NBA Injuries
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| Atlanta Hawks | |||||
| 11/21/09 | Mike Bibby
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PG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Sprained left ankle Bibby sprained his left ankle in the first quarter of the Hawks' loss to New Orleans on Saturday night. Expected Return: 11/26/09 |
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| Boston Celtics | |||||
| 10/27/09 | Glen Davis | F-C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Broken right thumb The Celtics elected not to suspend Davis after an early morning fight with a childhood friend the day before the season opener left him sidelined for at least five weeks with a broken right thumb. The Celtics did fine Davis an undisclosed amount. Expected Return: 12/01/09 |
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| Chicago Bulls | |||||
| 11/06/09 | Tyrus Thomas | PF | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Fractured left forearm - out 4-6 weeks Thomas had surgery on his left forearm Saturday, a day after he broke it during a weight-training session. Expected Return: 12/30/09 |
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| 09/29/09 | Aaron Gray | C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Fractured left fibula - Out 6 to 8 weeks The Chicago Bulls have confirmed that Gray has sustained a leg injury and is likely to be out for 6 to 8 weeks. Expected Return: 12/02/09 |
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| Cleveland Cavaliers | |||||
| 11/14/09 | Shaquille O'Neal | C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Strained shoulder O'Neal is out for Saturday's game against Philadelphia, the fifth straight game he has missed with a shoulder injury. Expected Return: 11/25/09 |
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| 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: 02/02/10 |
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| Dallas Mavericks | |||||
| 11/16/09 | Shawn Marion | F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Sprained ankle Marion missed his second straight game Friday night but told ESPNDallas.com that he could return Tuesday night against Golden State. He left the Dallas Mavericks' game at Milwaukee on Nov. 16 with a sprained ankle. Expected Return: 11/24/09 |
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| 11/15/09 | Erick Dampier | C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Illness Dampier was hospitalized after warmups before a 95-90 victory in Detroit on Nov. 15, but the Mavericks have said little about it beyond he wasn't feeling well. He sat out his fourth straight game Friday. Expected Return: 11/24/09 |
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| 10/20/09 | Josh Howard | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Recovery from ankle surgery Howard is out indefinitely to continue his recovery from surgery on his left ankle. Howard missed all the preseason and the first five games of the regular season after having arthroscopic surgery on his ankle and wrist in May. He returned to the starting lineup on Saturday against Toronto and played in the past three games. Expected Return: 12/01/09 |
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| Denver Nuggets | |||||
| 11/13/09 | Anthony Carter | PG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Strained left hip Carter missed his second straight game Friday night because of a strained left hip. Expected Return: 11/24/09 |
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| Detroit Pistons | |||||
| 11/03/09 | Tayshaun Prince | F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Back injury Prince will be out of the lineup indefinitely due to a small rupture of a disc in his lower back. Prince had been sidelined since earlier this month with a back injury. Expected Return: 11/25/09 |
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| Golden State Warriors | |||||
| 11/19/09 | Ronny Turiaf | F-C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Sprained left knee Turiaf has missed nine straight games with a sprained left knee. Expected Return: 11/24/09 |
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| 11/18/09 | Raja Bell | SG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Left wrist surgery Bell will have surgery on an injured left wrist and may miss the entire season. Expected Return: 02/21/10 |
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| 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 |
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| 11/09/09 | Andris Biedrins | C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Right groin & abdominal inflammation Biedrins will have the back and groin injuries that have kept him out of Golden State's past seven games re-evaluated Monday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Expected Return: 11/28/09 |
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| 10/26/09 | Brandan Wright | PF | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Left shoulder - out 6 to 8 weeks Wright injured his shooting shoulder during practice Friday and will miss extended time. Expected Return: 11/30/09 |
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| 10/15/09 | Devean George | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Strained knee George is inactive with a strained knee. Expected Return: 11/28/09 |
