Andrew Bogut hasn?t had very good luck throughout his NBA career when it comes to injuries, a fact that was once again made all too clear again following an MRI on Thursday. The Milwaukee Bucks announced their center has a fractured ankle that will force the Australian big man to be out ?indefinitely.?
Bogut didn?t sound optimistic when talking to the Journal Sentinel about the injury on Wednesday night, but he did opine that he didn?t believe he broke a bone.
?It wasn?t good,? Bogut said. ?I knew when I came down I was in some trouble. Keeping optimistic, everything?s fine with the X-ray, but that?s to be expected. I know I didn?t break a bone, but tomorrow?s the day of reckoning where I go under the MRI machine and find out my fate.?
Fractures are typically worse than a clean break, according to those in the know, but either way this is another bad break ? in the non-physical way ? for the Bucks center. Milwaukee general manager John Hammond released the following statement, courtesy of the team?s Twitter account.
?Andrew returned to Milwaukee this morning to be evaluated by Bucks orthopaedic physician, and to undergo a MRI exam on his left ankle,? Hammond said. ?The results of the MRI identified a left ankle fracture which will keep Bogut out indefinitely.?
It?s difficult to see the Bucks winning too much while Bogut is out as they?re already 0-4 in the four games he?s missed this season ? due to a family emergency that caused him to return to Australia ? and their back-up big men (Jon Brockman, Jon Leuer and Larry Sanders) haven?t exactly shown they?re cut out for full-time duty.
Hopefully Bogut?s able to make a full recovery sooner rather than later, for his sake as well as his team?s, as he attempts to rid himself of the bad luck he?s been forced to deal with several times already in his basketball career.
Bogut didn?t sound optimistic when talking to the Journal Sentinel about the injury on Wednesday night, but he did opine that he didn?t believe he broke a bone.
?It wasn?t good,? Bogut said. ?I knew when I came down I was in some trouble. Keeping optimistic, everything?s fine with the X-ray, but that?s to be expected. I know I didn?t break a bone, but tomorrow?s the day of reckoning where I go under the MRI machine and find out my fate.?
Fractures are typically worse than a clean break, according to those in the know, but either way this is another bad break ? in the non-physical way ? for the Bucks center. Milwaukee general manager John Hammond released the following statement, courtesy of the team?s Twitter account.
?Andrew returned to Milwaukee this morning to be evaluated by Bucks orthopaedic physician, and to undergo a MRI exam on his left ankle,? Hammond said. ?The results of the MRI identified a left ankle fracture which will keep Bogut out indefinitely.?
It?s difficult to see the Bucks winning too much while Bogut is out as they?re already 0-4 in the four games he?s missed this season ? due to a family emergency that caused him to return to Australia ? and their back-up big men (Jon Brockman, Jon Leuer and Larry Sanders) haven?t exactly shown they?re cut out for full-time duty.
Hopefully Bogut?s able to make a full recovery sooner rather than later, for his sake as well as his team?s, as he attempts to rid himself of the bad luck he?s been forced to deal with several times already in his basketball career.
