The Lakers officially announced that the thick-browed brother suffered a midfoot sprain and is expected to be re-evaluated in four weeks. In other words, the thick eyebrow brother will be absent for at least 4 weeks.
In the second quarter of the Lakers and Jazz game, after receiving Munch's pass in the air, he stepped on Gobert's heel when he landed, and his right foot was 90 degrees, lying on the ground in pain, and then he could only let his teammates help him out of the court. Although no structural losses were found in the post-match inspection, the 90-degree foot was also sprained and the degree of sprain was also serious.
It was reported that after the sprain, brother's foot immediately swollen. Just sprains rather than more serious injuries are also a blessing in disguise.
Thick-browed brothers need to be absent for at least 4 weeks, which will be a severe test for the Lakers. Although after retiring from the thick-browed brother injury, the Lakers completed a big reversal under the leadership of James, defeating the Jazz. But in the latest standings, the Lakers are 27-31, with a winning percentage of less than 50%, and only rank ninth in the West.
According to US media reports, the Lakers' remaining schedule is the second most difficult in the league. The schedule is difficult, the thick eyebrow brother will be absent for 4 weeks, the Lakers next do not say to strive for a higher ranking, it is not bad to keep the ninth place in the West. The Lakers, who made up the Big Three last offseason, are now in such a situation that people are lamenting.
The Lakers want to rise to the top six this season and get playoff tickets directly, which is basically impossible. After last season, the Lakers are likely to compete for playoff tickets through playoffs again. Last season, the Lakers went to the playoffs in the seventh place in the West, and won the playoff ticket at home to win the Warriors. The Situation with the Lakers may be worse this season, and with the current situation, the Lakers are likely to only go to the playoffs in the ninth place in the West, so they need to win two consecutive games to get a playoff ticket.
Although everyone agrees that the Lakers with a neat lineup are very strong, can they restore the neat lineup in the playoffs? Brother Thick Brow was injured continuously, and Nunn's condition has not improved. And even if the Lakers can restore the lineup in the playoffs, it is not so easy to win two games in a fixed playoff. If not, the Lakers may not make the playoffs this season.
In view of the continuous injuries of the thick eyebrow brother, NBA celebrity A-Smith believes that the Lakers should consider a trade to send the thick eyebrow brother away in this offseason: "The Lakers need to trade him after the end of the season, he is now 28 years old, durability will be a question, and such problems will appear more and more as he gets older." ”
This injury seems to be an accident, because after the thick eyebrow brother jumped up, the body had lost control in the air, and it fell down and just stepped on the heel of Gobert's foot, resulting in a weak foot. It looked like it was an accident. But the question is, why is it that the injured brother always has thick eyebrows? Last season, Brother Thick Brow suffered an injury with Achilles tendonitis in the regular season, so he was absent for more than a month. After playing less than 4 games in the playoffs, he suffered a groin strain, and the Lakers also went from occupying the series to losing the game.
In the first half of this season, The thick eyebrow brother was absent for more than a month due to a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, and came back less than a month after playing, and was injured again. Throughout the career of the thick eyebrow brother, serious major injuries have not been, but small injuries are always continuous. For a team whose goal is to impact the championship, the core players are injured at every turn, which really has a big impact. Maybe at the end of the season, the Lakers do have to consider whether to trade thick eyebrows.