Day: March 22, 2025

New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson has begun doing controlled on-court work. The Knicks said Brunson’s status will be updated in one week.

Brunson has been out since March 6, when he suffered a sprained right ankle against the Los Angeles Lakers. It was reported that Brunson would be out three to four weeks with the injury.

The Knicks All-Star guard has averaged 26.3 points, 7.4 assists and a steal per game this season. Brunson had played in 61 of New York’s first 62 games prior to the injury.

Dallas Mavericks big man Anthony Davis is on the verge of making his return to the lineup. Davis is increasingly likely to return during the Mavs east coast road trip next week.

Davis has been out since his debut game with Dallas on February 8. Davis played 31 minutes in that game and scored 26 points, grabbed 16 rebounds, dished out seven assists and blocked three shots. In the second half, Davis suffered a strained adductor and has been out since.

Dallas starts a four-game road trip against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday, followed by a back-to-back at the New York Knicks on Tuesday. The Mavs then travel to play at the Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls to wrap up the trip.

The Mavericks start the day Sunday in 11th place in the Western Conference. They are tied with the Phoenix Suns at 34-37 for the final spot in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament, but the Suns hold the tiebreaker.

Outgoing Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck said that neither he, nor incoming owner Bill Chisholm, will force changes to the team due to impending luxury tax bills. Grousbeck said it’s restrictions on roster building as a second apron team that fill force Boston to make changes.

“Let me put a pin in that balloon too,” Grousbeck said when asked about the challenges of staying in the luxury tax in an interview with WEEI in Boston. “It’s not the luxury tax bill, it’s the basketball penalties. The new CBA was designed by the league to stop teams from going crazy.”

Grousbeck said ultimately the restrictions will cause Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens to make changes to roster.

“The basketball penalties mean that it’s even more of a premium now to have your basketball general manager be brilliant and lucky,” Grousbeck said. “Because you have to navigate because you can’t stay in the second apron, nobody will, I predict, for the next 40 years of the CBA, no one is going to stay in the second apron more than two years.”

Despite all of that, Grousbeck expressed faith in Stevens and his staff to find ways to keep Boston in title contention.

“We have Brad Stevens, the reigning Executive of The Year, and thank god we do,” Grousbeck said. “He’s the one who really brought us this championship with his brilliant moves –along with many other people — but Brad is at the forefront. He’s looking at this and is going to extend our window and make it work. We’ll find out in June or July what we’re going to do.”