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More bad news for Nerlens Noel in a contract year. The Mavericks 23-year-old center who has already fallen out of the regular rotation and is only averaging four points and four rebounds in 12 minutes per game, will now be out of action for four to six weeks after undergoing surgery on his thumb. Here [...]

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 [...]

For those Los Angeles Clippers fans who assumed the worst after Chris Paul left the team’s victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder with a left thumb injury on Monday, your fears have been confirmed. According to Dan Woike of the Orange County Register, Paul will miss the next six to eight weeks with a torn ligament in [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers are holding their breath, sort of. Chris Paul left late in the second quarter of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Tuesday night victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder with a sprained right thumb. He did not return, and though X-rays came back negative, the team is awaiting further news, per ESPN.com’s Andrew Han: [...]

The defending champs suffered a big blow Wednesday morning when they found out their starting shooting guard and sharpshooter J.R. Smith will miss extended time and need surgery for a broken thumb. [tweet https://twitter.com/cavs/status/811436207754375173] Smith was injured in the 2nd quarter of Tuesday night’s game in Milwaukee while trying to steal the ball from the [...]

May 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Not sure who the ‘thumb master’ is in this screenshot from the Clippers/Grizzlies game last night, but whoever it is, I hope they bought Gasol dinner after this. That thumb definitely disappears from view. Just wrong, so wrong… [...]