The New York Knicks opening game Wednesday against the Cleveland Cavaliers will be an uphill battle. In a surprise injury update Wednesday afternoon from ESPN’s NBA insider Shams Charania, Knicks’ big-man Karl-Anthony Towns is dealing with a quad strain that has him doubtful for Wednesday. He was listed as questionable as early as Wednesday morning, but an afternoon update has seen the likelihood of the seven-foot center suiting up decrease greatly. If Towns is unable to go, New York will be down three key players for its opening game of the season. Tuesday, we highlighted that both Josh Hart and Mitchell Robinson are dealing with their own injuries that will keep them out of the opening contest of the season. It will be an extremely short-handed Knicks lineup Wednesday against the Cavaliers. It is unclear as to who exactly will fill up the missing minutes in the rotation. Our best guess would be some combination of Pacome Dadiet, Guerschon Yabusele and even potentially Trey Jameson that fills those minutes.