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| Houston Rockets | |||||
| 10/20/09 | Tracy McGrady | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Recovery from knee surgery McGrady is closer to getting back on the court after microfracture surgery, but no timetable has been set for the seven-time All-Star's return to the Houston Rockets. Expected Return: 11/27/09 |
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| 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 |
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| Indiana Pacers | |||||
| 10/26/09 | Mike Dunleavy | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Right knee and hip - out 4 to 6 weeks Dunleavy is expected to miss the first two months of the season with a knee injury. Expected Return: 12/16/09 |
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| Los Angeles Clippers | |||||
| 11/17/09 | Kareem Rush | SG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Torn ACL, right knee Rush has a serious ligament tear in his right knee. Team spokesman Rob Raichlen says an MRI shows Rush tore his anterior cruciate ligament when his knee buckled during the first quarter of the Clippers' game at New Orleans on Tuesday night. Expected Return: 10/01/10 |
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| 11/10/09 | Eric Gordon | SG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Sore left groin Gordon will be out for at least 10 days with a sore left groin muscle. Expected Return: 11/23/09 |
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| 10/26/09 | Blake Griffin | PF | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Fractured left patella - out 8 weeks Griffin's NBA debut has been pushed back indefinitely after the Los Angeles Clippers revealed late Monday night that their No. 1 overall draft pick has a broken left kneecap. The stress fracture could sideline the Oklahoma star for six weeks, the team announced, promising further information Tuesday. Expected Return: 11/29/09 |
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| 11/16/09 | Luke Walton | SF | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Pinched nerve in back - out 6-8 weeks Walton has been diagnosed with a pinched nerve. Walton was examined Monday by back specialist Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles. The Lakers say Walton is expected to be out at least six weeks. Expected Return: 01/03/10 |
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| Memphis Grizzlies | |||||
| 10/26/09 | Darrell Arthur | F-C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Torn pectoral - out 4 months Arthur underwent surgery to repair a partially torn right pectoralis muscle and is expected to miss up to four months. Expected Return: 02/16/10 |
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| Milwaukee Bucks | |||||
| 11/20/09 | Andrew Bogut | C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Left leg injury Bogut will be out for two to four weeks with a left leg injury. Expected Return: 12/12/09 |
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| 11/02/09 | Michael Redd | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Strained tendon, left knee - out 2 weeks Redd is out for at least two weeks after straining a tendon in his left knee during Milwaukee's home opener. Expected Return: 11/25/09 |
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| 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: 01/26/10 |
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| Minnesota Timberwolves | |||||
| 10/16/09 | Kevin Love | F-C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Fractured left hand - out 6 to 8 weeks The Minnesota Timberwolves are calling surgery to repair Love's broken left hand a success. Expected Return: 12/02/09 |
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| New Jersey Nets | |||||
| 11/02/09 | Yi Jianlian | PF | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Medial collateral ligament in right knee The New Jersey Nets say an MRI performed on Yi confirmed that he has sprained a ligament in his right knee, and he's expected to miss anywhere from two to six weeks. Expected Return: 12/02/09 |
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| 10/28/09 | Jarvis Hayes | SF | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Strained left hamstring Hayes injured his left hamstring in the first quarter and did not return Wednesday versus Minnesota. Expected Return: 11/24/09 |
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| New Orleans Hornets | |||||
| 11/13/09 | Chris Paul | PG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Sprained left ankle Paul is expected to be on crutches for two weeks and could miss three weeks to a month with a severely sprained left ankle, sources told Yahoo! Sports. Expected Return: 12/01/09 |
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| Oklahoma City Thunder | |||||
| 11/17/09 | Shaun Livingston | PG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Left knee surgery - out 3-4 weeks Livingston had surgery Tuesday to remove staples from an earlier procedure on his left knee and is expected to be out three to four weeks. Expected Return: 12/07/09 |
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| Orlando Magic | |||||
