Utah Jazz ahead Taylor Hendricks underwent profitable surgical procedure on Wednesday to restore a fractured proper fibula and dislocated ankle. Hendricks, who turns 21 on Nov. 22, suffered the season-ending damage halfway via the third quarter of a 110-102 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 28.
Utah Jazz chosen Taylor Hendricks No. 9 total by Utah within the 2023 NBA draft out of Central Florida
The 6-foot-9 Hendricks misplaced his footing whereas operating down the courtroom and landed awkwardly. The noncontact damage occurred away from the ball. Hendricks was wheeled off the ground on a stretcher. In keeping with John Coon of The Related Press, his surgical procedure was carried out on the College of Utah’s Orthopedic Heart in Salt Lake Metropolis.
“A bunch of us had been visibly rattled. It was actually onerous to see,” Jazz coach Will Hardy advised reporters the day after the sport. “All people processes these issues otherwise. All people wants to choose one another up at completely different moments.”
Taylor Hendricks underwent surgical procedure on his damaged leg and dislocated ankle at present, Jazz say. Surgical procedure completed on the U of Utah’s Orthopedic heart.
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Hendricks was chosen ninth total by Utah within the 2023 NBA draft out of Central Florida. In 40 video games as a rookie (23 begins), he averaged 7.3 factors and 4.6 rebounds per recreation whereas taking pictures 45% from the sector.
The second-year ahead began in three video games for the Jazz this season, averaging 4.7 factors, 5.0 rebounds, and 25 minutes per contest. The Florida native shot 22.2% from the ground and 75% on the free throw line as effectively.
Hendricks is incomes $5.84 million this season with Utah
In Utah’s 126-124 season-opener loss in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies on Oct. 23, he recorded 12 factors, 5 rebounds, two steals, and a block in 28 minutes of motion. He completed 4-of-7 (57.1%) taking pictures from the sector and hit three 3-pointers.
Per Spotrac, Hendricks is presently incomes $5.84 million this season. That is a part of the four-year, $25 million rookie-scale contract he signed in July 2023. His deal additionally consists of crew choices for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
The Jazz picked up his 2025-26 possibility price $6.12 million final month.
Moreover, Utah (1-6) gained for the primary time this season, defeating the Chicago Bulls 135-126 on Monday evening. The victory ended the crew’s six-game dropping streak.
The injury-depleted Jazz entered because the NBA’s worst crew offensively, averaging 99.8 factors on 39.1% taking pictures.
