Injury

Rajon Rondo is making progress in his recovery from a fractured right thumb, just not enough for him to suit up when the Chicago Bulls travel to play the Boston Celtics in Game 2. And so, Isaiah Canaan, an unlikely almost-hero in Game 4, will get the start instead, per ESPN.com’s Nick Friedell: – Rajon [...]

If the Chicago Bulls are going to complete the upset over the Boston Celtics, it looks like they’ll have to do it without Rajon Rondo. The team announced on Friday morning that the point guard is out indefinitely with a fractured thumb, per The Athletic’s Sean Highkin: [tweet https://twitter.com/highkin/status/855436408625954816] Surgery isn’t required, but this nevertheless [...]

Kevin Durant didn’t partake in the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. He wasn’t alone, either. Matt Barnes and Shaun Livingston joined him on the shelf. It didn’t matter. The Warriors pummeled the Blazers, winning 110-81. If you think such a decision victory, along with a 2-0 [...]

Ian Mahinmi is injured again, and it doesn’t sound like he’s going to be ready when the Washington Wizards tip off their first-round playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks. From The Washington Post‘s Candace Buckner: On Wednesday, Coach Scott Brooks announced that Ian Mahinmi will miss the team’s regular season finale in Miami, as well as upcoming [...]

So, um, it’s going to be a while before Joakim Noah takes the court again for the New York Knicks. The center, whom the Knicks signed to a four-year, $72.6 million deal last summer, has missed most of this season with injuries. Though he’s technically tending to an injury now, the Knicks scrapped to get [...]

Achilles injuries alter NBA careers. They can even ruin them. So when Rudy Gay suffered his in the middle of January, the outlook seemed bleak. He’s on the wrong side of 30, and so much of his game is predicated on creating his own offense, something he might struggle to do upon return. Neither he [...]

The New York Knicks are scheduled for an early offseason vacation, and Kristaps Porzingis’ getaway might begin earlier than that. The 7’3″ skyscraper is dealing with back spasms that have kept him out of the Knicks’ last two games. And following the team’s Thursday night loss to the Washington Wizards, head coach Jeff Hornacek intimated that [...]

The Golden State Warriors have an update on Kevin Durant’s recovery from a sprained MCL he suffered against the Washington Wizards in February. He’s going to be okay. Fine, here’s the actual update: [tweet https://twitter.com/WarriorsPR/status/847161447125864449] Clips of Durant getting shots up have surfaced on Twitter, so this was inevitable. Still, for the Warriors, it’s good [...]

James Harden, by his own admittance, is in pain. He’s dealing with a left wrist injury, one that visibly factored into his 5-of-20 shooting performance during the Houston Rockets’ Tuesday night loss to the Golden State Warriors. Perhaps it’s a good time for him to take a few games off and get right for the playoffs. [...]

The Rockets have already done more than enough to protect their playoff positioning and establish themselves as the surprise (at least in my opinion) team in the NBA this season, currently at 51-22 and 3rd in the western conference. While all of the attention has been on the incredible season by James Harden, one of [...]