Here are the latest news updates and possible return dates for Knicks players…
Mar. 20, 1:45 p.m.
The Knicks will be without Mitchell Robinson for Thursday night’s game against the Hornets.
As expected, the big man has been ruled out on the second night of a back-to-back for injury recovery.
Robinson is coming off two of his best showings of the season, but New York will continue playing things safe for now.
Additionally, Miles McBride is listed as questionable with a groin contusion.
The 24-year-old has been starting in place of Jalen Brunson, who remains sidelined with an ankle injury.
Mar. 7, 4:45 p.m.
The Knicks will be very shorthanded for Friday night’s game against the Clippers.
Jalen Brunson has officially been ruled out, as expected, after the star point guard left Thursday night’s contest with the Lakers late in overtime due to an ankle injury.
Sources told SNY NBA Insider Ian Begley that X-rays came back negative with the image showing no broken bones, but the severity of the injury is still not publicly known at this time.
To this point, Brunson has appeared in all but two games, and he’s averaging 26.1 points and a career-best 7.4 assists.
Additionally, New York will be without big man Mitchell Robinson who is sitting on the second night of a back-to-back.
Robinson, of course, just returned last week after a 10-month absence following ankle surgery.
Precious Achiuwa, who missed Thursday’s game, is being listed as questionable with left hamstring tightness.
Mar. 4, 6:15 p.m.
Knicks superstar center Karl-Anthony Towns won’t play in Tuesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors due to personal reasons, head coach Tom Thibodeau revealed before tip-off.
Towns, who was initially listed as questionable for the home matchup, is also not guaranteed to join the team for its upcoming five-game West Coast road trip. Thibodeau was asked about Towns’ future status, telling reporters, “When he’s ready to come back, obviously we want him back. But he needs some time right now.”
Towns missed last Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers due to a knee injury, but he returned for a pair of weekend battles against the Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat. In those two wins, he scored 11 and 19 points, respectively.
Feb. 26, 6:40 p.m.
The Knicks have ruled Karl-Anthony Towns out for Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Towns has been dealing with a knee injury that he suffered in Sunday’s loss to the Celtics. Rookie center Ariel Hukporti will start in Towns’ place.
OG Anunoby (foot) is good to go while Mitchell Robinson (out) remains out but there’s optimism that he can play sometime this weekend.
Feb. 21, 6:22 p.m.
The Knicks won’t be as shorthanded as they were Thursday against the Chicago Bulls.
OG Anunoby will return to the lineup Friday against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The forward missed three weeks due to a foot sprain but was cleared for full practice after the All-Star break.
Josh Hart (knee) and Mitchell Robinson (foot) remain out. This is the second consecutive game Hart will miss.
Feb. 19, 5:33 p.m.
While the Knicks shared encouraging injury updates for OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson on Wednesday afternoon, their first lineup following the All-Star break still won’t be at full strength.
The team announced Wednesday night that Josh Hart (knee) is ruled out for Thursday’s game against the Chicago Bulls. Robinson (foot) is also not suiting up, while Anunoby (foot) is currently listed as questionable.
Hart is dealing with patellofemoral syndrome in his right knee, according to SNY NBA Insider Ian Begley. He was questionable to play on Feb. 12 due to a knee issue, but he ultimately played against the Atlanta Hawks and recorded a double-double across 48 minutes.
Anunoby, who’s been cleared to practice without any restrictions, has missed New York’s last five games.
Feb. 19, 1:05 p.m.
As the Knicks prepare to begin the second half of their season on Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls, head coach Tom Thibodeau shared some positive injury updates.
Per Thibodeau, forward O.G. Anunoby has been cleared to practice without restrictions, while center Mitchell Robinson has been cleared for 5-on-5 contact at practice.
With Anunoby returning to practice without restrictions, it’s fair to assume that the 27-year-old will return to game action on Thursday. Anunoby has not played since suffering a mild foot sprain against the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 1.
Meanwhile, Robinson being cleared for contact is a huge step forward for the big man, who has yet to play this season due to offseason foot surgery. It’s unclear exactly when Robinson might be able to return to game action, but his season debut appears to be drawing closer and closer.
Feb. 10, 12:23 p.m.
OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson both “did parts of practice” on Monday and are making “steady progress,” head coach Tom Thibodeau said, but they are “still not ready” to return to game action.
