Saturday, October 05, 2002
Injured Sprewell has some explainin' to do
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — New York Knicks star Latrell Sprewell has some explaining to do about his broken right hand.
Amid a New York Post report that he might have broken his hand by throwing an errant punch at the boyfriend of a woman who vomited on his yacht, Sprewell is scheduled to meet Monday with Knicks president Scott Layden and coach Don Chaney.
The newspaper, citing two eyewitnesses who asked not to be identified, said Friday that Sprewell was injured when he slammed his right hand into a wall during a late-night party.
Agent Robert Gist acknowledged Friday that Sprewell hurt his hand aboard the luxury yacht the player bought over the summer.
Sprewell had surgery Tuesday to repair a displaced fracture of the bone beneath his right pinkie. He will wear a cast for a month and is expected to be sidelined at least six weeks.
The Knicks were stunned when Sprewell arrived in New York on Monday with the broken hand. After initially saying Sprewell would join the team for training camp in Charleston, S.C., the Knicks said Sprewell had been told to stay in New York.
“We're not going to comment on any speculation or anything else on this matter until we have talked to Latrell on Monday,” Layden said Friday in a statement released by the team.
Chaney briefly addressed the situation Friday after the team's practice in South Carolina.
“I can only go by what he said,” Chaney said. “He said he banged his hand. The guy tells me, “I banged my hand on my boat.' He didn't say he punched somebody. ... I'm not going to jump to a conclusion. I can only go by what he tells me. He said he had banged it on the boat. I wasn't there.”
Gist told The Associated Press he did not speak to Sprewell about exactly what caused the injury, although the agent was quoted in detail in the Post describing how Sprewell banged his hand while shifting the boat's navigational system, frantically pulling on a rope to redirect the vessel after it was smacked by a wave.
“Quite frankly, I don't care how it happened. I care more about his recovery and the upcoming season,” Gist said Friday.
Gist maintained that Sprewell did not realize the severity of the injury until he arrived in New York and had the hand X-rayed.
The Post reported Saturday that while the Knicks don't plan to terminate his contract, Sprewell might have breached the deal by failing to give the team “prompt notice” of the injury.
The two eyewitnesses quoted by the Post said that after they sailed on his yacht Sept. 20, Sprewell had a party while it was docked at the lakefront area in downtown Milwaukee.
An argument ensued about 2:30 a.m. after a woman Sprewell hadn't invited vomited on a carpet by the bar area. Sprewell wanted the woman to leave the boat, but her boyfriend objected.
Sprewell took a swing at the boyfriend, missed and hit a wall. Sprewell cursed in pain and asked his guests not to say anything about it, the Post said.
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Injured Sprewell has some explainin' to do
