Injury

Now that the shimmer from the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 2 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder has partially faded, we can return to reality and admit to truths that remain evident. The Dallas Mavericks are screwed. Yes, Game 2 was fun. It was glorious. But the Mavericks cannot bank on repeat performances of that nature. [...]

Stephen Curry didn’t play during the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 matchup against the Houston Rockets. Which is fine. Because Golden State didn’t need him. Short on their normal dose of three-point shooting, the Warriors blitzed the Rockets inside the paint and in transition, gutting out a 115-106 victory sans the soon-to-be two-time MVP. It [...]

The Basketball Gods has an interesting sense of humor. Year in and year out, we see guys make it through a regular season relatively healthy, then go down in the first game of the first round of the playoffs. That was the fate for the Celtics’ Avery Bradley who went down in agonizing pain towards [...]

Ready for some good news on Joel Embiid, the third overall pick from the 2014 NBA draft who has yet to make his debut for the Philadelphia 76ers? Of course you are. And depending on how you define good news, Tom Moore of Calkins Media may have some for you: [tweet https://twitter.com/tmoore76ers/status/717134754554970114] So, basically, Embiid [...]

Boris Diaw will not be suiting up with the San Antonio Spurs for a little while. From Project Spurs’ Paul Garcia: [tweet https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaPS/status/717115973405282304] Three games is three games, yada, yada, yada. The Spurs are locked into second place in the Western Conference, and head coach Gregg Popovich probably would have rested Diaw for one or [...]

Brandon Knight is on the sidelines again, this time for the rest of the season. The Phoenix Suns have elected to shut down their point guard for the remainder of 2015-16 as he rehabilitates a sports hernia that may require surgery, according to Paul Coro of AZCentral Sports: uns guard Brandon Knight’s season is ending [...]

There isn’t much good news coming out of Toronto on the injury front. According to Toronto Sun Beat Writer Ryan Wolstat, there is legitimate concern about Kyle Lowry’s elbow. An injury he initially suffered in London against the Magic back in January and re-aggravated it against the Magic on March 20. It has been affecting [...]

It doesn’t look like Jodie Meeks will suit up for the Detroit Pistons again this season. The shooting guard has appeared in just two games this season as he continues to deal with a right foot injury. And now it doesn’t look like he’ll be playing at all again in 2015-16, per Vince Ellis of [...]

Jimmy Butler is injured again. Just one game after returning from a left knee injury that kept him on the shelf for 11 games, Butler didn’t play in the Chicago Bulls’ Monday night win over the Milwaukee Bucks due to swelling in that same left knee. The Bulls are downplaying the severity of this setback, [...]

News broke Monday that Michael Carter-Williams will undergo surgery to repair the torn labrum in his hip, causing him to miss the remainder of the 2015-16 season. The Bucks say guard Michael Carter-Williams will undergo season-ending surgery on Thursday to repair the torn labrum in his left hip. — Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) March 7, [...]