Hawks point guard Dennis Schroder has been diagnosed with a medial bone bruise and Grade 2 left ankle sprain, the team announced, as NBA.com’s David Aldridge tweets. The recovery from the injury will take approximately two to four weeks, thus ending Schroder’s 2017/18 season.
Schroder had missed three of the Hawks’ last four games due to the injury. While his field goal percentage and three-point shooting took a hit, the veteran guard averaged a career-best 19.4 PPG to go with 6.2 APG and 3.1 RPG in 67 games with Atlanta this season.
Schroder will not be the lone Atlanta player to finish the year injured as Kent Bazemore (knee), Jaylen Morris (ankle), DeAndre’ Bembry (ankle), and Antonius Cleveland (ankle) are all sidelined. Due to the high volume of injuries, the Hawks should be eligible for a roster hardship exception to sign another player for the final seven games of the season, if they so choose.
How Convenient…but we’ll take the extra ping pong balls woo hoo
Not sure John Collins is the guy to build around there at the 4. They definitely should look into drafting a big like Wendell Carter Jr who has great positioning down low in the post and can play the 4 or 5.