Isaiah Hartenstein claims he wouldn’t have allowed Trae Young to rejoice everywhere in the Knicks brand on the Garden within the Hawks’ NBA cup quarterfinal win Wednesday.
Jalen Brunson’s response: We’ll by no means know.
“Isaiah isn’t right here,” the Knicks’ captain mentioned Saturday after observe.
A Knicks’ villain courting again to the 2021 playoffs, Young stopped on the Knicks brand and picked up and rolled pretend cube as if he have been enjoying craps in Las Vegas within the last seconds of the Hawks’ win.
Hartenstein, who spent the final two seasons with the Knicks earlier than signing with the Thunder this offseason, informed reporters that if he was nonetheless a Knick, “I wouldn’t have let him roll the cube on midcourt. I’d’ve executed one thing. I’ve all the time obtained love for New York.”
Brunson reiterated that the Knicks’ greatest mistake was letting the Hawks win the sport, not permitting Young to rejoice.
“Do I’ve a difficulty with it? Yeah, however he gained, they gained,” Brunson mentioned. “So why put in false and faux power to do one thing like that, when you possibly can’ve executed that to attempt to win the sport? That’s simply my standpoint on it.”
A current ESPN report listed a timetable for Mitchell Robinson to return as late as the top of January or into February from left ankle surgical procedure.
That was information to educate Tom Thibodeau.
“I haven’t heard that,” Thibodeau mentioned. “He’s following a protocol, going step-by-step and when he’s prepared, he’s prepared. He’s doing properly, he hasn’t been cleared for observe but. Once he will get cleared for observe, then we’ll have a greater concept of a timeline. But we’re going to be affected person and let him work via it. There’s a number of steps he has to clear first.”
Ariel Hukporti (sprained left ankle) has been in a position to observe “slightly bit,” Thibodeau mentioned.
He will stay out in opposition to the Magic on Sunday night time.
