Shams Charania: Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart has sustained a severe right ring finger injury and will be sidelined for approximately six weeks, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Another difficult injury blow in season for the Grizzlies. pic.twitter.com/sgHyp3D1bR
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania
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CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Marcus Smart injury update: Grizzlies guard out for six weeks with finger injury
cbssports.com/nba/news/marcu… – 1:31 PM
Marcus Smart injury update: Grizzlies guard out for six weeks with finger injury
cbssports.com/nba/news/marcu… – 1:31 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
It never ends for Grizzlies: Marcus Smart to be re-evaluated in six weeks with finger injury
nbcsports.com/nba/news/it-ne… – 1:04 PM
It never ends for Grizzlies: Marcus Smart to be re-evaluated in six weeks with finger injury
nbcsports.com/nba/news/it-ne… – 1:04 PM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Marcus Smart is expected to miss the next six weeks with an injured right ring finger, per @ShamsCharania.
Smart missed 17 games earlier this season with an ankle injury. pic.twitter.com/vh9NJLbe2N – 12:59 PM
Marcus Smart is expected to miss the next six weeks with an injured right ring finger, per @ShamsCharania.
Smart missed 17 games earlier this season with an ankle injury. pic.twitter.com/vh9NJLbe2N – 12:59 PM
Jeff Stotts @InStreetClothes
Re: Marcus Smart: The proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint is the tip of the finger. Acute central slip injuries often leave the injured athlete with a Boutonniere deformity. The focus moving forward will be restoring Smart’s ROM in the digit whether through splinting or surgery. – 12:31 PM
Re: Marcus Smart: The proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint is the tip of the finger. Acute central slip injuries often leave the injured athlete with a Boutonniere deformity. The focus moving forward will be restoring Smart’s ROM in the digit whether through splinting or surgery. – 12:31 PM
Gary Washburn @GwashburnGlobe
#Grizzlies announce Marcus Smart will miss at least six weeks with they say is a “rupture of the proximal interphalangeal joint central slip” in his hand. That means he will NOT be available for his Feb. 4 return game in Boston. #Celtics. – 12:30 PM
#Grizzlies announce Marcus Smart will miss at least six weeks with they say is a “rupture of the proximal interphalangeal joint central slip” in his hand. That means he will NOT be available for his Feb. 4 return game in Boston. #Celtics. – 12:30 PM
Michael Wallace @MyMikeCheck
Grizzlies announce Ja has successful shoulder surgery, then confirms Marcus Smart will be out at least six weeks with ligament damage to a finger. Leaves Jaren and Desmond back in position they started season, carrying bulk of load as @memgrizz sort through injuries and absences. – 12:28 PM
Grizzlies announce Ja has successful shoulder surgery, then confirms Marcus Smart will be out at least six weeks with ligament damage to a finger. Leaves Jaren and Desmond back in position they started season, carrying bulk of load as @memgrizz sort through injuries and absences. – 12:28 PM
Chris Mannix @SIChrisMannix
Marcus Smart’s hand injury, diagnosed as a a rupture of the proximal interphalangeal joint central slip, will keep him out at least six weeks, per Grizzlies. – 12:23 PM
Marcus Smart’s hand injury, diagnosed as a a rupture of the proximal interphalangeal joint central slip, will keep him out at least six weeks, per Grizzlies. – 12:23 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Marcus Smart this season:
14.5 PPG (career-high)
2.1 SPG (career-high)
43.0 FG% (career-high)
Out for six weeks. statmuse.com/nba/player/mar… – 12:23 PM
Marcus Smart this season:
14.5 PPG (career-high)
2.1 SPG (career-high)
43.0 FG% (career-high)
Out for six weeks. statmuse.com/nba/player/mar… – 12:23 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart has sustained a severe right ring finger injury and will be sidelined for approximately six weeks, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Another difficult injury blow in season for the Grizzlies. pic.twitter.com/sgHyp3D1bR – 12:17 PM
Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart has sustained a severe right ring finger injury and will be sidelined for approximately six weeks, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Another difficult injury blow in season for the Grizzlies. pic.twitter.com/sgHyp3D1bR – 12:17 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Marcus Smart: Everyone expects us to surrender, but it’s not part of this team’s DNA sportando.basketball/en/marcus-smar… – 1:58 PM
Marcus Smart: Everyone expects us to surrender, but it’s not part of this team’s DNA sportando.basketball/en/marcus-smar… – 1:58 PM
More on this storyline
“Ime is great. Obviously, under the circumstances, we didn’t get to give it another run and it really showed,” former Celtics guard Marcus Smart told Andscape. “For somebody as a first-year head coach to come in and take the team that he had with Boston, not only to the Finals, but halfway through the season be right at .500 and then take the team to the Finals, that’s not really heard of too often. And we got to give him his credit right there. We built a special relationship. “Ime played. As a [former] player, he understands a lot of the things we go through as players. That connection only gets stronger when you can talk to somebody in control as a coach or somebody that’s out there that understands what you’re going through.” -via Andscape / January 10, 2024
“It definitely put a dent in us,” Smart told Andscape, describing Udoka’s suspension and firing. “We were on a high wave of making it there [to the Finals] yet coming up short. We we’re expecting after a full [season] under [Udoka], we can do this again and we can really get into it. And we just didn’t get that chance. And when you get a taste of something like that, it’s hard not to want it. And then when you don’t get it anymore it’s like, ‘Dang, what happened? What could have happened? What could we do?’ “It definitely put a dent in us. But the beauty about this game is we’re professionals and we got to go out and play. Unfortunately, it happened. But we definitely learned a lot from Ime.” -via Andscape / January 10, 2024
