Jalen Suggs has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 MCL contusion on his right knee, the Magic announced (via Twitter). Suggs underwent an MRI earlier today after suffering the injury in Friday night’s game at Chicago.
There’s no structural damage to Suggs’ knee, a source tells Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel (Twitter link). The team didn’t offer a projection for how much time he might miss, but he has already been declared out for Sunday’s game against Indiana.
Suggs, who was playing in his second game since returning from a left hip bruise, limped off the court in the third quarter of Friday’s contest, Beede details in a full story (subscription required). He grabbed at his knee in pain after being fouled on a drive to the basket. He was able to stay in the game and shoot his free throws, but he wasn’t moving well and was eventually replaced.
Suggs, who missed the start of the season while recovering from knee surgery, has only played in 23 of Orlando’s 35 games.
He has been impactful when he’s been available, averaging 15.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists per night and posting a team-best +10.1 net rating, but his absences have played a role in the disappointing 19-16 start for the Magic, who were expected to be among the East’s best teams.
This guy gets hurt more than I go to the bathroom.
Bubble wrap this guy.
Orlando needs to make a trade for this guy ASAP The problem is that his contract is a poison contract; no team will take him with so many injuries, one after the other.
Too bad, they are good when it’s not being a glass house.