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Wysłany: Śro 15:02, 04 Wrz 2013 Temat postu: Iman Shumpert cleared to return to Knicks for game |
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Iman Shumpert cleared to return to Knicks for game in London
The Knicks have not had much to be happy about lately. Their overall play has taken a turn for the worse as they have gone 5-8 in their last 13 games as they enter Sunday afternoon's home game against the New Orleans Hornets,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
New York got some good news on Sunday as Iman Shumpert has been cleared to return to the court for the Knicks' next game Thursday in London against the Detroit Pistons,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"He's been cleared,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Mike Woodson said. "He'll practice on Monday and if we get the two practices in, for sure one in London, and there's no setback, he will be cleared, probably, to play in the Detroit game."
The Knicks will take the same cautious approach with Shumpert's minutes as they are doing with Amar'e Stoudemire.
Shumpert,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Knicks 2011 first-round pick from Georgia Tech,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], tore his ACL and had a meniscus tear during Game 1 of New York's playoff series last April against the Miami Heat. While the team is joyful for the return of their young guard,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there is nobody happier about it than Shumpert.
"I'm excited," Shumpert said. "Coach Woodson is being optimistic. I've just got to make sure that I go through practice hard and make sure that I'm comfortable with all the coverages,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and make sure I got the plays down and everything. That's the biggest part with me being comfortable and me being in rhythm."
With Raymond Felton out for at least another two weeks,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Jason Kidd and Pablo Prigioni have been the only point guards on the team. While Prigioni had done a solid job in Felton's absence, Kidd has struggled. The 40 year old point guard has seen his productivity take a major dip since the increase in minutes. He just does not have the legs to play 35-40 minutes anymore at the point guard spot.
Point guard defense has been a major problem for the New York Knicks the entire season,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. It;s not hard to understand as the Knicks have a lot of age and little speed at that spot right now,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. Shumpert is regarded as the team's best perimeter defender and should help slow down opposing the young point guards.
"It bothers me, but that's what I've been working for for eight months, so I can come back and help with the Knicks like that,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Shumpert said. "Also, applying pressure on guards as far as us running our fast-break, so that guys don't have as much energy to go at us on offense."
Carmelo Anthony,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], much like the rest of the team,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is playing his worst basketball of the season. He is more than happy that he will be getting a major piece back on the roster.
"We've been looking forward to getting our whole team back for a while now,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], so we're starting to see light at the end of the tunnel,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Anthony said. "With Shump coming back, Raymond maybe a week and a half, two weeks away or something like that. So we're looking forward to those guys coming back. We need bodies at this point."
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