Knicks scout held improper workouts

As if the Knicks couldn’t fall farther into the abyss of NBA futility, now there is a report that one of their scouts held improper workouts of college players.

Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the story earlier today that Knicks director of East Coast scouting, Rodney Heard, conducted practice sessions with three different players. One of the players mentioned was former Kansas swingman Brandon Rush who actually tore his ACL in one of the workouts.

…including one May 2007 session that resulted in a devastating knee injury to Kansas All-American Brandon Rush(notes). A tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in Rush’s right knee forced him to withdraw from the 2007 draft and required surgery plus six months of rehabilitation.

In addition to the Rush session – which was an apparent violation of NBA bylaws forbidding teams from working out players before the annual predraft camp – Heard may have broken more rules by conducting predraft workouts with additional players during restricted time periods in 2007 and for excessive sessions in 2009 and 2010.

If any of this information turns out to be accurate, the Knicks face a heavy fine from the league. In the past, teams with much lesser violations have had to pay as much as $200k. And while I’m sure that’s a sum the Knicks brass is more than willing to accept, it still paints the organization in a rather poor light. Given some of the problems they’ve had the last few years, I’m sure they’re used to it.

Sources: N.Y. scout led improper workouts [Yahoo]

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