Nikola Mirotic Out Indefinitely With Sprained, Fractured Thumb

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:36 pm

Nikola Mirotic had an X-ray and subsequent examination of his left thumb by team physician Dr. William Raasch at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin.

The exam revealed a sprained thumb and fracture.

Mirotic will be listed as out and his status will be updated as appropriate.

Since being acquired by the Bucks on Feb. 7, Mirotic has played in 14 games (three starts) and is averaging 11.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 22.9 minutes per game.

Via RealGM Staff Report

jlokine · Post #2 » by **jlokine** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:21 pm

ouch... to him and to the bucks..

kenwood3333 · Post #3 » by **kenwood3333** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:25 pm

there goes the 4 second round picks

IAMZOOTED2 · Post #4 » by **IAMZOOTED2** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:58 pm

Well, there goes the Bucks' post season hopes

metalinguss · Post #5 » by **metalinguss** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:17 am

Raps should try and go for that #1 seed. Avoid Philly in round 2.

what would jack bauer do? · Post #6 » by **what would jack bauer do?** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:35 am

Ouch, I bet Mirotic wants that swing through back. Should've just let Wagner fly by instead of drawing the foul in the guy's face; the game was already in the books at that point.

SeanDaRyan · Post #7 » by **SeanDaRyan** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:43 am

I was glad when the Bucks got him...he’s always hurt! Looks like he’ll miss most the playoffs.

ontnut · Post #8 » by **ontnut** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:20 pm

IAMZOOTED2 wrote:Well, there goes the Bucks' post season hopes

Bucks were 1st in the league without him, no?

iliyanvs · Post #9 » by **iliyanvs** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:35 pm

ontnut wrote:
IAMZOOTED2 wrote:Well, there goes the Bucks' post season hopes

Bucks were 1st in the league without him, no?

Not without Brogdon though, I thought Niko would fill that void to some point after Malcolm got injured.
Now Middleton, Bledsoe and Lopez need to really step up in the playoffs. Also you have Giannis dealing with injury too, which could be the biggest hit off all.
You could say Brogdon returns for the second round, but will he be really as productive as before the injury?

ontnut · Post #10 » by **ontnut** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:31 pm

iliyanvs wrote:
ontnut wrote:
IAMZOOTED2 wrote:Well, there goes the Bucks' post season hopes

Bucks were 1st in the league without him, no?

Not without Brogdon though, I thought Niko would fill that void to some point after Malcolm got injured.
Now Middleton, Bledsoe and Lopez need to really step up in the playoffs. Also you have Giannis dealing with injury too, which could be the biggest hit off all.
You could say Brogdon returns for the second round, but will he be really as productive as before the injury?

It does suck that they're dealing with so many key injuries this close to the playoffs. But Giannis is good enough to get them past the 1st round. Then we'll see what happens in the 2nd.