Philadelphia 76ers ahead Paul George has a bone bruise in his left knee and will likely be reevaluated in a single week. Nonetheless, the nine-time All-Star didn’t endure any structural injury, the crew introduced Tuesday.
George, 34, sustained the harm when his knee buckled on a defensive play within the second quarter of Monday’s 104-89 victory on the Atlanta Hawks. He was dominated out of the sport with a hyperextended knee.
“Every little thing checks out OK,” coach Nick Nurse advised reporters Tuesday on the crew’s New Jersey complicated. George attended Tuesday’s apply. George was not scheduled to play in Wednesday’s preseason sport towards Brooklyn.
Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George has a bone bruise and no structural injury to his left knee and will likely be re-evaluated in roughly one week, crew says. pic.twitter.com/1Jhuuig17X
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 15, 2024
Nurse added the 76ers plan to do imaging later within the day, tweets Derek Bodner of PHLY Sports activities. Per a number of reviews, George will probably stay out for the remainder of Philadelphia’s preseason.
“I felt that it hyperextended, and instantly it was, all proper, I must get taken out and [looked at], however for those who ask me, I’m not too involved about it,” George advised The Philadelphia Inquirer after Monday’s sport.
Paul George signed a four-year, $212 million max contract with the Philadelphia 76ers through the offseason
In the course of the offseason, George joined the 76ers on a four-year, $212 million max contract. The Fresno State product inked his deal after he declined a participant possibility in his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers for $48.8 million in 2024-2025.
Philadelphia had already dominated out Joel Embiid for the remainder of the preseason Sunday. The 7-footer suffered a left knee harm final season that restricted him to 39 video games.
76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey not too long ago advised ESPN’s Tim Bontemps that each stars will “most likely not play many back-to-backs, if any” this season.
Embiid has missed 204 video games over the previous eight seasons and sat out his first two years within the NBA with foot accidents. His knee harm final season restricted him to only 39 regular-season appearances.
Moreover, George appeared in 74 video games final season in his remaining yr with the Clippers, his most since 2019. He’d performed not more than 56 video games in every of his prior 4 seasons with L.A.
The 76ers open the 2024-25 season subsequent Wednesday, Oct. 23 towards the Milwaukee Bucks.