Nets rookie Drake Powell missed Monday’s recreation towards the Minnesota Timberwolves at Barclays Heart due to a proper ankle sprain.
The 20-year-old ahead suffered the harm late within the first quarter of Sunday’s 129-105 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, his first look for Brooklyn since opening night time. He left with 5.7 seconds remaining within the first quarter and didn’t return, ending with two factors and one help in 4 minutes.
After the sport, Powell was seen within the locker room with no ice, no wrap and no noticeable limp, supporting head coach Jordi Fernández’s remark that the harm isn’t too critical, though it’s the identical ankle he harm towards the Charlotte Hornets.
“Obviously, we’ll do whatever we can on our side to strengthen it, to use precautionary stuff to strengthen [and] get more secure right there,” Fernández stated. “But we’re not concerned, actually. When he just sprained it last time, he came back pretty quick, he put his work in, he was looking great. That’s what basketball is about, sometimes it’s bad luck.”
Chosen twenty second general in June as a part of the Nets’ historic rookie haul, the North Carolina product missed Summer time League and two preseason video games due to what the group referred to as a minor left knee tendinopathy.
PORTER OUT
“Right now, we believe in everybody on the roster, and we know that we can all elevate our games,” Fernández stated.
Whereas Porter hasn’t been essentially the most environment friendly 3-point shooter by means of six video games in his first season with Brooklyn, he’s established himself because the group’s second-leading scorer, averaging 20.8 factors per recreation, and led the group in complete assists with 18. In Sunday’s loss to Philadelphia, the 27-year-old recorded his first double-double as a Web with 17 factors and a career-high 17 rebounds.
WOLF RETURNS
Rookie ahead Danny Wolf had but to look in a recreation this season whereas recovering from a left ankle sprain suffered throughout shootaround earlier than opening night time. However the No. 27 general choose was lastly wholesome sufficient to be dominated accessible Monday, opening the door for his NBA debut.
Wolf had been the lone member of Brooklyn’s 5 rookie first-rounders but to see motion. Fernández praised him for staying engaged and locked in with the group throughout his restoration.
“He’s been a great pro, doing his work to get back healthy, and that’s why I give him so much credit,” Fernández stated. “Again, it’s an ankle sprain and you don’t want that to happen, but it happens. It happens multiple times in this game, and having that positive mindset of, ‘I’m going to strengthen up whatever issue I have and be ready to help my teammates’ and that’s what he usually does. So, give him a lot of credit. I know when his number is called, he’ll be ready.”
