{"id":331173,"date":"2025-12-05T02:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331173\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T02:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T02:28:09","slug":"og-anunoby-upgraded-to-questionable-in-promising-knicks-injury-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331173\/","title":{"rendered":"OG Anunoby upgraded to questionable in promising Knicks injury sign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Knicks got a significant injury boost with OG Anunoby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was upgraded to questionable for the team\u2019s game against the Jazz on\u00a0Friday night\u00a0at the Garden. <\/p>\n<p>He has been out since \u00a0Nov. 14 with a left hamstring strain. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37847748\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/new-york-knicks-forward-og-115136309.jpg\" alt=\"New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby (8) dunks over Brooklyn Nets guard Tyrese Martin (13).\" class=\"wp-image-37847748\"  \/>OG Anunoby dunks the ball during the Knicks\u2019 Nov. 9 game. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks have gone 6-3 in nine games without him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, coach Mike Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/04\/sports\/where-knicks-og-anunoby-now-stands-in-his-rehab-progress\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said that Anunoby had been cleared for contact<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had been enjoying a strong start to the season in 12 games before sustaining his injury, averaging 15.8 points per game on 47.6 percent shooting from the field and 39.2 percent from deep. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks\u2019 best defender who usually guards opponents\u2019 best scorers, his return should certainly help on that side of the ball as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When he returns, Brown has a decision to make with his starting lineup and whether to move Miles McBride or Josh Hart to the bench. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat\u2019s happening on and off the Garden court\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Knicks by Stefan Bondy, a weekly exclusive on Sports+.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Both have impressed since becoming starters following Anunoby and Landry Shamet\u2019s injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Knicks got a significant injury boost with OG Anunoby.\u00a0 He was upgraded to questionable for the team\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,361,19560,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-331173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-new-york-knicks","10":"tag-og-anunoby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}