{"id":64850,"date":"2024-02-23T17:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T22:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=64850"},"modified":"2024-02-23T17:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T22:38:47","slug":"nba-news-patrick-williams-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/23\/nba-news-patrick-williams-injury-update\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA News: Major Patrick Williams Injury Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Chicago Bulls&#8217; X account, power forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willipa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-23_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Williams<\/a> is expected to miss the remainder of the NBA season due to a left foot injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Injury Update: Patrick Williams, who has been sidelined since Jan 25 with initial bone edema in his left foot, recently underwent routine subsequent imaging revealing the progression of his foot stress reaction.<\/p>\n<p>He will undergo surgery and be out for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagobulls\/status\/1761148348965261765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nOn the season, Williams has played 43 games, starting 30 of them. In those games, he averaged 10 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>This comes a few weeks after the team lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lavinza01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-23_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach LaVine<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/03\/nba-news-chicago-bulls-zach-lavine-out-for-season\/\" target=\"_self\">rest of the season<\/a> due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is a restricted free agent this offseason. In October, the Bulls forward <a href=\"https:\/\/hoopshype.com\/rumor\/2403587\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly sought<\/a> a &#8220;big contract&#8221; extension:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been good at the business of basketball. It really hasn\u2019t been much of an importance of mine up until this point. But obviously this is how I feed my family. Obviously, I want a big contract. I think that\u2019s what I work for and I think it\u2019s what I\u2019m worth. But whenever it comes, it comes,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI\u2019m not 100 percent going to say this summer or next summer or whenever it may be. I go out and hoop and try to win games. My main focus now is helping this team get over the next hump and myself over that hump.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With this update, it remains unclear if Williams will be with the Chicago Bulls for much longer.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA News: Major Patrick Williams Injury Update<\/h2>\n<h3>How Will the Chicago Bulls Replace Patrick Williams?<\/h3>\n<p>Williams is not the only forward missing time for the Bulls. The team will also lose forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/craigto01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-23_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Torrey Craig<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2024\/02\/torrey-craig-has-right-knee-sprain-out-multiple-weeks.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">next couple of weeks<\/a>. With the 2024 NBA Trade Deadline having passed, the Bulls are limited in what they can do right now. However, reports suggest they are keeping an eye on the buyout market. According to K.C. Johnson of NBCS Chicago, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCJHoop\/status\/1758275772739919886\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bulls had interest<\/a> in wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallida01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-23_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danilo Gallinari<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Bulls talked to Danilo Gallinari\u2019s reps in the buyout market, per source. Gallinari plans to sign with Bucks. It\u2019s second time Bulls angled for the shooter before he picked another team. They lost out to Celtics previously.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gallinari has since <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/15\/nba-news-danilo-gallinari-joining-milwaukee-bucks\/\" target=\"_self\">signed with the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>. However, it is worth noting the Bulls front office may look to make a move or two in the near future. Right now, no reports have suggested the Bulls have shown interest in anybody else yet. However, there are plenty of forwards on or headed for the market that can fill a need for Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the Bulls will likely move <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/derozde01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-23_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMar DeRozan<\/a> back to the power forward spot and insert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dosunay01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-02-23_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ayo Dosunmu<\/a> in the lineup.<\/p>\n<h3>The Last Word<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, the 26-30 Bulls own the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference. This would be good enough for a Play-In spot. It will be interesting to see how far the Bulls can go without Williams the rest of the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Chicago Bulls&#8217; X account, power forward Patrick Williams is expected to miss the remainder of the NBA season due to a left foot injury. Injury Update: Patrick Williams, who has been sidelined since Jan 25 with initial bone edema in his left foot, recently underwent routine subsequent imaging revealing the progression of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":64853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[1608,8,2,62,3],"tags":[3967,1066,350,219,4745,202,3000,2152,457],"class_list":["post-64850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-bulls","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","tag-ayo-dosunmu","tag-danilo-gallinari","tag-demar-derozan","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba-injuries","tag-nba-news","tag-patrick-williams","tag-torrey-craig","tag-zach-lavine"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64850","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\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}