APRIL 22: An MRI has indicated that Avdija has suffered a right fibular hairline fracture, and will require 12 weeks — but no surgery — to recover, reports Ava Wallace of the Washington Post.
APRIL 21: Wizards rookie forward Deni Avdija suffered a hairline fracture in his right ankle, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
X-rays revealed the injury. Avdija will have an MRI on Thursday, but his season is over, Wojnarowski adds. He’s not expected to require surgery.
Avdija went up for a shot and landed on a Golden State defender in Wednesday’s game. He was averaging 6.3 PPG and 4.9 RPG after being selected with the No. 9 overall pick last fall. He started 31 of 53 games in his rookie campaign.
The Israeli native’s injury is a serious blow to a team making a playoff push. Washington entered the game on a five-game winning streak.
Avdija had been starting a power forward and the Wizards will now look for bigs such as Daniel Gafford, Davis Bertans and Jordan Bell to pick up the slack.
this stinks. He was really getting his footing in the NBA. At least he’ll be near 100% once next season starts.
Wizards should trade westbrook for a wing and draft a point guard
Or
Trade westbrook for cap space and sign a point guard and draft a small forward
Duhhh!!!
Westbrook is a PG, not to mention the best player in the team!
WAS needs to use more & better Deni & Rui & for the goodness sake get rid of Beal, like yesterday!
Russ is the man in WAS, outplayed easily Beal this year!
They would trade Westbrick if they could, and their best player is Bradley Beal, and it’s not even close. Russ is a stat stuffer, always has been.
John Wall is on a much better team now, and he was an absolute steal.
Again. You are wrong. Who’s got the better record? Washington. Therefore, who’s on the better team? Westbrook.
Saw the replays. Thought it was worse. Good that it’s not ligaments. He should be back next yr. Rehab and hard work man. This yr just keeps coming. Get well Deni
He has only been the ‘starting power forward” because Hachimura has been out for a few days.
Even after winning six in a row the Wizards are barely in 10th place by 1/2 game. They won’t hold off both the Raptors and Bulls to make the play-in games.
Washinton has a much easier schedule the rest of the way. I would guess you’re wrong. link to tankathon.com
Interesting link… much gap in WAS ‘s advantage there… Raps kind of conceded but are hot… both TOR & CHI upgraded at center… Bulls are slower to adjust.