick but he should be healthy and I said that many times.

You keep assuming that KP isn't healthy which suggests some kind of serious injury. Muscle soreness or some other minor ding isn't necessarily a serious health issue. When you suggest a player isn't healthy it usually means some kind of injury that isn't likely to get better with rest and therapy.

But according to the team, Porzingis is on schedule to play in Vegas and is back working out after missing a few days.

WaltLongmire wrote:Amazing how much attention has been given to this thread considering the complete lack of factual information.

Speculation was based totally on a loving brother's concern about his baby brother...A brother, I might add, without a medical degree, as far as I know.

Does anyone believe that if there was something serious with this injury that an anti-Knicks hack like Marc Berman would NOT be writing articles about a career threatening injury and finding accounts of what Bo Jackson when through as an athlete, or that Steven A. Smith would NOT be on ESPN ranting about Phil bringing in damaged goods to help Melo?

Berman finally surfaced with an article after the Knicks announced Porzingis would play in the SL, and referenced the brother's comment, but he clearly had no luck finding any injury dirt with which he could embarrass Phil or the Knicks.

Much ado about nothing.

One cautionary lesson, though, and I've said this before- The Knicks have to monitor KP. He is driven, and don't think the boos he got at the draft, or the type of fan attitudes we see around here at times, are out of his mind.

From his interviews, you know that he is aware all the criticisms, and you don't want him to take them too personally and work himself to the ground, or injure himself trying to meet the high expectations the franchise has for him.

If he did injure himself overworking himself so he could make a good impression at his pro-day, that is a sign that this type of thing could happen again.

Hopefully Phil throws some Zen moderation at him and he works at a proper pace.

It is unclear which employees Jackson wants to remove, but with the entire coaching staff fired on Monday, it is most likely personnel with the medical staff, front office and/or the media relations staff. Bleacher Report reported that Steve Mills, Allan Houston and Mark Warkentien could all be reassigned or possibly dismissed

All speculaton and none of it happend. Maybe its was just some on the medical staff???

BRIGGS wrote:We need KP to start the 4 even fort 16-20 minutes. Keep it safe KP. Yoga and stretching(martial arts stretching)--excellent for a guy like you. Build up core strength and his body should naturally go to 250-260

you got it boss

signed by Brother Zinger