Tyson Chandler, Raymond Felton will not dress for Knicks' season finale
In addition to Carmelo Anthony, who is sitting out with a "small tear in his labrum," the New York Knicks will also be without two of their other starters for Wednesday's season finale against the Toronto Raptors.
RT @NY_KnicksPR: Starters tonight versus @Raptors : Prigioni, Shumpert, Smith, Stoudemire, Aldrich. Chandler & Felton will not dress.
— NBA New York Knicks (@nyknicks) April 16, 2014
The Knicks, who were officially eliminated from postseason contention on Saturday, didn't state the reason for Chandler and Felton not playing, but it's presumably just down to rest.
On Tuesday, Chandler, who is set to make $14.6 million next season in the final year of his contract, made it clear he doesn't "want to waste another season" if the Knicks choose to wait until 2015 to splash on free agents. It's hard to imagine that Chandler's played his last game in New York, but the 2014-15 season isn't looking like it'll be much better than this last one for the Knicks.
Chandler will finish the 2013-14 campaign with averages of 8.7 points, 9.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 1.1 blocks per game, with a Player Efficiency Rating of 16.1.
Felton, who is wrapping up a horrendous season, will finish with averages of 9.7 points, 5.6 assists, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game, and a Player Efficiency Rating of 12.8.