Anunoby, who has been dealing with a mild foot sprain, is closer to making his return after missing the past three games and Thibodeau did not rule him out for Tuesday’s game in Indianapolis. But the tenor of his comments did not connote optimism.
Robinson, who has yet to make his season debut after undergoing surgery on his foot in the offseason, is “doing more and more each day,” the head coach said, but the center has not yet participated in any 5-on-5 work during practice and still “needs more time.”
The Knicks have two games left before they reach the NBA All-Star break which will see them have eight days between games.
Feb. 7, 12:45 p.m.
OG Anunoby was able to participate in parts of practice on Friday, but he hasn’t taken much contact yet.
Head coach Tom Thibodeau did say that is more “precautionary” for now, and that the power forward has been moving well.
Anunoby has missed the last two games after leaving Saturday’s contest in the third quarter with a mild foot sprain.
The Knicks are “hopeful” he’ll be back by the All-Star break, but they’ll continue taking things one day at a time.
Mitchell Robinson also appears to be trending in the right direction.
The big man has been able to do “quite a bit” in practice since being cleared for contact earlier this week, Thibodeau said.
He does, however, still have some steps to clear so the team will continue taking things one day at a time.
Robinson, who traveled with the team this week, hasn’t begun participating in 5-on-5 scrimmages yet.
Feb. 4, 7:15 p.m.
After being cleared for contact, Mitchell Robinson is traveling with the team as the Knicks take on the Raptors in Toronto on Tuesday.
Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau told the media before Tuesday’s tip, including the New York Post’s Stefan Bondy, that he’s “hopeful” Robinson practices this week.
“We’ll see, again, there are a number of steps he has to clear,” Thibodeau said. “But it’s good to have him cleared for contact and then you have to see how he responds to contact the day after the contact. But he’s doing great. He’s champing at the bit.“
The Knicks didn’t have a morning shootaround since Tuesday was the second of a back-to-back, but Thibs wanted Robinson with the team in meetings to help him get up to speed.
Feb. 1, 7:15 p.m.
Mitchell Robinson appears to be closing in on taking the next step in his recovery.
Head coach Tom Thibodeau said pregame Saturday that the big man is getting “pretty close” to being cleared to return to practice with full contact.
Robinson hasn’t played since undergoing foot surgery last May, but he recently began participating in basketball activities with very controlled contact.
There is still no timeline for his return, and the Knicks will continue taking things slow.
Numerous reports this week indicated that New York may be open to moving Robinson if the right deal were to come about — though it’s unknown exactly what his value is.
Jan. 29, 6:45 p.m.
The Knicks hoped that center Mitchell Robinson would be ready to return to practice in January, but with two days left in the month time is running out.
Tom Thibodeau, speaking before Wednesday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets, said Robinson is now running and jumping and “doing well,” but the team will continue to take things slow and not rush the big man back.
“I’m trusting the medical people,” the head coach said. “When he’s cleared, he’s cleared. We’re not gonna rush it, we’re gonna be patient. And we’re just gonna take it step-by-step.
“So, whether it’s this week, next week, the week after, wherever it falls, it falls. But we want him completely healthy before we put him back out.”
Robinson has “not had contact yet” while he is doing some basketball activities, Thibs added, before noting there has been “some contact, but it’s very controlled.”
Jan. 17, 7:10 p.m.
The Knicks announced Karl-Anthony Towns will miss Friday’s matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves, his second consecutive game missed, with a thumb sprain.
Towns is also dealing with a bone chip in his thumb but the team says that is not what’s keeping him out of the lineup. Towns was questionable heading into Friday’s game and coach Tom Thibodeau said the center would go through pre-game warmups before a decision was made.
The Knicks defeated the 76ers without Towns on Wednesday and will look to do the same Friday when they host the T-Wolves and the returning Julius Randle.
Jan. 15, 5:45 p.m.
A day after being listed as questionable with a sprained thumb, Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said Karl-Anthony Towns will miss Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers.
Towns hurt his shooting thumb in Monday’s loss to the Pistons. Wednesday will mark the fourth game Towns has missed this season.
Jericho Sims (back) is available for tonight’s game, per Thibodeau.
Jan. 14: 5:40 p.m
There’s a new disconcerting ailment bothering Karl-Anthony Towns, as the Knicks announced the superstar center is listed questionable for Wednesday’s road game against the rival Philadelphia 76ers due to a right thumb injury.
