The bad news: ESPN is reporting that Amar'e Stoudemire, nursing a sprained ankle suffered in the Knicks' loss to the Lakers, did not participate in this morning's shoot-around and is a game-time decision for tonight's tilt with the Toronto Raptors. However, Coach Mike D'Antoni admitted that Stoudemire is "more on the doubtful side." As such, Knicks Bricks is officially listing him as doubtfulish. If Stoudemire is forced to miss his second straight game with the ankle injury, Jorts will likely take his place in the starting lineup.
The good news: Rookie Guard and Third-Person-Self-Referencer Iman "Shump Shump" Shumpert appears to be progressing well from the sprained MCL he suffered in the first game of the season, reportedly looking spry and dunking during the shoot-around. The original prognosis was that Shump Shump would be out 2-4 weeks, but it looks like he might come back on the early side of that range. This is a relief as the injury looked like it could be a season-ender on first glance. Shumpert's return won't put an end to the Knicks' offensive distribution woes, but he should provide depth, explosiveness and solid perimeter defense to a roster that has been slammed with injuries in the first 4 games of the season.
The neutral news: Jared Jeffries.....eh, who cares.
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