The Knicks are finalizing a trade to send PF/C Ronny Turiaf to the Wizards in order to clear cap space to acquire C Tyson Chandler. Projecting any consistent minutes for Turiaf in Washington is pointless given his injury history, but he'll give Flip Saunders somebody to turn to when his knucklehead frontcourt decides it's time to fight each other in the club. Turiaf is undraftable, and we're not sliding projections for either Andray Blatche or JaVale McGee.

Ronny Turiaf has secured insurance and is expected to make his debut with the French team ASVEL this weekend. Turiaf fractured his finger in August -- he has since recovered, but the injury made it trickier to insure his $4.4 million NBA salary. After the lockout, the veteran big man will return to the Knicks.

Knicks F/C Ronny Turiaf could join Tony Parker's team in France. Having just recovered from a fractured finger, the key question will always be when his next injury is coming. He could be difficult to insure with $4.36 million due to him this season.

Ronny Turiaf is nearly recovered after fracturing the fourth metacarpal of his left hand his hand in a game against Great Britain at the London Invitational Tournament back in August. "I'm out for another week or so and am just waiting to see if the fracture is fully healed or not and then I should be good to go," Turiaf said in a column posted on NBA.com on Sep. 16. He should be good to go for the start of the NBA season, which remains a mystery date.

Ronny Turiaf suffered a broken left hand in a warmup game for the Eurobasket and is now considered doubtful to be available for France in the tournament, which is an Olympic qualifier. Turiaf got tangled up going for a rebound against Great Britain and will see a hand specialist in Paris on Thursday. This could be a potentially devastating blow for France, although we'll know more about his status after Thursday's meeting. As of now, we expect him to miss the Eurobasket.

Ronny Turiaf has picked up his $4.36 million player option for 2011-12. Turiaf has some potential as a passer and shot-blocker, but is proving to be one of the more consistently brittle players in the NBA. The 28-year-old averaged 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game last season.