Courtney Lee is headed to the minors.
The 33-year-old shooting guard, who returned three games ago from a mysterious, season-long neck injury, has been assigned to the G League’s Westchester Knicks to play against the Lakeland Magic on Wednesday so he can get big minutes.
Lee admitted over the weekend he’s in preseason form, and it will take him a while to get acclimated. David Fizdale doesn’t have big minutes for Lee in the Knicks’ ultra-crowded backcourt, especially with a desire to pump up Frank Ntilikina.
Fizdale said he would never allow his young prospects — Mitchell Robinson, Kevin Knox and Ntilikina — to try a game in the G League when their minutes were reduced, feeling he’d rather have them under his supervision.