An annual tradition...
Here is a list of every point guard that started for the Knicks on opening night in the decade-plus before Jalen "The Prince That Was Promised" Brunson arrived to save New York:
2009: Chris Duhon
2010: Ray Felton
2011: Toney Douglas
2012: Ray Felton
2013: Pablo Prigioni
2014: Shane Larkin
2015: Jose Calderon
2016: D Rose
2017: Ramon Sessions
2018: Trey Burke
2019: Allonzo Trier
2020: Elfrid Payton
2021: Kemba Walker
The conversation I wish every patient received: your knee has arthritis, and that is often (not always) a manageable biological condition, not a countdown to surgery.
What you do with your body — how you move, how strong you are, how metabolically healthy you are — determines how this goes more than any X-ray finding.
Xray and MRI findings rarely correlate well with symptoms.
Many patients won't change their habits... but many will. Give them a chance... not an OR date.
We have all seen runners with bone on bone knees, and we have done knee replacements on people with poor metabolic health, minimal OA and horrible pain.
We don't treat the X-ray... we treat the patient.
After three decades as a knee surgeon, I can say this with confidence…. many people are far more limited by the story their MRI report tells them than by the condition of their meniscus or articulation cartilage.
A picture is worth a thousand words!! Trimming our tree. Haven’t been able to do this for almost 2 decades. Thanks to my good friend @RealDDP @DDPYoga. Thank you Jesus!!!
In 2008 I tore my knee up. Out for the season. Only one person from the Organisation came to the hospital to see me. John Mara. I couldn’t believe it was him, I just started crying. And he just sat there until I fell asleep. Didn’t say a word. He will beat this for sure.
NBA legend Alonzo Mourning built a 37 million dollar senior living complex in Florida, called Astoria on 9th. It has 120 apartments, with one and two bedroom homes that are between 635 and 900 square feet.
Rent is only 322 dollars for those with very low income, and even the highest rent is around 1316 dollars, which is still much less than most places in Florida. To qualify, seniors must be 55 or older and have an income below certain levels, so it is made for people who really need affordable housing.
The community is not just about cheap rent. It has a cyber café with internet and a kitchen, a gym for exercise, a clubhouse where people can gather, and even a dog park for pets. Everything was designed to look modern and welcoming, just like expensive apartments, so that seniors feel proud of where they live.
This project gives seniors a safe and beautiful home at a price they can afford. Alonzo Mourning showed all rich people what giving back really looks like, building something that changes lives in a real and lasting way.
On September 11, 2001, Chuck Costello, an elevator technician, ran 2.1 miles from the Mercer Hotel in SoHo, where he was working, to the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan to help those trapped in the two towers. His life-saving acts of courage and the lives he saved that day would come at the ultimate price.
Through the humble faith he modeled as a husband and a father to his final acts of heroism, Chuck demonstrated the very finest qualities of a Brother Knight.
I want every bit of the smoke in NYC. I��m 100% in and ready to HEAD COACH the great @nyknicks .
Queens bred.
Dominated my Highschool era.
Three championship at the Rucker and never lost one at Rucker.
3 Championships at the real Gershwin when there was no security.
Lots more on the NYC front.
Had a Knick practice shirt and short on at the 1999 draft.
NBA accolades speak for themselves. I basically locked up tons of hall of famers. Sorry. But light work.
Metta is ready for the city.
#thecityismine