The Nuggets have another injury concern heading into the holidays. Forward Cameron Johnson limped off the court during the fourth quarter against Dallas on Tuesday after injuring his right knee. Johnson will undergo an MRI to determine the severity of the injury, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon (Twitter link).
Head coach David Adelman referred to the injury as “concerning” during his post-game media session, as Vinny Benedetto of The Denver Gazette tweets.
“Imaging has to happen before anything else,” Adelman said. “It was not a fun sight to see, especially a guy that’s been trending so well, playing so well the last month. (He) has really found his way with our group. We’ve had a lot of these moments this year. It’s deflating, but hopefully the news is better than it looked, because we know what Cam means to our team.”
Johnson had started 27 games entering Tuesday’s contest, averaging 11.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 30.9 minutes per contest. He was coming off a 20-point outing in a win over Utah on Monday.
The 29-year-old, who was acquired from the Nets during the summer, is in the third season of a four-year, $94.5MM deal.
Denver is already down two starters with Christian Braun (ankle) and Aaron Gordon (hamstring) on the sidelines. Braun has been out since Nov. 12, while Gordon hasn’t played since Nov. 21.
If Johnson is out for an extended period, Denver will have to rely more heavily on Tim Hardaway Jr., Bruce Brown and Julian Strawther.
What a bad trade that was. Traded the better player and a 1st for a overpaid sixth man
Denver only won because the NBA is weak right now and Adam helping. Minnesota is next one up. Barrffff
They traded the better shooter for someone who fit better into their game plan. They also saved enough money to build out their bench. Still an excellent trade.
Porter is by far the better player. Again let me repeat this. Cam Johnson is making 23m a year, he is a role player at best.
Saved enough money… trade Zeke Nnaji, Pickett and Tyson if you want to save money.
If Cam isnt playing then he is not in the game plan.
Did you like yourself on different accounts?
It only looks like a bad trade if you don’t understand what the financial flexibility allowed them to do
No. Cam Johnson is a bench player. He is way overpaid
What Cam said. In effect it was MPJ and a pick for Johnson AND Valencunis (I am sure I spelled that wrong) when you take the money into account. No one thinks MPJ is a bad player, just that his impact does not match his contract.
That being said Johnson’s performance has not been particularly overwhelming so far. Hope the injury is not too bad.
Valencunis was traded for Saric. Wrong trade bro
Still a horrible trade to me. The Porter trade
trade Zeke Nnaji, Pickett and Tyson with the 1st if you want to save money or use in a trade
…right..but they can’t do the saric for Valencunis trade without freeing up the salary space from the Johnson for porter swap. That was the whole point of the porter trade, free up money to bring in depth.
..right..but by trading Zeke Nnaji, Pickett and Tyson with a 1st if you want to save money while keeping Porter.
Example. Zeke Nnaji, Pickett and Tyson with three or four 2nds to Brooklyn for a 2nd would have been better
Not trading them out and trading Porter is their only mistake this past off-season IMO
Ouch….Nuggets season as a contender is taking some hits.
Injury after injury, and they’re still in 3rd, 4 games in the loss column behind OKC. All the pt for the bench players will help them in the playoffs.
If this is a ligament and he’s out more than a month it’s going to hurt them though.
Looked bad. I think he will ok not serious. Hoping for the best. Mavs were lucky to win this one.
Just have to be healthy for playoffs. Get well Cam.
Cooper looks good man. Kyrie on this team with Lively. And they look pretty good.
Yeah wasn’t pretty. One of those replays where you wince.
They should acquire Chris Paul from the clippers