FEBRUARY 24: Okongwu has been placed in a walking boot and will miss at least two weeks, which is when he’ll be reevaluated, the Hawks announced in a press release.
FEBRUARY 22: Hawks big man Onyeka Okongwu will be sidelined “for the foreseeable future” with a left big toe sprain, head coach Quin Snyder said on Thursday, per Lauren L. Williams of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter link).
“I don’t want to speak out of turn as far as a timeline goes, but he’s not going to be available for the foreseeable future,” Synder said (Twitter link via Brad Rowland of Locked On Hawks).
Okongwu had only missed one game this season prior to last Monday’s loss to Chicago, which is when he sustained the injury. Unfortunately, it sounds like he could miss a good deal of time.
The 23-year-old played one college season at USC before being selected sixth overall by Atlanta in 2020. Okongwu is a key reserve for the Hawks, averaging 10.2 PPG, 7.0 RPG and 1.1 BPG on .610/.338/.800 shooting in 53 games in 2023/24 (25.8 MPG).
Snyder also said starting center Clint Capela will be back in action on Friday vs. Toronto after dealing with a left adductor strain. However, the Swiss big man will be on a minutes restriction. Capela had missed the past six games with the injury, with Feb. 3 being his last appearance.
With Okongu out, the Hawks will likely continue to lean on Jalen Johnson and Bruno Fernando for minutes at the backup five spot.
The Hawks are currently 24-31, the No. 10 seed in the East.
The 10th seed… oof…
They need to blow it up… Trade Trae for whatever then trade their other important pieces to recover what they lose on the Trae trade…
Reset and start again… This ain’t gonna get any better than this…
Not controlling their own first round picks from 2025 to 2027 puts them in a really weird spot
Good grief. A damn sprained toe. Such wussies today. I played with a sprained toe. Ape it to another toe and play
Good grief. A damn sprained toe. Such wussies today. I played with a sprained toe. Ape it to another toe and pla.
Ok, but when you did it at the local ymca, it wasn’t at the risk of double digit millions of dollars in future lost salaries.
They didn’t trade Okongwu even with the break out year from Johnson? Then Hunter is still there too and Capella… Clueless franchise.
They have went forward with the playbook that 90% of this board preaches every day –
Draft -develop- pray post Rfa
These are the follies, there’s isn’t 1 way or a right way to team build imo but be warned to all the pro tear it down to the studs teams/ posters ……. this is more likely than not your build up after washing 2~4 yrs down the drain