The Knicks can’t seem to get out of their own way so far this preseason, and injuries certainly don’t help. Amar’e Stoudemire is out 2-3 weeks with a ruptured cyst in his knee and now Tyson Chandler, the anchor of their defense, is out too. Chandler went down in last night’s preseason tilt vs. the Nets with a knee injury.
Chandler appeared to be in serious pain after Wallace ran into him. He immediately fell to the floor and was clutching his left leg. After being down for several moments, he banged the hardwood with his fist, then hopped up and walked off. The Knicks called it a sore left knee, but Chandler said he thinks it’s a sprain. More will be known after the MRI. “It stretched my knee out a little bit,” Chandler said. “It was awkward. My foot was planted when he fell into me. It just torqued my knee outside a little bit. I kind of didn’t feel it until I started laying there.”
Chandler didn’t sound too concerned, though. He said the Knicks want him to not put any pressure on his knee until they get the results of the MRI. “I just feel like I have a sprain or something like that,” Chandler said. “I’m sure I’ll stay off it the next couple of days and then pick up work with my teammates leading into the first game of the season.”
Source: Newsday
