Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will be out for an extended time with plantar fasciitis in his right foot, tweets Bryan Keating of KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City.
“I don’t want to use long-term because it’s vague, but it’s not day to day,” coach Mark Daigneault told reporters. “It’s going to be a more significant amount of time than day to day. This one is an injury that we need to now take a look at.”
Daigneault described the injury as “a little bit more cumulative,” rather than something that happened on one play (video link). He added that the extent of the injury was just discovered today. He noted that Gilgeous-Alexander is a “higher-minute player” and said the condition is a result of wear and tear on the foot.
“I think he walked in this morning and that’s when we started to kinda unpack it,” Daigneault said. “I don’t have a ton of detail on it to be honest with you. It’s happened pretty quickly today.”
Daigneault said the team was hoping to avoid this type of injury by aggressively resting players. He pointed out that players are coming off a short offseason after participating in the restart last summer, and they’re facing a shorter-than-normal break once this season ends.
Gilgeous-Alexander has emerged as a star since being traded to Oklahoma City in the summer of 2019. He’s averaging a career-high 23.7 points per game this year and shooting 41.8% from three-point range.
Terrible 2 weeks for injs in the NBA.
LeBron Curry SGA LaMelo some of the most exciting players in the NBA currently – Lets hope for some better luck down the stretch
Sound like they making this up so they can tank. SGA is too good for them to lose games.
You do realize these players have agents, right? If my client is being labeled as injured, potentially impacting his value, so a team can tank? Yeah, no.
That only applies to guys that are gonna be free agents. SGA is getting a max extension from OKC in the summer so this does not mess with his value.
Okay, and what about after that? Any leverage another team has (“he’s got a history of injury with that foot…”) goes against him, but also the agent’s commission aka his paycheck.
Or if you just want to keep trolling, go ahead. I’ll continue not to take anything you say seriously.
Sounds like bunch of bull crap, the only thing that got ” injured” is their tank mode with those couple of W ‘s..
I am sure but how much so, depends.
Possibly SGA wanted to wait until they win a couple games before “standing down”, to declare at a high point, like Lincoln at Gettysburg.
The injury is all about pain management and taking time out that can vary with larger needs. Common colds go there too — somewhere off your feet, unless the smoke alarm goes off.
But PF is still a thing, not a hold-out. In theory.
Faciitis is the three-eyed disease. •:D, 0% sure.
I knew SGA and Nickeil Alexander-Walker were cousins, but I just learned Ty-Shon Alexander was a third cousin
He doesnt get a dash off the Alexander, but still gets one in his first name lol.
If they played together they wouldnt be the splash bros, they be the Dash Cousins.
The more OKC loses the more it helps Houston if they don’t get a top 4 pick in the lottery. The Thunder are currently tied for the 8th worst record in the NBA.
OKC’s pick probably won’t have any impact on Houston at this point — Miami will be the team to watch. If the Rockets don’t end up in the top four, the Thunder can swap their own pick OR the Heat’s pick for Houston’s.
I strained that tendon in the arch of your foot that is inflamed for SGA and I had to take morphine or I was crawling. Which helped because the morphine made me sick.