Towns hurt his shooting thumb in Monday’s loss to the Detroit Pistons, after slamming his hand on the backboard during a first-half drive. While he managed to rack up 26 points and 12 rebounds in 43 minutes, he was seen grabbing his thumb in pain at one point late in the third quarter.
The Knicks have also listed Jalen Brunson (shoulder soreness) as probable and Jericho Sims (back spasms) as questionable for Wednesday’s matchup in Philadelphia.
Jan. 7, 5:37 p.m.
The Knicks have announced Karl-Anthony Towns (knee) and Miles McBride (hamstring) are listed as questionable for Wednesday’s home game against the Toronto Raptors.
Towns, who injured his right knee late in the team’s road loss to the Chicago Bulls on Jan. 4, sat out Monday’s game against the Orlando Magic with knee tendinopathy. McBride has also missed the Knicks’ last four games.
Jan. 6, 7:10 p.m.
The Knicks ruled out Karl-Anthony Towns (knee) and Miles McBride (hamstring) for Monday’s game against the Orlando Magic, the team announced shortly before tip-off.
This is the fourth straight game that McBride has missed.
Jericho Sims has been given the nod to start at center.
Jan. 6, 6:10 p.m.
Head coach Tom Thibodeau said that Karl-Anthony Towns will warm up prior to the Knicks’ game on Monday against the Orlando Magic before making a final determination on the center’s availability.
Towns is currently questionable with patellar tendinopathy in his right knee, the team announced.
Miles McBride (hamstring) is also a game-time decision, potentially leaving New York’s already thin bench even more shorthanded. The Knicks recalled big man Ariel Hukporti from the G League Westchester Knicks earlier on Monday to bolster the front court options.
Jan. 1, 6:15 p.m.
Mitchell Robinson still hasn’t been cleared to return to practice, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau said before Wednesday’s game against the Utah Jazz.
However, the center is “doing well” and the team is “anticipating that sometime this month he’ll be cleared to practice.”
Robinson, who has not yet returned to running full speed, hasn’t appeared in a game this season after undergoing a procedure on his foot this offseason after sustaining the injury during last season’s playoff run.
Dec. 27, 5:53 p.m.
Speaking to reporters before taking on the Orlando Magic on Friday night, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau offered an update on injured center Mitchell Robinson.
Thibs said Robinson, who has missed the entire season as he works back from an ankle injury, has “worked extremely hard” and is “light and lean” as he nears his return for New York.
Before getting cleared to practice, Robinson will first need to begin running at full speed, which is the next step for the 26-year-old, followed by contact.
Dec. 7, 7:25 p.m.
The Knicks announced that Jalen Brunson is available for Saturday’s game against the Detroit Pistons while Karl-Anthony Towns, and Cameron Payne are officially out.
Towns, who is averaging 25 points and 13 rebounds per game, was a late addition to the injury report with patellar tendinopathy in his right knee.
Brunson left Thursday’s game against the Hornets with a few minutes remaining in the third quarter with a back/rib issue he suffered while being bumped into on a defensive play. The star point guard did not return for the fourth, but the Knicks also carried a significant lead at the time.
Payne has been sidelined with an elbow injury, and he is being considered day-to-day.
Dec. 5, 10:45 p.m.
After Thursday’s win over the Hornets, Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said that Cam Payne (elbow) is considered day-to-day.
Thibodeau said they will see how Payne feels Friday before giving an update. The Knicks’ next game is against the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night at The Garden.
Payne has been Thibodeau’s most trusted bench players. He along with Miles McBride give the Knicks plus guard play off the bench. So far this season, Payne is averaging eight points and 3.4 assists per game.
Star guard Jalen Brunson left Thursday’s game with a back/rib injury after taking a bump on a defensive play with minutes to go in the third quarter. Brunson immediately went into the locker room but did return to the Knicks bench with about nine minutes left in the game. Thibodeau said that Brunson was fine and could have went into the game if needed.
With the large Knicks lead, Brunson’s services was not needed and finished with 24 points and five assists in 27 minutes of play.
Dec. 5, 7:10 p.m.
The Knicks announced Cam Payne (elbow) is out for Thursday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets. The guard played 18 minutes in the team’s win against the Orlando Magic on Tuesday, scoring seven points with three assists.
