League Injury Update

[NuggOlesk]

Looking around biggest injuries of the league.
Some divisions seem cursed, some blessed, here is the list:

EAST

Atlantic Division

Boston Celtics
none
Toronto Raptors
Kawhi Leonard - a torn Achilles - out for 178 days / out for the season and the POs
Brooklyn Nets
Julius Randle - a broken wrist - out for 27 days / should be back 24.12. game against Toronto
Philadelphia 76ers
Jared Sullinger - a torn knee tendon - out for 230 days / will be back in the summer
New York Knicks
none

Central Division

Detroit Pistons
Andre Drummond having a bruised abdominal for 12 days will put a little more pressure on Tristan Thompson
Chicago Bulls
none
Cleveland Cavaliers
none
Indiana Pacers
Marc Gasol - a broken hand - out for 35 days / that is about 15 games, and they just started doing well
Milwaukee Bucks
none

Southeast Division

Orlando Magic
none
Miami Heat
LeBron James - a broken toe - out for 44 days / will be back 09.01 against Brooklyn
Washington Wizards
none
Charlotte Hornets
LaMarcus Aldridge - a broken arm - out for 60 days / will be back 25.01. against Brooklyn, that leaves 41 games for him to play
Atlanta Hawks
none


WEST

Southwest Division

Houston Rockets
James Harden - a broken wrist - out for 25 days / will be back 22.12. against the New York
Thaddeus Young - a torn MCL - will be out for 324 days / will be back just a week or so before the start of the next season
New Orleans Pelicans
none
Memphis Grizzlies
none
San Antonio Spurs
Jeremy Lin - a torn Achilles - out for 297 days / will be back in September, so will start the next season with full strength
Semaj Christon - a broken nose - out for 44 days / will be back 09.01. against Minnesota
Dallas Mavericks
Jarrett Jack - a torn ACL - out for 133 days / will be back 08.04. against DET, and will be with team the last 7 games

Northwest Division

Minnesota Timberwolves
none
Utah Jazz
none
Portland Trailblazers
none
Oklahoma City Thunder
none
Denver Nuggets
none

Pacific Division

Sacramento Kings
Chandler Parsons - a torn ACL - out for 50 days / will be back 17.01. against the Clippers, and will be with the team the last 43 games for the PO push
Los Angeles Clippers
Dwight Howard - a broken toe - will be out for 50 days /will miss 24 games, that will be hard for the Clippers
Los Angeles Lakers
none
Phoenix Suns
none
Golden State Warriors
Pau Gasol - a torn ACL - out for 329 days / biggest injury of the year, will be back just few days before the start of the next season

[NanashiWake]

Really cool article, we've been very fortunate with injuries thus far. Hopefully that trend continues. If it does, I do see us being a power in the East sooner than expected.

[Rizzo]

Oh boy, here comes the injury jinx! Who's going down next?!?!

[lakeshowak7]

Lillard has been the driving force of our struggles early due to his injuries. We win 4 in a row, start to pick up momentum and then he gets hurt again at a crucial part of the schedule. Like clockwork. Same thing last season. I hate this engine. DDS acts like players are made of putty. I hope Gary Gorski never makes another video game again.

[NuggOlesk]

Oh boy, here comes the injury jinx! Who's going down next?!?!

So many players are already gone down, no need to jinx, game is jinxed a long time ago.
Plus I haven't had healthy team for once, so it can't get any worse for me anyway

[WillyJakkz]

Nice article.

/participation in this thread due to what happened last season

[blackice]

Nice thread, I had the injury bug hit me with Smart and MCW but hopefully we all get through relatively injury free seasons.

[Marcos_Beck]

So far no injuries but that's one thing we can't control. Only reduce our player's minutes and hope for the best.
Actually Kawhi is not lost for the playoffs if you can make it to the Conference Finals without him. Then he'd come back in the middle of the series as a HUGE boost for his team.

[bt]

Good to see who is out.

Looking forward to getting Parsons back so Porter can move to the off guard again, pair with Porter and create size mis matches.

[Rob]

Northwest division doesnt have much injuries... Im going to apply to relocate to Seattle and put myself in that division

[StOfTheStep]

Very informative article. I would've like to see how Sullinger would've performed out of expanded bench role, but I guess I have to wait until next year now.

[emplep7]

Good article. A good way to track the major injuries around the league and will be key during the playoff stretch.

[NuggOlesk]

UPDATE:

Dwight Howard - a broken toe - will be out for 50 days /will miss 24 games, that will be hard for the Clippers

Marc Gasol - a broken hand - out for 35 days / that is about 15 games, and they just started doing well

mini update:

Thaddeus Young - a torn MCL - will be out for 324 days / will be back just a week or so before the start of the next season

[Chilikonkarne]

Nice tracker.
Dwight injury is really bad for the Clippers but at least Marcus Smart will have room to prove he is a leader

[blackice]

Nice tracker.
Dwight injury is really bad for the Clippers but at least Marcus Smart will have room to prove he is a leader

Yup. Lineup is now:

MCW/[Smart]
Wade/Burks
Smart/Daniels
Anderson/[Daniels]
Klimenko/Plumlee

Switched to a dribble drive offense, hopefully it's enough to hold us above water until Dwight is back.

[KW]

Faried is going to have to go HAM now until Harden gets back. We're down our two leading scorers. And guess what, he's got a minor injury too lololol