NBA Injuries

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Team Pos Status Injury
Boston Celtics
02/02/10 J.R. Giddens SG Day-to-Day Injury: Arthroscopic knee surgery
Giddens has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. The team said the procedure Tuesday was a success but no date has been set for his return.
Expected Return: 02/16/10
Chicago Bulls
02/05/10 Joakim Noah F-C Day-to-Day Injury: Plantar fasciitis - out indefinitely
Noah is not with the team for Friday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks due to a left foot injury.
Expected Return: 02/16/10
Cleveland Cavaliers
01/22/10 Delonte West G Day-to-Day Injury: Broken left ring finger
West could return to the Cavaliers' lineup when Cleveland hosts New Jersey on Tuesday. Guard Mo Williams, out with a shoulder injury, says West will play against the Nets, although coach Mike Brown says he hasn't received final clearance. That could come Tuesday morning during shootaround.
Expected Return: 02/11/10
01/21/10 Mo Williams PG Day-to-Day Injury: Sprained left shoulder
Williams will miss at least one month with a sprained left shoulder, a major blow to the Eastern Conference's top team.
Expected Return: 02/18/10
10/26/09 Leon Powe F Day-to-Day Injury: Left knee - out 4 months
The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Powe to a two-year contract on Wednesday.
Expected Return: 02/18/10
Denver Nuggets
02/09/10 Kenyon Martin PF Day-to-Day Injury: Knee
Martin will miss Tuesday's game against Dallas due to a knee injury.
Expected Return: 02/11/10
Golden State Warriors
01/11/10 Anthony Randolph F-C Day-to-Day Injury: Left ankle sprain
Randolph will be sidelined perhaps two months or more with a serious ankle injury.
Expected Return: 03/13/10
12/16/09 Mikki Moore F-C Day-to-Day Injury: Right ankle surgery - out 3 months
Moore will be sidelined indefinitely with bone spurs in his right heel.
Expected Return: 03/19/10
11/18/09 Raja Bell SG Day-to-Day Injury: Left wrist surgery - out 3 months
Bell will have surgery on an injured left wrist and may miss the entire season.
Expected Return: 02/21/10
11/14/09 Kelenna Azubuike G-F Day-to-Day Injury: Left patella tendon surgery
Azubuike will undergo surgery to repair a torn patellar tendon in his left knee.
Expected Return: 10/01/10
10/26/09 Brandan Wright PF Day-to-Day Injury: Left shoulder - out 6 to 8 weeks
Wright 's season is over due a left shoulder injury sustained during a preseason practice, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The injury required surgery.
Expected Return: 10/27/10
Houston Rockets
01/30/10 Kyle Lowry PG Day-to-Day Injury: Sprained left knee
Lowry will be out at least a week with a sprained left knee.
Expected Return: 02/16/10
07/17/09 Yao Ming C Day-to-Day Injury: Left foot surgery
In an interview with ESPN The Magazine, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said Yao could return at some point in the 2009-10 season and the team no longer feels his broken left foot is a career-threatening injury.
Expected Return: 10/24/10
Indiana Pacers
02/08/10 Jeff Foster F-C Day-to-Day Injury: Back surgery
Foster will miss the rest of the season with a back injury. The Pacers announced Monday that Foster will have surgery after the All-Star break. He is expected to be ready for training camp in the fall.
Expected Return: 10/27/10
Los Angeles Clippers
01/24/10 Sebastian Telfair PG Day-to-Day Injury: Ruptured groin
Telfair will be out four to six weeks due to a ruptured groin.
Expected Return: 02/26/10
11/17/09 Kareem Rush SG Day-to-Day Injury: Torn ACL, right knee
Rush had surgery Wednesday on his right knee to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and partially torn lateral meniscus, and he also had a microfracture procedure.
Expected Return: 10/26/10
10/26/09 Blake Griffin PF Day-to-Day Injury: Fractured left patella - out for season
Griffin's broken left kneecap has been repaired by surgery that will keep the Los Angeles Clippers' No. 1 overall draft pick out for the rest of the season.
Expected Return: 10/26/10
Miami Heat
01/30/10 Mario Chalmers PG Day-to-Day Injury: Sprained left thumb
Chalmers has a partially torn ligament in his left thumb and is out indefinitely.