| 11/17/09 | Jameer Nelson | PG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Left knee surgery - out 4-6 weeks Nelson will have arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Wednesday to repair a torn meniscus. He is expected to miss four to six weeks. Expected Return: 12/19/09 |
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| 10/21/09 | Adonal Foyle | C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Right knee surgery Foyle has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. The Magic made the announcement Wednesday. Expected Return: 12/02/09 |
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| Philadelphia 76ers | |||||
| 11/21/09 | Jason Kapono | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Sprained left ankle Kapono sat out Saturday's loss to the Cavs with a sprained left ankle. He was injured in the fourth quarter of Friday's loss to Memphis. Expected Return: 11/24/09 |
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| 11/15/09 | Marreese Speights | F-C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Torn left MCL - out 6-8 weeks Speights will miss six to eight weeks with a left knee injury. Speights was injured in the fourth quarter of a 94-88 loss at Chicago on Saturday night. An MRI on Sunday revealed he has a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Expected Return: 01/18/10 |
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| Phoenix Suns | |||||
| 10/26/09 | Robin Lopez | F-C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Bruised left knee - out 2 weeks Lopez will have surgery to repair a broken bone in his left foot and is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Expected Return: 12/01/09 |
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| Portland Trail Blazers | |||||
| 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 |
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| 10/26/09 | Jeff Pendergraph | PF | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Right hip flexor - out 3 to 4 weeks Pendergraph has a right hip flexor that's expected to sideline him for a month at the beginning of the season. Expected Return: 11/23/09 |
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| 10/26/09 | Nicolas Batum | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Right shoulder - 2 to 3 weeks Batum will undergo surgery on his right shoulder to repair torn cartilage. The team said Monday a return date will be determined after Friday's surgery in Los Angeles. Expected Return: 12/29/09 |
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| Sacramento Kings | |||||
| 11/06/09 | Kevin Martin | SG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Fractured left wrist - out 6-8 weeks Martin will be sidelined for about two months after deciding to undergo surgery on his injured wrist. Expected Return: 01/01/10 |
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| 11/05/09 | Kevin Martin | SG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Fractured left wrist Martin will be sidelined for about two months after deciding to undergo surgery on his injured wrist. Expected Return: 01/01/10 |
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| 10/10/09 | Francisco Garcia | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Wrist surgery - out 5 months Garcia will miss at least four months after undergoing surgery on his injured forearm and wrist. He was injured lifting weights Friday and had surgery the next day at UC Davis Medical Center to repair a broken bone in his right forearm and ligament damage to his wrist. The team says he will be in a cast for eight weeks. Expected Return: 02/10/10 |
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| San Antonio Spurs | |||||
| 11/18/09 | Manu Ginobili | SG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Stained left groin Ginobili won't play Thursday night against Utah after straining his left groin in Wednesday's overtime loss at Dallas. Expected Return: 11/23/09 |
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| 11/18/09 | Tony Parker | PG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Sprained left ankle Parker rolled his ankle in a loss on Nov. 6 at Portland and is out for San Antonio. Expected Return: 11/25/09 |
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| Utah Jazz | |||||
| 11/18/09 | Mehmet Okur | C | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Flu-like symptoms Okur didn't make the trip for Thursday's game against San Antonio, staying home because of flulike symptoms. Expected Return: 11/24/09 |
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| 10/26/09 | Matt Harpring | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Sprained left knee - out 6 to 8 weeks 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: 12/04/09 |
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| 10/23/09 | Kyle Korver | G-F | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Left knee surgery - out 3 to 5 weeks Korver is recovering from surgery to remove a bone spur in his left knee. Expected Return: 11/24/09 |
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| Washington Wizards | |||||
| 11/09/09 | Mike James | PG | Day-to-Day |
Injury: Broken left hand - out 5 weeks James is expected to miss up to five weeks with a broken bone in his left hand. Expected Return: 12/14/09 |
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