The NBA’s annual battle of attrition that precedes the playoffs struck once more as Minnesota Timberwolves massive man Karl-Anthony Cities is out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. It’s the identical ailment that pressured Philadelphia Sixers heart Joel Embiid to the sidelines, and one which needs to be handled with an abundance of warning and endurance. Nevertheless, with the postseason looming in a month, warning and endurance are luxuries ill-afforded to groups vying for seeding.
Along with these two menisci accidents,…