{"id":67204,"date":"2024-03-11T01:23:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T05:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=67204"},"modified":"2024-03-11T01:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T05:23:19","slug":"hawks-lose-starter-saddiq-bey-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/11\/hawks-lose-starter-saddiq-bey-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks Lose Yet Another Starter to Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Hawks lost twice on Sunday. Not only did they fall to the New Orleans Pelicans in what would become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/nop-vs-atl-0022300925\/box-score\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a blowout loss<\/a> by the second quarter, but fourth-year forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beysa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saddiq Bey<\/a> would sustain a lower leg injury while going for a layup on a fastbreak with just under 11 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<h2>Hawks Lose Saddiq Bey to Lower Leg Injury<\/h2>\n<p>As Pelicans forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murphtr02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trey Murphy III<\/a> fouled him, Bey&#8217;s left leg bent backward in a worrying way.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Esse foi o lance que tirou o Saddiq Bey da partida \ud83d\ude41<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TrueToAtlanta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TrueToAtlanta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qDA8fm6H5X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qDA8fm6H5X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Hawks Brasil \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 (@HawksBr11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawksBr11\/status\/1766979832175325264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Immediately after hitting the floor, Bey slapped the court in frustration. Heading to the charity stripe, Bey would split his free-throws and head to the locker room shortly after. Diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLHawks\/status\/1766977470912156138\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a hyperextended left knee<\/a>, he would not return. It was a cruel twist of fate for Bey, who had just hit a buzzer-beating 3-point attempt to end the third quarter. Narrowing the Pelicans lead down to 15 points, it was a shot in the arm for the ailing Hawks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Saddiq Bey is down after being fouled by Trey Murphy III on a layup. Bey was slapping the court while Bogi Bogdanovic grabbed his head in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Johnson (@ATLjohnson18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATLjohnson18\/status\/1766974178274521268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Going 3-11 from the field prior to his injury, Bey didn&#8217;t have a great game up to that point. However, while shooting 3-8 from 3, he was the only Hawks player besides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrade01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dejounte Murray<\/a> to get to the free-throw line, where he went 5-6.<\/p>\n<p>Bey also offered his usual hustle and defensive tenacity, skills that have made him a key starter for Atlanta even when his shot isn&#8217;t falling. He was particularly effective against star forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/ingrabr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Ingram<\/a>, who finished the contest with just seven points on 3-9 shooting from the field. He was 1-3 from the field when guarded by Bey.<\/p>\n<h3>Injury Update<\/h3>\n<p>ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski has reported that Bey, who will be a restricted free agent this offseason, has suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1767230421656387605\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a season-ending ACL tear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This a major blow for Atlanta, as Bey has been a fixture in the Hawks rotation for the last 88 games, starting in 58 of them. Atlanta acquired Bey from the Detroit Pistons in a four-team trade last February. A first-round pick in 2020, Bey has averaged 13.1 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 0.8 steals per game since joining the Hawks, shooting 42.9 percent from the field (33.7 percent from 3).<\/p>\n<h3>Next Man Up<\/h3>\n<p>With Bey out for the season, the Hawks are now down three starters, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a> (finger surgery) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsja05.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Johnson<\/a> (ankle sprain) are also out. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/okongon01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Onyeka Okongwu<\/a> (big toe sprain), another member of their rotation, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/07\/hawks-trio-receive-promising-injury-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">continues to be out<\/a> as well. In need of healthy bodies, Hawks rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gueyemo02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mouhamed Gueye<\/a> could be the next man up.<\/p>\n<p>Having recently <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/10\/hawks-rookie-mouhamed-gueye-putting-show-return-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">returned from injury<\/a>, Gueye has impressed since Atlanta acquired him in a draft night trade with the Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Hawks lost twice on Sunday. Not only did they fall to the New Orleans Pelicans in what would become a blowout loss by the second quarter, but fourth-year forward Saddiq Bey would sustain a lower leg injury while going for a layup on a fastbreak with just under 11 minutes remaining in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":67207,"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":[4,1608,62,3],"tags":[3853,49104,4745,1732,1349],"class_list":["post-67204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawks","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-jalen-johnson","tag-mouhamed-gueye","tag-nba-injuries","tag-saddiq-bey","tag-trae-young"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67204","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\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}