Warriors forward Kelly Oubre Jr. will miss the next seven-to-10 days of on-court action as he continues to recover from a small avulsion fracture and ligament tear in his left wrist, the team announced today (via Twitter). The injury has kept him sidelined for the past nine games.
Golden State will re-assess Oubre’s wrist in the next seven-to-10 days, so there is a distinct possibility he would be available should the team advance to the first round of the playoffs.
As Kendra Andrews of NBC Sports Bay Area tweets, this update means Oubre will miss the team’s first play-in tournament appearance. Depending on the outcome of today’s season finale against the Grizzlies, the Warriors will either finish as the No. 8 or No. 9 seed in the Western Conference.
Both Golden State and Memphis sport identical 38-33 records at present — a win today for the Warriors would ensure they just need to win one of two play-in chances to make the playoffs, rather than two of two.
The 6’7″ Oubre was the team’s starting small forward for most of the season, starting in 50 of the 55 games in which he appeared. He will wrap up the 2020/21 regular season with averages of 15.4 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.0 SPG and 0.8 BPG across 30.7 MPG, with a shooting line of .439/.316/.695. He’ll be an unrestricted free agent this offseason.
Pretty decent pick up for two second-round picks. Genius move by Bob Myers.
Decent for sure but he definitely didn’t live up to the hype this season
kind of a panic move with a big trade exception right after Klay’s injury
Not remotely a genius move. His season is most likely already over.
You automatically dismiss anything having to do with the Warriors. But, you are consistently wrong with regards to the Dubs. Wiseman, and Curry, played much better than you said they would. The Warriors are well over .500 and in the playoffs. The Oubre trade netted them a productive player and 1st round pick in the upcoming deep draft. Moving on from Oubre could net them another 1st, and a productive player.
Dubs are playing good since Wiseman and Oubre are not on the floor + Kelly O IS not bringing Dubs a 1st pick in any way
Yeah, the Oubre signing was a pretty good one. At this point though , with Klay hopefully coming back, Oubre is almost assuredly done as a Warrior. Jordan Poole now appears to be the first guard off the bench/fill in for Klay as necessary. Oubre could be valuable off the bench to fortify the second unit either at the 2 or the 3, but certainly not at his price and I doubt he would want to anyway.
50/50 Oubre starts at SF for the Ws next year (he started at SG this year, notwithstanding what this article says). That’s because any major roster upgrade trade has a decent chance of including Wiggins for salary matching purposes, in which case they are likely to offer him a contract he’s likely to sign.
Who is the best?
Wiggins 21, 10
Jaren Jackson 14, 7
Morant 16, 9
You’re comparing someone making $30M/year to a couple of guys making $7M-$9M/year, so the 2 guys with Memphis are a much better value.
Morant has been playing shiiiiit since 2 weeks but tonite he also played 0 D …
Let me make it easy for you – no one in their right mind would trade anything of value for Wiggins straight up
That’s not true anymore. Wiggins was really good this year. I’m sure you’ll catch up to the present eventually.
Are those their numbers for just one game? Who cares?
Warriors are playing better with Oubre. Tells me he is gone as a free agent next year. Rather see JTA in the spot for much less.
What is a lingerie injury?
Oh I red it wrong
KOubre had a chance to go to the next leve this year and cement himself as elite…he failed.
Dudes a punk