Posting and Toasting - Carmelo Anthony's has a knee injury.~https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/29802/posting_fave.png2013-03-16T15:48:08-04:00http://www.postingandtoasting.com/rss/stream/38324152013-03-16T15:48:08-04:002013-03-16T15:48:08-04:00Melo and Chandler are questionable for Sunday
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TO_-4L459AEi7WqEUedihUYOUCQ=/1062x48:3458x1645/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9870163/20130103_ajl_aw8_168.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>Debby Wong-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>It doesn't sound like they did much practicing-- if any-- on Saturday.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/">Knicks</a> just finished up practice at UCLA. The updates on <span>Carmelo Anthony</span> and <span>Tyson Chandler</span> are scant. First of all, both have been deemed "questionable" for Sunday's game against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.clipsnation.com/">Clippers</a>:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler are both listed as questionable for tomorrow at the L.A. Clippers.</p>
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NY_KnicksPR/status/312988712122331136">March 16, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>So, there's a chance, but today's events suggest it's a slim chance:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Tyson didnt practice and doesnt look like he will play tomorrow.</p>
— Marc Berman (@NYPost_Berman) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/313009723756662784">March 16, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Carmelo Anthony is not with the team. He left the gym a few minutes ago.</p>
— Nate Taylor (@ByNateTaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor/status/313008882534469632">March 16, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Tyson Chandler said he feels fortunate to only have a bruise. Says he & team will decide tomorrow's game in the morning.</p>
— Nate Taylor (@ByNateTaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByNateTaylor/status/313014201654333440">March 16, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>Melo was supposed to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/anthony_to_test_knee_today_in_dFHt3A5HHYyVdFCqHug8cO">test his knee out </a>this afternoon. It sounds like he did that, but didn't stick around to describe his progress to reporters. The <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/Al_Iannazzone/statuses/313010171985158145">overall sense</a> seems to be that neither will play Sunday, and <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/Al_Iannazzone/statuses/313013548601188352">that's what Mike Woodson is presuming</a>.</p>
<p>Like Joe said earlier, I'm fine with that. Better to get extra rest than to push for a game the Knicks probably aren't going to win anyway. I just continue to hope the Anthoknee and the...uh...Tysoknee(?) will be okay long-term. Beyond Melo getting his drained, we haven't heard that they will be. We haven't heard that they won't be. We haven't heard much at all.</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2013/3/16/4112962/carmelo-anthony-tyson-chandler-questionable-sunday-knicks-clippersSeth2013-03-14T20:06:20-04:002013-03-14T20:06:20-04:00Melo had his knee drained
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/h6qB9_0gIwaaWcgJuMe6u905Iqk=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9758267/20130313_pjc_aq3_551.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Finally.</p> <p>Well, it took long enough, but after struggling to play through a game and a half on a badly swollen knee, <span>Carmelo Anthony</span> flew back to New York and got the thing taken care of. Via <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NY_KnicksPR?protected_redirect=true">Knicks PR</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p class="js-tweet-text">Carmelo Anthony had a soft tissue fluid collection of his posterior right knee aspirated today in NY. He is questionable for Sunday at LA.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Good. Bizarre medical politics aside, I'm glad Melo got over whatever apprehension or obstinance was keeping that knee soup in place. With the pressure and stiffness in his knee relieved, Melo can hopefully get back to producing soon, be that Sunday in Los Angeles, Monday in Utah, or back East sometime next week. This seems to be a chronic condition, not an acute structural injury, and the knee may require more draining in the future. One hopes Anthony and the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/">Knicks</a> won't dawdle next time the issue arises. Melo does his team very little good when his legs don't work right.</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2013/3/14/4106004/carmelo-anthony-knee-drained-questionable-sunday-clippers-knicksSeth2013-03-14T02:03:13-04:002013-03-14T02:03:13-04:00Updates on the knees of Melo and Tyson
