2:22pm: According to a press release from the Pelicans, Daniels has a torn lateral meniscus and is receiving additional evaluations “to determine appropriate treatment options,” with another update to come in the future.
1:55pm: Pelicans guard Dyson Daniels has sustained a torn meniscus in his left knee and will be out indefinitely, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium (via Twitter).
The No. 8 pick of the 2022 draft, Daniels has been a rotation regular for New Orleans in his second NBA season, averaging 5.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals in 52 games, including 15 starts (21.9 minutes). He posted a .438/.291/.640 shooting line in those contests.
While the 20-year-old Australian isn’t a great offensive player at this point in his development, he’s excellent on the other end, frequently defending opposing teams’ top perimeter scorers. Daniels is among the league leaders in steals per game, Charania notes.
It’s a tough setback for Daniels and the Pelicans, who have dealt with numerous injuries to key players over the past few seasons. The former G League Ignite guard had appeared in every game during the 2023/24 season prior to the injury.
As Will Guillory of The Athletic tweets, Pelicans reserves like Naji Marshall, Jordan Hawkins and Jose Alvarado are candidates to receive more playing time with Daniels sidelined.
Consistent injuries is the main tenet of pels team identity
NOP have a relatively young roster to have had so many injuries. Fortunately, they’re quite deep, as well as talented. But, still, the injuries can’t be good for a team trying to find continuity with their rotation.
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If it was Embiid he’d only be out a month.
how high exaclty is the ceiling for this guy?! he can defend but BOOY he needs to work on that Jumper