In the lakers and jazz game, the thick eyebrow brother sprained his right ankle and left the court early, and according to the video replay at the time, the ankle of the thick eyebrow has shown a 90-degree bend, the injury is not optimistic, according to the X-ray after the game, the ankle injury of the thick eyebrow is negative, and there is no structural injury.
There is no structural injury, which is a blessing in misfortune, but this does not mean that the injury of the thick eyebrow brother is not serious. According to US media reports, the thick eyebrow brother immediately appeared to have swelling in his right foot after being injured. James also said in an interview that when he saw the thick-browed brother in the halffield dressing room, the latter already needed to walk on crutches.
The Lakers officially announced that the thick-browed brother suffered a midfoot sprain and is expected to be reassessed in four weeks. Medical experts explain that according to the grading of sprains, the first degree is a minor sprain that requires 1-2 weeks of rehabilitation; the second is a moderate sprain (partial tear of the ligament), which requires 3-4 weeks of rehabilitation; the third degree is a severe sprain (complete tear of the ligament), which requires 4-6 weeks of rehabilitation, and 6 weeks is still unstable, requiring surgery.
The thick-browed brother re-evaluated after 4 weeks, which should have been a second-degree sprain. Paying attention to the assessment after 4 weeks does not mean that you can come back after 4 weeks, because it takes almost 2 weeks to improve your status to the level of NBA games before coming back. For example, after Joining the Nets, Simmons was willing to play for the Nets. But because he hadn't played for a long time, he needed time to improve his form, and it was almost 2 weeks.
Conservative estimates, it will take about 6 weeks for the thick eyebrow brother to return to the field. The Lakers regular season will end on April 9, and if it is not good, the thick eyebrows may be reimbursed for the regular season.
As the absolute core of the Lakers' interior line, Thick Brow has only played 37 games for the team this season, only one more than last season's 36 games. It is true that the average data per game has come to 23.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.3 blocks, but the successive injuries have a great impact on the Lakers.
Thick eyebrow brother is the core of the team's attack and defense, he is in and out of the main lineup, which affects the team's run-in. The Lakers have had very few big three games this season, which has also led to their inability to play chemistry.
This season, the thick eyebrow brother has been attacked by large and small injuries such as thumbs, ankles, thighs, etc., and has once again exposed his "glass man attributes". NBA celebrity A-Smith believes that if the Lakers do not perform well this season, the Lakers should consider sending away the thick eyebrow brother through a trade in the offseason.
At the trade deadline, the Lakers did not make any reinforcements, that is to say, in the interior position, they still only have Howard and Jordan Jr., but these two have basically fallen out of the team's main rotation this season. Vogel had originally hoped that the thick-browed brother would top the position of the team's main center, and now it seems that James is going to play center again. And that's not a good thing for James, who is already 37 years old.
James's effect of playing center is really good, the last game with the Jazz, the Lakers relied on James to play center in the last quarter to make a big splash, in order to win the game without any danger. But playing center is very physically draining on James. James has missed a lot of games this season because of injuries, and if he is injured because of playing center, the Lakers will affect not only this season, but also next season.
Maybe the Lakers should change their strategy. Don't pursue results anymore, the rest of the games are played by the Buddhist system, if you can win, you can win, if you can't win, you will give up, don't consume James excessively in order to win. Stay in the green mountains without worrying about firewood, as long as James remains healthy, the state can be maintained, to the offseason, the Lakers will have 2 first-round signings to trade, a good integration, next season there is still a chance.
In addition, James can also use the remaining games to impact the scoring king. On the scoring list, James trailed No. 1 Embiid by just 0.5 points. Considering that Harden will take some of Embiid's shooting rights after the game, James still has a great chance of impacting the scoring king.