Jusuf Nurkic Reportedly Didn’t Suffer Any Nerve Or Muscle Damage In His Broken Leg


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Jusuf Nurkic had a career night against the Nets on Monday, only for it to end in traumatic fashion when he suffered a compound fracture in his left leg in double overtime.

It was a gruesome injury, one that was reminiscent of some of the worst we’ve seen on the basketball court in recent years like Gordon Hayward and Paul George. Nurkic received support from around the NBA community, including well wishes from Hayward on the long road back that he knows all too well.

On Tuesday, Nurkic received some positive news from doctors after surgery to repair the compound fractures. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, they found no muscle or nerve damage in his leg.

Given the severity of the injury and how it looked when he went down, this seems like about as positive a diagnosis as Nurkic and the Blazers could have hoped for. Still, there is no timetable for a return for Portland’s big man and he will face a difficult rehab to get back to the level he was playing at this season.

Hopefully he gets there — as Hayward has shown in his recovery, bouncing back from this sort of injury takes time and can be awfully difficult. For now, the Blazers will have to move forward without him for this season’s playoff run.

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