On May 3, Beijing time, the Knicks officially announced: Team forward Bojan Bogdanovic successfully underwent left foot surgery and wrist surgery, and the playoffs were officially reimbursed. Bojan has been suffering from a wrist injury, and he originally wanted to have surgery again in the offseason. In the series against the 76ers, Bojan suffered another left foot injury and simply had all the surgeries done at once.
Bojan will be re-evaluated in 3 months and is expected to make a full recovery next season. In the series G4 between the Knicks and the 76ers, Bojan and Batum fought for the floor ball, and his left foot was crushed, and he immediately withdrew from the game. At first, the New York media reported that Bojan only had an ankle sprain, but everyone didn't expect it to be so serious, and it was directly reimbursed for the playoffs.
Bojan's current contract is two years and $39.03 million, with a salary of $20 million this season and $19.03 million for the 2024-25 season. However, he only has a salary of 2 million guaranteed next season. Bojan was born on April 18, 1989, and he is 35 years old. Coupled with these two surgeries, will the Knicks still convert his contract to full protection?
Bojan is the second player to be reimbursed by the Knicks, the first being Randle. Two important rotational injuries cast a shadow over the Knicks' prospects of qualifying. Thibodeau can only use other players to death, and in this series, Hart is averaging 46.4 minutes per game, and Brunson is averaging 43.8 minutes per game!
Speaking of Bojan, he played 29 regular season games for the Knicks this season, all off the bench. He averaged 10.4 points, 2 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 19.2 minutes per game while shooting 43%, 37% and 80% from three. He averaged 20.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game for the Pistons this season while shooting 46.8%, 41.5% and 77.9% from three.
On February 9 of this year, the Knicks got Bojan for 6 for 2: The Knicks sent Fournier, Grimes, Malach Flynn, Ryan Alchidiacono and 2 second-round picks to get Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks from the Pistons in a trade. I thought the Knicks made money, but as a result, Bojan was injured in the playoffs, and Boks fell out of the rotation.
Bojan has been on and off for the last two years, playing 59 regular-season games last season and just 57 this season. The Pistons have suffered a 28-game losing streak this season, the lowest in the league for a long time. Bojan is no longer young, he does not have time to slowly rebuild with the young people: "I hope everyone looks in the mirror, it's all bad!"
Bojan is a Croatian player who was selected with the 31st pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. It wasn't until the summer of 2014 that the Nets signed Bojan for three years and $10 million, and he officially landed in the NBA. In the 2017 offseason, Bojan joined the Pacers for 21 million in three years. In the summer of 2019, he joined the Jazz for 4 years and 73 million!
So far in his NBA career, Bojan has played a total of 774 regular season games, averaging 15.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.5 steals per game, shooting 45.8%, 39.2% and 86% from three. As a European player, playing with such stats, coupled with a salary of over $120 million, Bojan is successful enough, but he wants a championship!
As of press time, the latest playoff scores are as follows. Do you think the Knicks can still get past the 76ers?