Nuggets power forward Jeff Green has sprained his left finger and fractured his left hand, the team announced today (Twitter link). Green will have his hand reassessed in four weeks.
The injury occurred during the fourth quarter of Friday night’s 120-107 victory over the Trail Blazers,
Green has remained a helpful bench big for the 20-11 Nuggets, the top seed in the Western Conference. The 6’8″ forward is averaging 7.5 PPG on 52.7% shooting in 19.3 MPG. He is also logging 2.8 RPG and 1.1 APG through his first 24 games for Denver.
The 36-year-old is currently on the second year of a two-season, $9MM deal he inked with Denver in 2021. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent this summer.
Mike Singer of The Denver Post tweets that he expects third-year power forward Zeke Nnaji to see additional minutes backing up starting power forward Aaron Gordon with Green shelved.
Get well Jeff Green ……
Denver need to see what they have in Zeke and Vlatko.. we all know who Jeff is. It’s a bad break (sorry) but could wind up forcing Malone to be creative for a change.
Jeff Green my boy and I love his game. He’s such a solid role player. I’ll like to see him finish his career on the Denver Nuggets.
Is it me or does Denver seem to really suffer the injury bug a little bit more than some other teams? Horrible luck.