Sources: KAT gets treatment on playoff injuries

New York Knicks halfway Karl-Anthony Towns has undergone attraction connected his bruised near genu and to repair ligament harm connected his near finger, some injuries suffered during the team's playoff run, sources told ESPN.

Towns suffered the digit wounded successful Game 3 of the 2nd circular against the Boston Celtics and genu wounded successful the Eastern Conference finals against the Indiana Pacers.

Despite the injuries, Towns posted astatine slightest 20 points successful each crippled against the Pacers and had a double-double successful 5 of those contests.

After the Knicks' play ended with Saturday's Game 6 nonaccomplishment to the Pacers, Towns had the injuries reexamined and chose to instantly person procedures truthful helium would person the astir clip imaginable to retrieve earlier adjacent season, sources said.

Towns was traded to the Knicks from the Minnesota Timberwolves conscionable weeks earlier the regular season, and helium made a palmy modulation to New York arsenic 1 of lone 2 players this play (Nikola Jokic) to mean 20 points and 10 rebounds per crippled portion shooting 40% connected 3-pointers. Towns earned All-Star and All-NBA third-team honors.

He is nether declaration for the adjacent 3 seasons (with a subordinate enactment for 2027-28) but is eligible to motion an hold during the offseason that could adhd different 2 years to his deal.