Spurs guard Derrick White has a minor toe fracture in his left foot, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets. White’s return will be based upon his response to rehab, Charania adds.
It’s the same digit — the second toe of his left foot — that was surgically repaired in August. White re-injured the toe during a loose ball scrum against the Lakers on New Year’s Day. White missed training camp, preseason and the team’s first four regular-season games while rehabbing from the surgery, Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News notes.
White scored nine points in 23 minutes in his season debut before retreating to the bench.
“This is bad, bad luck for him and for our team,” said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, whose team departed on a five-game road trip this week.
White signed a four-year rookie scale extension worth $73MM just prior to the start of the regular season. White averaged 11.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG and 3.5 APG in 24.7 MPG last season, his third year in the league. He started 20 of 68 games after starting 55 of 67 games in his second season.
Lil Dunker crystal ball says spurs will miss playoffs again. Bummer. The west is too good to start this slowly.
Now the question is…who will be the best team in Texas?
Tonight was Dallas the best team in Texas. The Rockets played what will easily be one of their worst games of the entire season in the 13-point loss.
rockets stupidest move ever was trading Capela lmao jfc
Maybe but… Capella vs. Covington
Covington gone…. But Houten become Wood in the Free Agency
And Wood > Capella
I think the Capella trade are don’t a mistake
Injuries keep coming….
Guess the spurs now love Derozen…
Bummer. If this causes Spurs to fall behind, hope they’re aggressive in moving the vets. Would love this reset for Spurs:
IN:
Turner (Pacers)
Hunter (Hawks)
Huerter (Hawks)
Pick + Young Player (Heat)
[filler]
OUT:
Aldridge (Indy)
Demar (Miami)
Gay (Atlanta)
Lonnie Walker (Atlanta)
Miami is not gonna trade for Derozen. Realistically the raps will trade for Demar…
Why in the world would Atlanta give up Hunter straight up for Gay and Walker, much less throw in Huerter? Per 100 possessions stats clearly show Hunter and Huerter as both already being better than Gay, at much better prices, and on the ascendance.
Walker is young, but the Hawks have plenty of better depth at SG and Huerter is a better player at the same age so if you are trying to Walker in thinking it would entice the Hawks I don’t think it works.
They might be able to move Gay, but not to a team that just brought in five vets in the offseason and is content holding on to it’s youth.
The case will advance knowledge in the discipline of second-toe medicine.