Mavericks forward/center Anthony Davis suffered a left hand injury late in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s two-point loss at Utah. The injury appeared to occur when he was defending Lauri Markkanen on a drive (Twitter video link).
Despite clearly being bothered, Davis initially said he was OK to stay in the game, tweets Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News, before checking out with 2:08 remaining. The 32-year-old was “doubled over in pain” in the tunnel of the arena and did not return, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN (Twitter link).
“He hurt his left hand. That’s all we had,” head coach Jason Kidd said after the game (Twitter link via Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoops Journal).
The five-time All-NBA big man finished with 21 points, 11 rebounds and four assists in 35 minutes as Dallas fell to 14-24.
Backup guard Brandon Williams was also forced to leave Thursday’s loss early due to an illness, the Mavs announced (via Twitter). The 26-year-old had scored in double figures in five consecutive games heading into Thursday, averaging 19.0 PPG, 4.4 RPG and 3.4 APG in 27.0 MPG over that span, but was limited to two points in just under nine minutes tonight.
When isn’t he injured
Of course he did…
They need to trade him for whatever breaths.
I feel like it’s weekly updates of “anthony davis injures (insert random body part here)
Shams and Rich Paul need to step their efforts up in getting Ant somewhere dumb enough to extend Davis.
But is there even a team dumb enough to take Davis and the $58.5 million owed Street Clothes for next year and the no-brainer of a player option f0r $62.8 million in 20227-2028?
Dallas is stuck with AD for the foreseeable future.
Dallas’ leverage is getting lower by the second. Every time he gets another injury the cost to trade for him goes way down. If they wait until the offseason there will be zero buyers.
Just what kind of extension does he want? No one will pay even $30m for Glass House.
If he didn’t have bad luck, he wouldn’t have any luck at all.
When he’s untouched on the court, he’s a badass… but he’s made glass
BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!
Of course he did..How could he not? That’s hilarious. Cue That chicken from Seiinfeld:
It’s…papier-ma- che!
Dude is a weakling. Softest NBA player of all time. Period.
Porzingis?
Serves Dallas right. I hope they continue to slide. Cooper will be a Celtic. The NBA knows it!
Glass Bones and Paper Skin
Why is someone getting injured funny to you all? Serious question
The irony is funny not the injury
Really? Comments like “glass bones and paper skin” and “dude is a weakling” are meant to highlight the irony of the Luka trade? Give me a break
You must be a big fan of Street Clothes. It’s funny because it’s true. Facts are facts. Is the big man gonna cry about it? He’s getting paid 50 mil to not play so he’s not getting any sympathy here.
No, not really. I just know from personal experience that injuries suck and I don’t really understand why it’s acceptable to ridicule people in pain just because they’re rich
Did he hurt it from flopping?
Thursday night vs Jazz ——-
AD — 35 mins, 21 pts, 11 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk …
Good days work. AD has pkayed 20 gns avg 31.3 mins
Third most mins on Mavs.
Imo if he had 10-15 lbs more muscle better conditioning. He wouldn’t have those nagging injuries.
I would take him on my team. Not at max money.
He isn’t even listed on today’s injury report what a quitter
I can’t believe it, AD is injured again. How? When? Because I don’t remember the last time that he wasn’t injured.