GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Carmelo Anthony suffered a hyper-extended left knee Monday after stepping on Iman Shumpert’s foot and falling to the floor at practice.
Anthony, who is coming off knee and elbow surgeries during the offseason, is listed as day-to-day.
“I tried to plant my foot [and] slipped,” Anthony said. “I kind of hyper-extended my knee a little bit but I’m fine. No worries.”
“He’s playing tomorrow,” added Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni. “If not, it’s the next day.”
In other news, 7-footer Jerome Jordan will soon join the team following a buyout of his Slovenian team.
Jordan was at practice Monday but did not play.
“We have an agreement in principle,” Knicks interim GM Glen Grunwald said. “We just have to get the buyout from his Slovenian team and then we need to get a work visa for him. So he should be in camp in the next couple of days, assuming all goes well.”
The 7-foot Jamaican could serve as a backup to newly acquired center Tyson Chandler. The Knicks also have Jared Jeffries and Josh “Jorts” Harrellson on the roster.
In 2010, the Knicks paid the Milwaukee Bucks $1 million for Jordan, considered a strong low-post scorer and shot-blocker.
“He went overseas and made great progress,” Grunwald said. “He had a little setback last summer with appendicitis. It took him a while to come back from that. Misho Ostarcevic, one of our European scouts has watched him extensively, thinks he may be ready to get into an NBA game. We’ll see. He’s going to get his opportunity. If he works and plays hard he may get a chance. He’s a prospect we hope someday will develop into a player.
“He played a year and a half over there,” D’Antoni said. “Now he comes back with our coaches and gets a chance to play in our system. We’ll evaluate him and see if we can get him up to where we think he can contribute. We think it’s better for him and for us if we know sooner than later.”
