DECEMBER 18: After Poirier underwent surgery on his finger this morning, the Celtics issued a new update on his recovery timeline, tweeting that he’s expected to return in four-to-six weeks.
DECEMBER 17: The Celtics‘ frontcourt depth has taken another hit, as the team announced today (via Twitter) that big man Vincent Poirier suffered a fractured right pinky finger during Monday’s practice. Poirier is expected to be sidelined for approximately six weeks, according to the C’s.
The update on Poirier comes less than 24 hours after Boston announced that center Robert Williams would be out for at least three weeks due to a hip injury.
As I noted yesterday, the Celtics figure to lean more heavily on centers Enes Kanter and Daniel Theis with Williams – and now Poirier – on the shelf. Semi Ojeleye may also play increased minutes, and Grant Williams could see more consistent action too.
The Celtics’ depth issues in the middle may also prompt the club to call up two-way player Tacko Fall from the Maine Red Claws for certain matchups. Fall hasn’t appeared in an NBA game since October 26, having spent most of his rookie season in the G League, but could be called upon for emergency purposes.
Tacko Tuesday!
Come on Boston… Everybody loves tacko time!
We all love Taco, but he is not an answer to the huge whole we have at the 5 spot. But it will be fun to watch.
Poirer has played in 9 games and has averaged 4.9 minutes. He wasn’t playing even with Williams out.
I don’t really understand why Porier hasn’t been given at least a minimal shot at some playing time. He seems to be a pretty good rebounder and solid enough defensively in the post — not that I think he’s going to be the answer or anything to the Celtics C question — but I did expect to see a little bit more of him than I have thus far. Guess we’ll have to wait and see at this point though seeing as he’ll be out of action completely for the next month and a half.