Overview
- Brunson had surgery on his left wrist after the title run to repair soft tissue that let a tendon flip or snap over the bone.
- He and team doctors say the tendon and the wrist’s structural bone were not damaged by the injury.
- Brunson will remain in a cast for roughly six weeks and then start a formal rehabilitation program aimed at returning him to basketball activity this summer.
- He played through the snapping, pain, and friction from the wrist during the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals and still produced Finals MVP numbers, including a 45-point clinching game.
- The Knicks plan short-term workload and minute management as Brunson ramps back, with the current recovery timeline leaving him on track to join training camp and the regular season.