A right thumb injury suffered by Daniel Gafford in tonight’s game is expected to sideline the Bulls‘ rookie center for two to four weeks, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Gafford suffered the injury early in the first quarter when he deflected a pass, relays K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago. The thumb appeared to bend backward, and Gafford ran straight to the training room.
Gafford is averaging 4.9 points and 2.5 rebounds in limited playing time through 31 games, but he has taken over a starting role since the loss of Wendell Carter Jr., who is out for four to six weeks with a sprained right ankle. Gafford has been excelling on defense, with a streak of 12 straight games with a blocked shot coming into tonight.
Johnson notes that coach Jim Boylen turned to Luke Kornet after Gafford had to leave the game and used some lineups with Lauri Markkanen at center.
Annoying. Just picked this dude up in fantasy. Injuries have been unreal this year in the NBA
WCJ and now Gafford. Looks like Kornet is going to be getting some major minutes.
The Bulls have injury after injury every year. It’s insane.
And Thaddeus still gets just 20 minutes… Boylen is garbage
I feel bad this guy is on the bulls, what a garbage dump of an organization, I feel bad for everyone the bulls draft, gotta suck to play for a front office with a lifetime scholarship even though they continually fail