{"id":29093,"date":"2020-02-19T07:18:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=29093"},"modified":"2020-02-19T07:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:18:41","slug":"kyrie-irving-injured-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2020\/02\/19\/kyrie-irving-injured-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyrie Irving Injured Indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/strong> has re-injured his right shoulder and is unlikely to play for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/brooklyn-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> this season. Marc Stein revealed that this same injury that Irving suffered earlier this season has come back again.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyrie Irving has re-aggravated his injured right shoulder that cost him 26 games and is out indefinitely again, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson confirmed today<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/1229899462870544385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his limited 20 games for the Nets, he is averaging 27.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 6.4 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. This year was his best season to date, and it is a shame that he got injured at this point in his career.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> Injured Indefinitely<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is also some other news regarding Irving&#8217;s injury that Nets fans may not want to hear. Stein has more <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/1229926097938194434\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">details<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIrving&#8217;s injury is best described as a deterioration in the shoulder. When he discussed his return in late December, Irving acknowledged that he took a cortisone shot at the time in hopes of avoiding surgery. The reality is that he has been playing with on and off discomfort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, this may not be the worst time to get an injury in a Nets\u2019 fan point of view. The Brooklyn Nets have played well even without Irving in the line-up. Also, everyone knows that the Nets will try to compete for a Championship next year when <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a><\/strong> comes back.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Brooklyn Nets Point of View<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Nets are currently seventh in the Eastern Conference. They are two games above the eighth-place <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/orlando-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando Magic<\/a> and five games above the ninth-place <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/washington-wizards\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Wizards<\/a>. They have also performed well without Irving. Other players have stepped up. This includes players like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dinwisp01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Dinwiddie<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leverca01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caris LeVert<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allenja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrett Allen<\/a><\/strong> who have played well for the Nets.<\/p>\n<p>Saying that, the Nets will miss Irving\u2019s presence if the Nets make the playoffs this year. The top six teams in the Eastern Conference have notably better records compared to the rest of the Eastern Conference. This includes the defending NBA champions, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/toronto-raptors\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Raptors<\/a>. The Brooklyn Nets would face the Toronto Raptors if the playoffs started today.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, in the long term, this injury maybe just a small setback for the Nets. The Nets will get <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a><\/strong> back next season and if Irving is healthy next year, they are worthy championship contenders.<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Nets will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/nets\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">start<\/a> on the road after the NBA All-Star break. They will play against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/philadelphia-76ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> on February 20th, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/charlotte-hornets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a> on February 22nd. They will then host the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The game will take place on February 24th.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"1mSLgXVDT1lBj6EUKP5mEQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1187746252\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1mSLgXVDT1lBj6EUKP5mEQ',sig:'Buc8X2LBXjUjPz8XyRKtxA4Vd-2aOq3BTA0II3w9Uck=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1187746252',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyrie Irving has re-injured his right shoulder and is unlikely to play for the Brooklyn Nets this season. Marc Stein revealed that this same injury that Irving suffered earlier this season has come back again. Kyrie Irving has re-aggravated his injured right shoulder that cost him 26 games and is out indefinitely again, Nets coach [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":29101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1608,62],"tags":[3012,231,1070,37,1043,69,406,3011,4745,136,225,1298,318,309],"class_list":["post-29093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nets","category-basketball","category-nba","tag-barclays-center","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-caris-levert","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-jarrett-allen","tag-kevin-durant","tag-kyrie-irving","tag-marc-stein","tag-nba-injuries","tag-orlando-magic","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-spencer-dinwiddie","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-washington-wizards"],"modified_by":"Tyler Marling","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}