LONDON – Mike Woodson swears Rasheed Wallace will return this season but couldn’t give an answer when. Wallace, out since Dec. 13th, will miss today’s match vs. the team he won a title with, the Pistons.
He has a stress reaction in his left foot that Knicks doctors fear could turn into a stress fracture if he comes back too soon, according to sources. A stress fracture would likely end his season. A new report yesterday suggested the Knicks are getting more fearful he could be done.
But Woodson said yesterday he hasn’t had any conversations with Knicks GM Glen Grunwald about signing a free agent such as Kenyon Martin. Wallace was scheduled to start running this week but that hasn’t yet happened. Woodson originally thought Wallace was returning after the West Coast trip Jan. 1st.
“He’ll be back, but when, I don’t know,” Woodson said. “We’re gradually trying to get him back where he can run again so he can get back in a uniform. But when, we don’t know when yet.”
Wallace won’t talk about injury, repeatedly referring reporters to Dr. Lisa Callahan.