Kelly Oubre Jr. has been diagnosed with an LCL sprain in his left knee and will miss at least the next two weeks before being reevaluated by the Sixers, reports Tony Jones of The Athletic (via Twitter).
The fact that Oubre had sustained a lateral collateral ligament injury had been previously reported, but the severity of the ailment wasn’t known until now. According to Jones (Twitter link), there was concern that the injury would be more significant, so the relatively short timeline comes as something of a relief for the team.
Oubre missed the Sixers’ game on Monday, a win against the Clippers, after leaving Friday’s contest against the Pistons after just 15 minutes.
Oubre is in the midst of his highest scoring season since 2022/23, averaging 16.8 points in a career-high 34.8 minutes per game.
The Sixers have dealt with a series of injuries already this season, but recently welcomed Paul George back into the rotation following his recovery from offseason knee surgery. Trendon Watford has been one of the primary players stepping up in the absence of the team’s forwards, averaging a career-high 21.3 minutes per game while shooting 41.7% on three-pointers, also a career high.
Maybe everyone is getting injured because of the style Silver wants which is fast pace, running up and down to a 3pt shot. Over and over and over etc etc. No dribbling violations called, no strategy, just yes man coaches and refs controlling the game with the players having no control but plenty of money.
Hand check rule, dribbling violations called, less technicals, slow the game down a tad, work out in the offense season better, players need to be drug tested, everyone jumping at each others legs, maybe consider the shoes are the problem and bring back the Chuck Taylors back
Sneaking in the drug test thing is crazy. Why do they need to be tested? What drugs?
Drug test all the other eras received. I know they all won’t be happy but the weeeeed, hard drugs and steroids
They just keep coming ……. woah
I hate to be the guy. But this is not going to work out. Or god forbid end well. No 19 yr old is a savior. Especially on this team ……..
Maxey is playing 40.4 mins a gm
VJ is playing 37.3 mins a game.
Obrue is playing 35 mins a game or was …..
This is what happens when you invest 107 mill a year. On TWO players who don’t play ……..