11:42am: Nance suffered a fracture in his fourth metacarpal and will have surgery Monday morning, a source tells Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. The Cavaliers confirmed the injury and said he is expected to miss approximately six weeks, tweets Kelsey Russo of The Athletic.
10:29am: Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. is expected to have surgery after fracturing a finger on his left hand in Saturday’s game, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Sources tell Wojnarowski that Nance is likely to miss four to six weeks.
Nance just returned to action last night after being sidelined with a sprained right wrist. He has been an important contributor to a young Cleveland team hoping to reach the playoffs, averaging 9.3 points and 6.8 rebounds in 33 minutes per night. He’s one of the leaders of the defense and is second in the league at 1.9 steals per game.
Nance suffered the injury in the first quarter of Saturday’s loss to the Bucks, according to Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com (Twitter link). He still managed to play 23 minutes.
Nance and his inability to stay healthy is yet another reason for Cleveland to go ahead and pay up for both Drummond and Jarrett Allen. Yes, I know Nance is a 4. Don’t see any real downside to Cleveland keeping both Drummond and Allen.
Injuries continue ….. no reason to have both Allen n Drummond. Plus Drummond wants to get paid. Better to cash in him if you still can. Still say Mavs or Heat only ones who may trade for him.
6 weeks for a broken finger on a PF? Kyrie Irving sitting out a game with a finger sprain seems very reasonable now. Dang, 6 weeks!