According to Kevin Reynolds, Lauri Markkanen was injured in practice and will receive an MRI.
From Reynolds:
Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen could miss some time after suffering an injury in practice on Wednesday.
Markkanen will be evaluated for a right ankle and right hip injury, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The 7-footer will get an MRI to determine the severity of the injury.
The source
is being granted anonymity because they had not been cleared to speak publicly on the matter.
Obviously, this will create jokes online about the amount of injuries the Jazz are having, especially with an important tanking loss needed tonight against the Pelicans. That said, the Jazz have no reason to put their players in harms way. They have already lost Vince Williams Jr. to a season ending ACL tear and the last thing they need is to lose Markkanen to a meaningless injury on-court cause they’re trying to push players to play, like the NBA apparently wants teams to do. No word on whether Silver will send “his doctors” to check on Markkanen yet.
It may be just a matter of time that we hear that Markkanen will be shut down the rest of the season.
