Deuce McBride Surgery Bombshell | Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Everything snaps into focus once The Athletic report drops: Deuce McBride is getting surgery for a core muscle injury and might be out until the playoffs. Five minutes ago, the Alvarado trade felt like smart “just in case” depth. Now the “just in case” has a name and it’s a scalpel.

The guys immediately pounce on what feels “off” about the situation. McBride had been listed as left ankle injury management, then it morphed into an ankle issue, and now it’s suddenly a core muscle surgery that never showed up on the injury report in any obvious way. That whiplash becomes the story, not just the injury itself. They compare it to how different leagues handle transparency, with the NFL forcing specifics while other sports can play games with wording, competitive advantage, and vague reporting.

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0:34.6	There seems something off about the Deuce McBride injury and bringing in Alvarado is great insurance just in case.
0:36.4	I did say that. Well, now we know the just in case because James Edwards
0:40.0	the third, who covers the Knicks for the athletic and Fred Katz, who covers the NBA for the
0:44.6	athletic, is now reporting that Deuce McBride will undergo surgery for a core muscle injury
0:50.8	and maybe out until the playoffs. Wow.
0:56.3	Here's what, and by the way, things come full circle in a lot of ways because we're talking
1:00.0	about the Jets and how they've earned this reputation of being dysfunctional.
1:02.9	But once you win, you know, it's talked about so differently.
1:06.4	The Knicks are such a winning franchise that we're not going to freak out when we
1:10.0	remind you that Deuce McBride has been out the last few games for, quote, left ankle injury management.
1:17.2	So this surgery comes out of nowhere just in terms of their injury report.
1:23.3	Right.
1:23.6	So the Knicks are.
1:24.4	First, we've heard of it.
1:25.5	Of course.
1:26.1	Even though I do feel like he did get a knock, because that's the best way to describe it a month or so ago. Right. And we just, you didn't think of it as anything. Well, we... Talking about it in his core area. Sure. And it was just like, yeah, whatever, it's nothing. Well, because I think we... And he played through it. We take into account what an injury report says. Right.
1:45.5	And so when they tell you, hey, it's nothing. Well, because I think we take into account what an injury report says. Right. And so when they tell you, hey, it's left ankle injury management, and then it's a left angle injury, because I think Coach Brown recently upgraded it to, yeah, there's an ankle issue. Okay. To now it be coming, and you tell me, you know about the human body more than I do, now it becomes a core muscle injury?
2:02.8	Yeah, you know that whole the ankle bones connected to the thigh bone, the die bone,
2:06.9	that thing?
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