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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York Knicks forward&amp;nbsp;Cleanthony&amp;nbsp;Early took to&amp;nbsp;Instagram&amp;nbsp;on Thursday to address fans in the wake of being shot at a strip club in Queens, N.Y. on Wednesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CEverything I Go Through Grows Me &amp;amp; a simple celebration of a friends birthday easily turned into a day that will change my life forever but for the Better,\u201D Early said in the post.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Early left a strip club in Queens, N.Y. around 4:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, when he was confronted by a group of people wearing ski masks who robbed him of his personal belongings and shot him once in the right knee.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;New York Daily News&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;reported&amp;nbsp;that Early surrendered his belongings, including cash and gold chains, before being shot. The 24-year-old was taken to a local hospital following the attack and was in stable condition.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everything I Go Through Grows Me &amp;amp; a simple celebration of a friends birthday easily turned into a day that will change my life forever but for the Better. Continue to count your blessings regardless, I know I will, because I got shot but ironically I dodge a bullet. It could of been way worse and I'm thankful and grateful it wasn't. This is a lesson learn for me and to you all as well, be safe out there, theirs people out here that want to hurt you just to hurt you, it's the sad truth about life but don't let them catch you slipping, &amp;amp; don't let them take your Joy! We / I could think about what I could of/should of/ or what you would of done differently to prevent the situation from happening but truth be told is it is what it is, I'm not perfect, but I'm alive,learning &amp;amp; unlearning and God got me so I'm going to be alright! There was No major damage done Thank God, but this is one hell of an experience to recovery from. So with that beginning said Thank you all for your Thoughts and Prayers, I appreciate you all! Shout out to you beautiful souls for caring and sending all the love, it overpowers all hate everyday. God works in Mysterious ways but this is a Minor set back for a Major come back! #HungrierAndHumbler #ChangeIsTheOnlyConstant #ChangeForTheBetter #ImGood #GodSpeedRecovery\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A photo posted by Cleanthony Early(@cleanthonyearly11_) on Dec 31, 2015 at 9:21am PST\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CContinue to count your blessings regardless, I know I will, because I got shot but ironically I dodge[d] a bullet,\u201D Early added. \u201CIt could of been way worse and I\u2019m thankful and grateful it wasn\u2019t.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yahoo\u2019s Shams&amp;nbsp;Charania&amp;nbsp;reports&amp;nbsp;an MRI revealed no structural damage, as the bullet went straight through, and that Early will not need surgery on his knee.&amp;nbsp;According to&amp;nbsp;Charania, Early\u2019s expected timetable for recovery is six to 12 weeks.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Early was drafted by the Knicks in 2014, and has played in 10 games in his second season with the team, averaging 0.7 points and 3.4 minutes per game. He played in 39 games last season after missing two months to recover from arthroscopic surgery in his right knee.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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