Achiuwa has looked good in the preseason for New York, averaging 9.4 points and 4.8 rebounds a game. Karl-Anthony Towns will start and get the bulk of the minutes at the five, but this injury leaves Jericho Sims and promising rookie Ariel Hukporti as his backups.

Precious Achiuwa is dealing with a strained left hamstring injury and will miss two-to-four weeks, the team announced on Sunday, two days before the Knicks are set to start the regular season in Boston against the defending champion Celtics.