5:59pm: Young has suffered a Grade 2 lateral left ankle sprain, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). The Hawks anticipate that the point guard will be able to return to the floor after the swelling ceases.
Chris Kirschner of The Athletic speculates that Young could return in as little as one or two weeks with proper treatment (via Twitter).
9:11am: Hawks star Trae Young left Wednesday’s loss to the Knicks in the third quarter after suffering a sprained left ankle and didn’t return to the game.
As Sarah K. Spencer of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes, Young appeared to be in a lot of pain when he initially went down, but X-rays on the ankle were negative, and teammate Clint Capela said Young told him the sprain “wasn’t as bad as he thought.”
Still, Young is set to undergo an MRI on his injured left ankle on Thursday, according to Spencer. Even if that MRI doesn’t show any structural damage, Young could miss a little time as he gets healthy.
Although the Hawks have been hit pretty hard by injuries this season, Young has managed to stay relatively healthy, appearing in 54 of the team’s 59 games. He has been Atlanta’s leading scorer and play-maker, averaging 25.3 points and 9.6 assists per contest.
If Young is ruled out for the Hawks’ next game (or longer than that), Lou Williams and Bogdan Bogdanovic would be in line for increased ball-handling responsibilities, with backup point guard Brandon Goodwin also moving up the depth chart.
little typo on his stats there. 25.3 points and 9.6 points per contest
Thanks, that’s been fixed.
“But doc, did they give me the free throws?”
No more throwing yourself into defenders all game long…
When I was 20, I got grade 2 ankle Sprain. It takes 6 weeks to heal on his own
Sounds like he won’t be back before the playoffs begin.
Don’t want to hate on players getting hurt. Get well Trae. Knicks have to come to play. They can make some ground on Hawks while they heal . That 4-6 seed us bunched up with 10 gms to go. Every gm counts now more than ever.
Take a look at Young’s ankles got to be the smallest in the NBA .