Knicks playmaker Jalen Brunson has been released since early March with an ankle injury, but the double all-star and team captain returns.
"I do rehabilitation stuff," He said before Victory of 110-93 on Sunday on the Portland Trail Blazers. "More days, recently, have just set up – two a day, if I owe it. But whatever I can do to improve, that’s what I do."
Brunson said he was "feel better" And "progress every day" Although rid of basketball activities.
"Realistically, I hope to play before the playoffs," Said Brunson. "I think it’s also good for me to get game representatives before going into this type of section. But above all, I want to make sure that I am 100% healthy."
From 7:30 p.m. from 7:30 p.m. Tuesday against the 76ers of Philadelphia, New York has eight regular season games.
"It is probably a conversation where we can have with the medical team," Brunson said if his plan was to wait for him to feel healthy. "Obviously, I want to feel 100%. But a large part of this is also mental, just by ensuring that I can trust everything I do. It’s just a conversation for us."
Since Brunson’s injury on March 6 in the loss of Knicks 113-109 in overtime at the Los Angeles Lakers, New York has disappeared 7-5.
"They answered," Said Brunson. "And there were nights when, obviously, we do not play well as a team, but the next day, they respond. But that’s what we can focus on.
"And there will be moments, games and days when things will not happen in our direction, but it is how to react from these moments and how we are better, and I have the impression that they have progressed in this way and I look forward to joining them."
