The NBA has gotten lucky a couple of times this season with injuries. First was Brooklyn’s Caris LeVert, who went down with looked to be a career-changing kind of leg injury, the kind that had teammates in tears, but it turned out “only” to be a dislocated ankle that will not require surgery. He will be back this season.
Wednesday night it was Oklahoma City’s Hamidou Diallo who went down with what appeared to be a gruesome injury and had to be carted off the court. Here’s a video of the injury, but be warned the injury looks bad and may not be suitable for everyone to watch.
Fortunately, however, when doctors looked at it later in the locker room it was diagnosed as “just” a severe sprain.
Thunder team spokesperson says that any severe lower body injuries have been ruled out for Hamidou Diallo by Warriors team physicians. He’ll be evaluated further tomorrow in OKC.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) November 22, 2018
Positive news for Oklahoma City despite gruesome-looking injury: Rookie Hamidou Diallo has suffered a left ankle sprain, per league sources on @TheAthleticNBA @WatchStadium. Further tests on Thursday.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 22, 2018
Hamidou Diallo left the locker room in a boot and on crutches, but obviously in pretty great spirits after getting surprising news that his leg injury wasn’t as serious as feared.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) November 22, 2018
That’s great news, he should return to the NBA this season.
