He hasn't played since, and the Knicks said his injury had progressed to a fractured bone at the outside of his left foot, otherwise known as a Jonesfracture.
Warriors confirmed on Tuesday that fly-half Matthew Jones will also be ruled out for several weeks after suffering a stress fracture to his right foot in the same game.
Sir Robert also hit the headlines in 1896 when he became the first doctor to use X-rays to diagnose a fracture, and was the co-founder of the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Gobowen, Shropshire.