His X-rays were negative, and he underwent an MRI exam Monday, leaving the practice facility for the appointment in a walking boot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
McBride had been enjoying a breakout month while averaging 14.6 points in his past seven games while shooting 57.4 percent on treys. He also was accumulating more playing time following the shoulder injury to Landry Shamet, reinforcing his value to a rotation that is thin on backup guards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If McBride is missing multiple games, the Knicks have a potential depth conundrum. But Brown said his backup point guard isn\u2019t burdened by many responsibilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As it stands, Tyler Kolek is the backup behind Jalen Brunson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou guys watch us enough; we don\u2019t put a ton of pressure on our backup point guard to make plays for everybody else. I call the position a push-man, but it\u2019s a push-man initiator,\u201d Brown said, adding later, \u201cSo as long as we have guys who can pass, dribble or shoot, then we feel good. And when I say dribble, I mean just bring the ball up and initiate the offense because then the dominoes fall on their own.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Miles McBride is out for the Knicks\u2019 clash against the Raptors on Tuesday. AP<\/p>\n
Still, McBride has filled multiple holes for the Knicks as a shot creator with efficient 3-point shooting who also is a tenacious on-ball defender. The Knicks (16-7) are 0-3 this season when McBride doesn\u2019t play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He missed two games following a death in his family and a third because of an illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been playing phenomenal,\u201d Brunson said. \u201cIf things do happen [and he misses games because of the ankle injury], then yeah, obviously, we\u2019re missing a huge piece of our team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHealthy or not, Deuce has been remarkable this year. The way he\u2019s been shooting, the way he\u2019s been playing defense, everything he\u2019s doing has impacted winning. He\u2019s been playing great. So we\u2019ll see how things go. But obviously we\u2019ll need him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Karl-Anthony Towns, who sat Sunday\u2019s game with calf tightness, participated in Monday\u2019s practice but still was listed as questionable for Tuesday\u2019s contest in Toronto. The Raptors (15-10) have gone just 3-5 without Barrett.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still evaluating him,\u201d Brown said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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RJ Barrett won\u2019t play for the Raptors against his former team, missing his ninth straight game with a knee sprain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Monday, the Raptors announced Barrett received a PRP injection into his knee and he\u2019ll be reevaluated in a week.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miles McBride was ruled out of Tuesday\u2019s NBA Cup quarterfinals in Toronto with a left ankle sprain, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4779,21,9,11,1104,10,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-65347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-miles-mcbride","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-knicks","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}