Blazers starting center Jusuf Nurkic suffered a horrible, horrible injury during Monday night's game against the Nets.
If you watched it live or have watched a replay, you know how brutal it was. If you haven't watched the video, DON'T.
Just thinkย Gordon Hayward, Kevin Ware, Paul George and Shaun Livingston.
It was that bad.
Shortly after midnight, the Blazers announced that Nurkic suffered aย compound fractures to his left tibia and fibula, and that there is no timetable for his return.
Nurkic was having a monster game at the time of the injury, dropping in 32 points and grabbing 16 rebounds, andย the Blazers beat the Nets in double overtime, but neither mattersย at this point.
Losing Nurkic is another huge blow for the Blazers, who currently sit in fourth place in the Western Conference. They are already playing without shooting guard CJ McCollum, who strained his popliteus muscle in his left knee.
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Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins was among the current and former players to send their thoughts and prayers to Nurkic.
Nurkic๐๐ฟโ DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) March 26, 2019
He WILL be back...I broke mine...He'll be backโ Mychal Thompson (@champagnennuts) March 26, 2019
Damn... hate to see this. Get well soon big guy. #nurkicโ Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) March 26, 2019
Best wishes @bosnianbeast27. Stay strong and come back even stronger. #NBAFamily ๐๐ผโ Pau Gasol (@paugasol) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for Nurkic.. ๐๐พโ Tim Hardaway Jr (@T_HardJR) March 26, 2019
get well soon big fella @bosnianbeast27โ Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) March 26, 2019
Hate this part of the game. Prayers up for Nurkic!โ DWade (@DwyaneWade) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for @bosnianbeast27 ๐๐พ๐๐พ!!!! Hate to see that ๐โ Garrett Temple (@GTemp17) March 26, 2019