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/M6TqdN0zVQ_oSWxDmZGPkaY1_EU=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9702013/20130313_pjc_aq2_331.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Knees!</p> <p>The game has ended and the injury updates are now rolling in. First, we have good (if not quite concrete, these being the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/">Knicks</a>) news regarding Tyson Chandler:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Woodson added @<a href="https://twitter.com/tysonchandler">tysonchandler</a> is probable for tomorrow night in Portland <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Knicks">#Knicks</a></p>
— Jonah Ballow (@jonahballow) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonahballow/status/312072612438212609">March 14, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>.@<a href="https://twitter.com/tysonchandler">tysonchandler</a> says same injury as the preseason but not as bad <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Knicks">#Knicks</a></p>
— Jonah Ballow (@jonahballow) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonahballow/status/312074757023600640">March 14, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>Of course, these evaluations are being made without the use of MRI/x-ray/any sort of medical technology beyond the following:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Chandler said he doesn't want the knee examined. Says he'll play tomorrow if he can get up and down the floor</p>
— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/HerringWSJ/status/312075329126674432">March 14, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>Hold that thought for a second. Here's the update on Carmelo Anthony:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Melo going back to NY to get knee drained.</p>
— Marc Berman (@NYPost_Berman) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Berman/status/312071781584355328">March 14, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Carmelo: "I was always concerned. I was just kind of being naïve...just trying to psyche myself out and say `I can do it, I can do it.' "</p>
— Howard Beck (@HowardBeckNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/HowardBeckNYT/status/312080958042017793">March 14, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>Listen, I know next to nothing about how NBA organizations function, but this seems way the hell off. Melo just played 56 minutes on a stiff, fluid-filled knee. Why? Because he's afraid of needles? Because he really wanted to play in his return to Denver? And now Tyson has the power to waive an MRI and declare himself ready for the second of a back-to-back just because he's a badass? How is this even remotely acceptable?</p>
<p>I mean, I respect the toughness and urge to fight through injury and I'll acknowledge again that I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes, but...what the fuck? Melo says he was being naive, but you know who isn't-- or at least shouldn't be-- naive? Doctors. The Knicks employ real doctors with medical degrees who, unless the chain of command is seriously gnarly here, have the power-- the obligation!-- to say "nuh-uh, guy. If you're scared of needles then you can nuzzle a teddy bear while we jam a crazy straw into your patella. This isn't an option."</p>
<p>And then with Tyson: He doesn't want his knee examined? Tough shit! Get this man in an MRI tube and make damn sure he's right before you let him back on the floor. These are grown men with autonomy over their own bodies, but they're also multi-jillion dollar investments. Coaches can tell them how to play, executives can tell them where to play, and I'm pretty sure doctors are supposed to be able to tell them when to play. At best, the proper measures are being taken behind closed doors and this is another in a long list of examples of the Knicks failing miserably to communicate with the public. At worst, they're completely fucked. Seriously, if I'm missing something about how this stuff should work, clue me in.</p>
<p>But yeah, I hope Tyson's right and that he's totally fine. I'm not actually that worried about him after these updates. It's more about the process. And while the Knicks are going to be hard-pressed to win in Portland without Melo, he wasn't adding much with all that juice in his knee. Flying home to get tests and drainage sounds like a wise move, and hopefully it starts him on the path to being as healthy as possible. He wasn't previously on that path, and that's pretty weird to me.</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2013/3/14/4102512/carmelo-anthony-tyson-chandler-injury-news-knicks-portlandSeth2013-03-05T16:37:57-05:002013-03-05T16:37:57-05:00Melo is questionable for Wednesday in Detroit.