Expected Return: 02/16/10
Milwaukee Bucks
02/01/10 Francisco Elson F-C Day-to-Day Injury: Hernia surgery
Elson will miss six weeks after having surgery to repair a hernia.
Expected Return: 03/17/10
01/10/10 Michael Redd G-F Day-to-Day Injury: Torn left ACL - out for season
The Milwaukee Bucks say Redd will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury.
Expected Return: 10/27/10
10/22/09 Joe Alexander SF Day-to-Day Injury: Right hamstring - out 8 to 12 weeks
The Bucks announced today that Alexander re-aggravated his right hamstring injury during rehabilitation exercises this week and will miss 8 to 12 weeks.
Expected Return: 02/17/10
New Orleans Hornets
01/29/10 Chris Paul PG Day-to-Day Injury: Left knee surgery - out 4-6 weeks
Paul will be out about four to six weeks after having arthroscopic knee surgery Thursday. Paul will start rehabilitating immediately and be on crutches for two or three weeks, the team announced.
Expected Return: 03/01/10
New York Knicks
02/06/10 Larry Hughes G-F Day-to-Day Injury: Sprained left big toe
Hughes missed Saturday night's game against Cleveland because of a sprained left big toe.
Expected Return: 02/16/10
01/18/10 Eddy Curry C Day-to-Day Injury: Left knee surgery
Curry is expected to miss about six weeks after knee surgery, the latest setback for the injury-plagued Knicks center. The Knicks said Curry will have an arthroscopic procedure on Monday to remove loose cartilage in his left knee. He will begin rehabilitation within a week.
Expected Return: 03/01/10
Oklahoma City Thunder
01/21/10 D.J. White PF Day-to-Day Injury: Fractured right thumb
White is expected to miss six to eight weeks following surgery to repair a fractured right thumb sustained in practice Tuesday.
Expected Return: 03/10/10
11/30/09 Kyle Weaver G-F Day-to-Day Injury: Left shoulder surgery - out 4 months
Weaver had successful surgery Monday on his separated shoulder, an injury he suffered last week during practice.
Expected Return: 03/30/10
10/26/09 Matt Harpring G-F Day-to-Day Injury: Left ankle infection - out for season
Harpring will not take part in the team's training camp or preseason and will miss the start of the regular NBA season.
Expected Return: 10/31/10
Philadelphia 76ers
02/05/10 Allen Iverson G Day-to-Day Injury: Personal reasons
Iverson will sit out a second straight game because one of his children is ill.
Expected Return: 02/16/10
Phoenix Suns
01/26/10 Leandro Barbosa G Day-to-Day Injury: Wrist surgery
The Phoenix Suns say Barbosa underwent successful surgery Tuesday to remove a ganglion cyst in his right wrist and he's expected to be sidelined up to six weeks.
Expected Return: 03/12/10
Portland Trail Blazers
01/20/10 Brandon Roy G-F Day-to-Day Injury: Sprained right hamstring
Roy will miss the next three games and the All-Star game with a right hamstring injury.
Expected Return: 02/16/10
12/22/09 Joel Przybilla C Day-to-Day Injury: Ruptured right patella tendon
Przybilla is out for the season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured right patella tendon.
Expected Return: 10/31/10
12/05/09 Greg Oden C Day-to-Day Injury: Fractured left patella - out for season
Oden will likely miss the season after fracturing his left patella during a game against Houston on Saturday night. Oden will undergo surgery, the Trail Blazers said.
Expected Return: 10/27/10
11/14/09 Travis Outlaw F Day-to-Day Injury: Surgery, left foot - out 3-5 months
Outlaw had surgery Wednesday to repair a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot.
Expected Return: 03/19/10
Washington Wizards
11/01/09 Javaris Crittenton G Day-to-Day Injury: Right foot surgery
Crittenton is still recovering from offseason surgery on his right foot.
Expected Return: 02/17/10
11/30/02 Javaris Crittenton G Injury:
Crittenton was suspended for the remainder of the season Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who said guns in the workplace "will not be tolerated."
Expected Return: 10/01/10
11/30/02 Gilbert Arenas PG Injury:
Arenas was suspended for the remainder of the season Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who said guns in the workplace "will not be tolerated."
Expected Return: 10/01/10