Austin Out 4-6 Weeks

[Forte IV]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Chris_Broussard/status/696180782746963968[/tweet]

Only Broussard has really reported it so far. But anyways, it's Born Ready time

[Quake Griffin]

So he looked fine when he got tossed.
Just made an And 1....cursed at the ref.

anybody gonna fess up and say he punched a chair or a wall and broke his hand in the locker room?

[Wammy Giveaway]

I already made a post about this. Confirmed by Brian Windhorst and SB Nation's Lucas Hann.

[Forte IV]

Mine was first

[mttwlsn16]

Not funny, but it is a little bit. I have to agree w Quake's take on this one too.

[Forte IV]

Not funny, but it is a little bit. I have to agree w Quake's take on this one too.

Same. But it's also weird that Austin was listed as a game time decision tomorrow until this news.

[Wammy Giveaway]

I deleted my post. Here were the tweets from my thread:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/status/696180551191887872[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/LucasJHann/status/696180917501562880[/tweet]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/FlyByKnite/status/696181084665425921[/tweet]

Cause of injury is unknown.

[Forte IV]

If he didn't in fact punch a wall we're assuming the hand injury happened with what was originally reported. That he hurt his hand on that drive to the rim right before he was ejected.

[nickhx2]

too bad for him. means more cowbell though. i mean lance.

[og15]

Sheesh, didn't know anything serious was going on, but this is a chance for Lance to get more time

[Ranma]

[apet8945]

How in the world is Austin the team's best perimeter defender and finisher around the basket? Is that guy being serious?

There's several guys I'd take defending on the perimeter before Rivers, and several people I'd rather have taking a lay up over him as well. I know he's improved his ability to finish since coming back from his first injury, but he's always so inconsistent with anything that he does that I'll wait to see if he can sustain it before calling him a "great" finisher around the rim. Come on man.

[nickhx2]

i'm sure if you tweet him he'll show you the stats

[QRich3]

Awesome, now we just need Jamal having another injury and maybe our bench will start being consistent

[Dynamix]

All those hard falls to the floor will take their toll on anyone. Looking forward to Lance getting some serious minutes and making the most of them.

[mattd13]

evidently Justin risso is not watching the same clips I am. I have watched every game for the last 2 years and in my humble opinion Austin is a marginal nba player at best. if it was not for he father he would most likely be in the d-league. I think this will be good and maybe lance can finally prove he can help. he is surely a better player than Austin.

[Roscoe Sheed]

Stephenson is a better player than Austin, so the bench should actually improve. I doubt that he broke it by punching somebody or something because it is his left hand. You wouldn't impulsively punch with your weak hand.

[Ranma]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/DanWoikeSports/status/696386989587730432[/tweet]

[Ranma]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/latbbolch/status/696828138450456576[/tweet]

[Ranma]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/latbbolch/status/697573069775355905[/tweet]