The Los Angeles Lakers earned a 134-96 victory against the Washington Wizards on Thursday. LA will battle a much more challenging opponent on Saturday, however, as the Lakers prepare to play the New York Knicks on the road. JJ Redick provided two important injury updates ahead of the Knicks game, via Dave McMenamin of ESPN.

As the clock nears zero on the only public timeline provided by the Knicks for Mitchell Robinson’s recovery, Tom Thibodeau revealed for the first time that the center has been “running, jumping — doing all that stuff” but is still awaiting clearance for contact.

It doesn’t sound like Mitchell Robinson will make his season debut before the Feb. 6 NBA trade seadline — and judging by head coach Tom Thibodeau’s pregame comments on Wednesday, there’s no urgency to rush the Knicks’ defensive anchor back before,

The Knicks haven’t yet made a move ahead of next week’s trade deadline, but James L. Edwards III of The Athletic suspects that will change. New York is third in the East, just 1.0 games behind the Celtics for second.