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Understanding Rudy Gobert’s Grade 2 MCL Sprain

The Utah Jazz will be without the services of center Rudy Gobert after he suffered a Grade II medial collateral ligament (MCL) sprain in his left knee. Utah has ruled him out indefinitely. BREAKING: @rudygobert27 out indefinitely with Grade II sprain of the MCL in his left knee: https://t.co/ND1HdXIWGQ pic.twitter.com/iVKVz4X6bk — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) December […]

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Understanding Marcus Smart’s Tibiofibular Subluxation

NBA injury reports can be maddening. Some teams elect to carefully guard their injury information and provide the public with vague descriptions that often involve non-specific regions of the body. Others are more transparent and provide details that accurately and vividly describe an injury. Fortunately the Celtics were the latter regarding Marcus Smart’s leg injury, […]

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Understanding Jonas Valanciunas’ Broken Fourth Metacarpal

The Toronto Raptors have bounced back from last season’s postseason disappointment and once again find themselves in the early season playoff picture. Unfortunately maintaining their position in an improved Eastern Conference got significantly harder with center Jonas Valanciunas suffering a fractured hand in Friday’s win over the Lakers.

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Understanding Tony Romo’s Collarbone Fracture

One week after losing wide receiver Dez Bryant to a broken foot, the Dallas Cowboys’ injury woes continued in Week 2 with quarterback Tony Romo suffering a fractured left clavicle (collarbone). The injury occurred to his non-throwing shoulder when he was taken down by defensive end Fletcher Cox. The weight of linebacker Jordan Hicks compounded […]

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Examining Dante Exum’s ACL Injury and Other Injuries in International Play

In 1992 the Dream Team took the world by storm as NBA players collectively returned to the Olympic stage. Their impact still resonates today, as players from 15 different countries were drafted during the 2015 NDA draft, including two international players, Kristaps Porzingis and Mario Hezonja, taken in the first five selections as well as […]

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