The positive test by Detroit’s Christian Wood adds to fears that the Knicks may have been exposed to coronavirus, according to Marc Berman of The New York Post. New York hosted the Pistons last Sunday, with Wood playing 33 minutes. That came the night after Detroit faced the Jazz, who have both Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell with confirmed cases of the virus.
The Knicks also had a game against Utah on March 4, but a source tells Berman there’s only a 1% chance that Gobert and Mitchell were infected at that point.
The NBA advised the Knicks’ traveling party to self-quarantine Thursday night when they returned from their game in Atlanta. No one was exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, but nobody had been tested as of Friday morning, Berman adds. However, that could change in light of the news about Wood.
There’s more Knicks news to pass along:
- The BIG3 has taken a swipe at owner James Dolan in an ad promoting its upcoming stop in New York, Berman relays in a separate story. It features a picture of Spike Lee, who was involved in recent dispute with Dolan, and states, “Players are not property. The fans are our guests.” BIG3 organizers and Madison Square Garden officials both declined to comment on the ad.
- Former Knick Charles Oakley tells Berman in another piece that he doesn’t believe an old-school coach like Jeff Van Gundy can succeed in today’s game. Van Gundy has frequently been mentioned as a candidate in the organization’s upcoming coaching search. “Basketball has changed. You’re not getting the 1990s back,” Oakley said. “The game has a totally different atmosphere. You got to build a team with leadership and players willing to sacrifice. These kids don’t care about basketball. All they care about is getting the check, playing video games and the social media.”
- Steve Popper of Newsday looks back at a chaotic partial season that included a coaching change and a new president of basketball operations, but provided little information about the Knicks’ direction for the future. Of the seven free agents who came to New York last summer, Marcus Morris made the biggest difference and he has already been traded. Among the young players, Kevin Knox and Frank Ntilikina both saw reduced minutes, while Damyean Dotson and Allonzo Trier were often out of the rotation.
What Oakley said about JVG could also be said about MarkJackson: it’s not the 90s. The celebrity-like semi-available up-to-date options that Rose/NYers want for HC are not really out there. So the question is, do they break in someone young like Jarron Collins?– it’s going to be about working with Dolan.
I know this is bigger than one site but media should really stop identifying every person that contracts this virus. It’s very unethical.
No, it is a public health issue. Not informing people that you have the virus, during a state of declared emergency, is unethical and possibly illegal.
There is no stigma to catching a virus that does not discriminate, suggesting that this is some sort of scarlet letter is onerous.
That’s BS. All other health issues are kept private, including plenty of other contagious diseases. We don’t know which NBA players have HIV, herpes, the flu, and a bunch of other things, even though all those other things pose a threat.
There’s absolutely no requirement that we learn the identity of these players. All that does is hurt the players.
Maybe there is no stigma to you but unfortunately plenty of other people feel differently, which is why medical privacy laws were created in the first place.
One difference is that this has been declared a national emergency….this virus is very easy to pass on to others. Our bodies have no antibodies for it so, if it enters someone’s system, they WILL get it.
Those laws and five bucks will get you a bottle of hand sanitizer.
IDK if Trump has said but he is not in front of things.
Oakley’s an alcoholic. But what be said is true. players care mostly about the money. Fans don’t care about basketball either, they just watch for social prestige lmao. How about Thibodeaux for coach? Ron artest and Mullins as as assistants, and you target players in the mold of Patrick Beverly and tj Warren. Bad boy Knicks.
What does him being an alcoholic have anything to do with the article or even your statement after it.
How do you know he is an alcoholic? Are you his doctor, or his AA sponsor? Either way, you would be breaking a confidence. If you are neither, you are technically libelous and at this point subject to a civil lawsuit.
Please, don’t throw around gossip in such a frivolous manner.
No gossip on a “rumors” site? That seems kind of counter intuitive.
Oakley is an Alcoholic because Dolan said so
The old-timers were saying the same thing in the 80s and 90s, when Oakley was a player.
How would Thibs, who runs players into the ground and is a taskmaster be better than JVG or Mark Jackson?
MJ coaches in the 2000’s, and his coaching style wore thin quickly. That said, many of the “ideal” coaches for the year 2020 are failing, including guys like Borrego and Saunders, so who the heck knows anymore what kind of coach works.
I actually like both Knicks Dotson and Trier if they were given more of a chance to play.
They never should of gotten these free agents even for one year and let the young players develop.
Hey Knicks:
link to en.wikipedia.org
A lot of Dolan haters out there. I’ll give you my opinion. With the salary cap, the money is worth the same no matter what other team you play for. But the pressure is not. These NBA snowflakes don’t want to fail on the greatest stage there is in front of the most passionate fans.