Knicks Playoff Hopes Fade as Key Players Sidelined by Injury
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00:03 Now the Knicks on the other hand, another team that was probably on the flip side
00:06 of this looking like potentially flying over win totals and
00:10 top three, top four seed in the playoffs.
00:12 And then, I mean, everybody just got hurt, coach.
00:15 Now, OG Ananobi, he's been cleared for contact, so that's good news there.
00:19 But without Brunson and Randle, the Knicks are certainly,
00:23 I would say, up against it at this point.
00:25 And again, this time of the year, coach,
00:27 the goal is let's get everybody back for the playoffs, right?
00:30 Like there's just not much else they can do at this point.
00:33 >> Yeah, but here's the thing, folks.
00:36 You wanna get in the playoffs, but you wanna get in as a top six seed and
00:39 not worry about the playing tournament,
00:42 which is something that's staring your dead in the face right now.
00:45 Because there are only one game ahead of Philadelphia and Miami for
00:49 that six/seven spot with Indiana a couple of games behind them.
00:53 So here's the key thing.
00:55 OG just got cleared, right?
00:57 I do expect probably you'll see Brunson back soon.
01:00 Mitchell Robinson is close.
01:02 The one you have to look at is Julius Randle.
01:05 That's the only one that you haven't really given a time frame for.
01:09 So if you look at the Knicks schedule over the next couple of days,
01:13 you gotta think about when can you start to see these guys back?
01:18 Obviously, they play versus Orlando tonight, Sunday, Tuesday versus Philadelphia.
01:24 I think by Sunday, maybe tonight, you'll get Brunson back.
01:28 And the hope is maybe within the next week, week and a half,
01:31 by the time they go out west, the 14th of Portland, maybe you get OG back.
01:35 And maybe Mitchell Robinson is right behind him.
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