Post#835 » by digitaldropoff » Wed Feb 7, 2018 1:20 pm
This is good news/bad news for the Knicks. The bad news is their lurch like superstar suffered a terrible knee injury. On a guy already incredibly lanky, and IMO, not that well put together to handle an NBA season....this rehab cannot be rushed in the slightest. He'll need an entire year, despite how he might feel at 9 months. Many people think torn ACL repairs are now routine and easy to fix.....and to a point, they are. But despite the strength you may build back up around it, you are susceptible to more injuries....via over compensating on the off leg or just pushing past a point on the rebuilt one. No one should logically think he'll be completely fine and the exact same. Everyone should be hopeful, but there are plenty of guys who never get back to what they were or just continue to get injured.
The good news. First for KP......while he rehabs, he might get a chance to actually put on some weight. Ideally, recovering from a knee injury, more bulk isn't ideal. But let's face it, he needs bulk all over. In his knee that they'll work on....his base, his entire body needs some muscle. This much time off, he will hopefully have a nutritionist feeding him all the right things for his grueling recovery. For the Knicks, this secures a top ten lotto pick without even flinching. Ideally, it puts you in the top 5. The problem isn't how bad the Knicks are, it's the fact that there are some legit terrible teams that will be at the bottom no matter how tanked out the Knicks will be. Dallas, Sac, PHX, Orlando, ATL, even Chi and Brooklyn can string together several losing streaks. Horny already doesn't play young guys and allegedly is coaching to win over development....so despite his talent downgrade, he's clearly interested in winning as much as possible. I'm sure this is how most coaches think, but most coaches aren't in his environment. Bad news short term, long term it could be something meaningful. We'll find out in late June.