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/lMoH5PI4WaIY6efN9O9Wr5UcodE=/0x0:4000x2667/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9143637/20130304_ajw_ar7_111.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Anthony has been hampered by a knee injury.</p> <p><span>Carmelo Anthony</span> exited Monday's game early because of a tumble/flare-up of a knee injury that had reportedly been bothering him for a little while. He'll have the knee looked at again before Wednesday's game against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/">Pistons</a>, but here's the official-est update we're gonna get for now:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Carmelo Anthony has a stiff/sore right knee and is listed as questionable for tomorrow night as Detroit.</p>
— NY_<a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.postingandtoasting.com/">Knicks</a>PR (@NY_KnicksPR) <a href="https://twitter.com/NY_KnicksPR/status/309051112638513152">March 5, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>So, the Knicks still can't or won't tell us why the right knee is stiff/sore, but it is those things. As far as we know, Melo had an MRI a few days ago, but hasn't had one since taking that weird fall during the second quarter in Cleveland. As we speak, the Knicks are rubbing the knee with a Magic Eight Ball.</p>
<p>My guess, since you were totally asking for one, is that Melo won't play in Detroit. Let us pray (and/or sacrifice a couple lambs to the basketball gods) this isn't anything serious.</p>
<p><b>Update</b>: On the radio just now,<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/IanBegley/statuses/309062719338856451"> Glen Grunwald suggested</a> Melo's status is uncertain for <strike>Friday</strike> Thursday against Oklahoma City, so I definitely don't expect him to play tomorrow. <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/TommyBeer/statuses/309063037166448641">Not serious</a>, though...</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2013/3/5/4068394/carmelo-anthony-knicks-questionable-wednesday-detroit-pistonsSeth2013-03-04T22:17:16-05:002013-03-04T22:17:16-05:00What's up with Melo's knee?
<figure>
<img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/yrgsp8DCNEXhw744H19XuNt5KG0=/606x108:2106x1108/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9091793/20130224_kkt_sx9_925.0.jpg" />
<figcaption>USA TODAY Sports</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>His availability for Wednesday is uncertain.</p> <p>It was tough to know what to make of <span>Carmelo Anthony's</span> knee injury right after it happened. After appearing to <a target="_blank" href="http://nba.si.com/2013/03/04/carmelo-anthony-trips-knee-injury-video/">trip over his own foot</a>, Melo crumpled to the floor, then walked unassisted into the locker room, where he remained for the rest of the game. During the game, Tina Cervasio reported a "sore right knee". We now have some updates from Melo himself:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Carmelo says his right knee has been bothering him for some time. Not sure if he'll play Wednesday vs <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.detroitbadboys.com/">Pistons</a>.</p>
— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) <a href="https://twitter.com/FisolaNYDN/status/308775482726432769">March 5, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Melo said he woke up and his knee just didn't feel right. Suggested its been that way for a few weeks now.</p>
— Chris Herring (@HerringWSJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/HerringWSJ/status/308774956492271616">March 5, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Carmelo Anthony said his knee has been bothering for a couple weeks. He said he had an MRI a couple of days ago.</p>
— Al Iannazzone (@Al_Iannazzone) <a href="https://twitter.com/Al_Iannazzone/status/308774802708103168">March 5, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p>Melo said the MRI was clean. He will be reevaluated tomorrow. He said he doesn't think it's serious. .... We'll see.</p>
— Al Iannazzone (@Al_Iannazzone) <a href="https://twitter.com/Al_Iannazzone/status/308775202534342657">March 5, 2013</a>
</blockquote>
<p>
<script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
<p>We will see indeed. That the injury is a preexisting thing is-- in this instance--somewhat of a relief, since those occasions when someone falls and complains of knee pain without any apparent impact make me instinctively go "AHHH ACL ACL ACL NOOOO". On the other hand, a chronic knee issue isn't very good either. This, thankfully, doesn't sound like a serious thing, but it might be a small, nagging thing for the foreseeable future.</p>
<p>More updates as they come, plus a recap in the near future.</p>
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2013/3/4/4065384/carmelo-anthony-knee-injury-knicks-cleveland-cavaliersSeth