Boban Marjanovic fell to the floor with what appeared to be a serious knee injury during the Sixers‘ win over the Pelicans on Monday. However, testing today came back better than expected with the team announcing that Marjanovic suffered a bone bruise and a mild sprain on his right knee.
Brett Brown hopes that the 7’3″ big man won’t miss significant time, though the 76ers’ head coach won’t be relieved until Marjanovic goes closer to a return.
“You still don’t know,” Brown told Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer (Twitter link). “The new information could reveal something, but [based on] the initial sort of examination there [was] a sigh of relief given what my gut feel was.”
Marjanovic, who was acquired along with Tobias Harris prior to the trade deadline, will be reevaluated about a week. He was playing a more critical role for the Sixers because of Joel Embiid‘s absence from the court. Embiid was experiencing knee soreness coming out of the All-Star break and the team is opting to be extra cautious with their franchise center.
The Cameroon native has missed all three games since the break and he’s not expected to play in the team’s clash against the Thunder on Thursday. Jonah Bolden started at the five on Monday and will likely continue in that role with both big men sidelined.
Justin Patton was acquired in the Jimmy Butler deal earlier this season and has shuffled back and forth between the NBA club and its G League affiliate in Delaware. Patton and Amir Johnson, who did not play on Monday, are candidates to see minutes while the frontcourt gets healthy
In the press release, the team also announced that Furkan Korkmaz underwent successful surgery on his right knee, repairing a torn meniscus. The swingman will be reevaluated in approximately four weeks.
Sixers need to make moves. Waive Amir and Korkmaz. Both are on expiring deals, neither will provide anything on the court the rest of the year. Bring up Patton, grab Monroe or Gortat, check in on Melo, but bring in McLemore most likely. They need some bodies.
Melo would be interesting, but he stinks or he’s lost it and now stinks
I didn’t realize Gortat was available, I lost track of him. Plus why are the Lakers going to sign Randolph, the Sixers should sign him if he is healthy.
When are the Lakers signing Randolph, I missed that one. If the rust isn’t too bad he would be a big help, and they need it bad.
Somebody has kept saying the Sixers have to bring up Patton. Good crystal ball work