Jose Alvarado has already become one of the New York Knicks’ most important players without ever taking the floor for them. There’s no other way to frame it following the news that Deuce McBride may not return until just before or during the playoffs.
Sources told SNY’s Ian Begley that Deuce will miss at least the next six-to-eight weeks after undergoing surgery to address a core muscle injury. The end of that timetable puts him back around April 3, at which point New York will have five games remaining.
This presumes the 25-year-old suffers no setbacks.