CLEVELAND — Early Saturday, when the rest of the Knicks were done with their morning shoot-around preparation for what would be one of the team’s most impressive wins of the season, RJ Barrett took the court with an assistant coach and began to work.
Still sidelined with a high ankle sprain, Barrett had watched the rest of his team play. And then he took the court and began to gingerly work out, moving carefully to avoid a setback in what he has said is the first injury to ever sideline him. He has already missed eight games and will certainly sit out Monday against the Cavaliers.