Precious Achiuwa, who has missed the regular season since injuring his hamstring in the preseason finale in mid-October, is available tonight after going through warmups.
Dec. 4, 7:15 p.m.
The Knicks listed Precious Achiuwa (hamstring) as questionable for Thursday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets.
Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said Monday that Achiuwa is “getting closer” and that he could return “in a week or so.” Well, it looks like that time is getting closer just in time to give the Knicks some much-needed depth at the center/power forward position. Achiuwa averaged 7.6 points and 7.2 rebounds in 24 minutes per game with the Knicks after coming over from the Toronto Raptors with OG Anunoby.
Achiuwa has missed the entire regular season so far due to his hamstring strain that he suffered late in the preseason.
Cam Payne is also questionable with an elbow injury. The bench guard played 18 minutes in Tuesday’s win against the Orlando Magic where he scored seven points and dished three assists.
Nov. 23, 3:58 p.m.
Miles McBride (left knee) will miss his fifth straight game on Saturday when the Knicks take on the Utah Jazz.
McBride’s injury had previously been called knee inflammation, but is now said to be Patella Femoral Syndrome or Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) — best known as “runner’s knee.”
McBride was upgraded to questionable earlier in the day but was later ruled out. As for when the guard will return to the court, he’s “close, not there,” according to Newsday’s Steve Popper.
He last played on Nov. 13 against the Chicago Bulls, scoring two points in 23 minutes of action. McBride is averaging 10.7 points per game over 11 contests this season.
Nov. 15, 7:00 p.m.
The Knicks will be even more shorthanded when they take the court Friday night against the crosstown rival Nets, as Karl-Anthony Towns (knee contusion) and Miles McBride (illness) have both been ruled out.
Towns has been spectacular since being acquired in a deal with the Timberwolves, averaging 26.5 points and 12.2 rebounds per game, but the Knicks will need backup Jericho Sims to step into the starting lineup with him sidelined for the first time this season.
McBride is also a huge loss for a Knicks bench that’s already short early on this season.
Nov. 11, 6:25 p.m.
Miles McBride is questionable for Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers due to left knee inflammation.
McBride, 24, is averaging a career-high 11.2 points per game this season in his fourth year, up from 8.3 points per game last season.
The Knicks also listed Cameron Payne as questionable due to a strained left hamstring that has limited him to only five games this season. Payne last played on Nov. 1.
Nov. 1, 10:07 p.m.
Precious Achiuwa (hamstring) traveled with the Knicks, whose four-game road trip continued Friday in Detroit as New York notched a 128-98 win over the Pistons.
After the game, Tom Thibodeau explained the forward’s injury status.
“He’s doing a little more on the court,” Thibodeau said when asked if there was a chance of Achiuwa playing on the road trip. “Once a guy can start doing some stuff on the court, usually, they’ll travel with us. Sometimes it’s better to keep them back because we can do more rehab stuff at the facility. So it’s case by case, but he’s making good, steady progress. He hasn’t actually gone through practice practice yet.”
Achiuwa, who last played for the Knicks in an Oct. 18 preseason game at the Washington Wizards, averaged 7.6 points and 7.2 rebounds in 24.2 minutes over 49 games with New York last season.
The Knicks close out the road trip with Monday’s game at the Houston Rockets and Wednesday’s tip against the Hawks in Atlanta before returning home for Friday’s matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Nov. 1, 6:48 p.m.
Karl-Anthony Towns, who entered Friday’s 7 p.m. game at the Detroit Pistons as a game-time decision due to a left wrist sprain, is available and starting for the Knicks.
Towns scored 44 points on 17-of-25 shooting while adding 13 rebounds and two assists in 39 minutes of Wednesday’s 116-107 win at the Miami Heat.
Through four games, Towns is averaging 22.5 points, 11.3 rebounds and two assists in 31.8 minutes.
Oct. 31, 6:11 p.m.
Before the Knicks‘ Friday night matchup with the Detroit Pistons, New York has placed Karl-Anthony Towns on its injury report.
The report has designated Towns as questionable with a left wrist sprain.
This comes less than a day before the new Knicks center exploded for 44 points and 13 rebounds in Wednesday’s 116-107 win at the Miami Heat.
While the designation should be something to keep an eye on, this could simply be a formality as Towns goes through his pregame routine and workout before a decision is made.
Josh Hart entered the Heat game as questionable, due to a lower leg contusion, and played.
