“I’ve had extended vacation”. I’m just really proud of him. He thought he could have returned sooner, but hamstrings are tricky injuries and the Knicks didn’t want him to come back too soon. Head coach Derek Fisher has elected to keep KP inactive for tonight’s game against the Boston Celtics, but Porzingis hopes to play tomorrow against the Charlotte Hornets.
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Afflalo will however, need all the time he can get for the remainder of the preseason to get familiar with his new teammates, since he barely got any time to familiarize with them during training camp. This is one of three injuries the rookie has suffered since arriving in the Big Apple and it is beginning to be a concern for the team.
Watch Afflalo Getting Back to Work in Practice! Fans were irate at the organization for their fourth overall draft pick as they went tall, versatile, and European in Kristaps Porzingis out of Latvia. It would cost too much money. “But I’m healthy. I’m 100 percent, so I can’t wait to get back on the floor”.
Okafor has been dealing with a right sore knee.
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Back when Knicks guard Arron Afflalo was in high school, he met a young man who would eventually become a hip-hop icon. Last season, Afflalo, who began the year with Denver before being traded to Portland, averaged 13.3 points.
Second year point guard Langston Galloway provided an all-around performance for New York filling the stat sheet with 11 points, six rebounds, two assists, one steal, and one block.
Said Fisher: “He moved well today”, Fisher said. With a new cast of players, the team is discovering options not only in the open floor but a quicker pace in the half court, Triangle offense set. But there’s a level of physicality and aggression that Arron plays with that I think is good for us. “It’s not that we hung out every day or anything like that, but at the same time, I would see him around and obviously he stayed on his grind and continued to persevere and learn along the way”. “Some good things that we’re doing, a few things that we can get better at, that we will get better at with a few time”.
Backup center Kevin Seraphin, who missed the last two games with a swollen knee, is expected to return Friday.
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In an article for The Players’ Tribune, Afflalo discussed how he sold bootleg CDs as a kid. “It’s positive anxiety because we’ve got a great group of guys and they’ve been working really hard”, he said. I got two days of training camp in, so it seems like it’s been awhile. “It’s a lot different watching it on film and trying to get out there and perform it. I’ll try to do my best with it”. We’ll see how he responds. I think it’s pretty cool.
