Wilcox Out Up To 2 weeks
Chris Wilcox will miss up to two weeks after dislocating his left ring finger Wednesday night against Memphis.
Wilcox, who sustained the injury in the first quarter while swiping at the ball on defense and hitting Grizzlies forward Darko Milicic’s elbow, had been the team’s starting center since Nov. 29 after taking over for opening-day starter Nick Collison, who is likely to return to the starting lineup.
For Wilcox, the injury is the latest in a season of setbacks. Wilcox entered training camp just days after recovering from an illness that caused him to lose 15 pounds. He was then hampered by minor injuries during the preseason before a knee injury in mid-November forced him to miss five games.
“Hopefully I’ll be back before (two weeks). It’s just something that I have to deal with,” Wilcox said. “This is the NBA. You can’t control what goes on with different things like this. But hopefully things will get better and this will heal up and I’ll be back out there on the court.”
Wilcox had his finger popped back into place at Wednesday’s game and will not need surgery.
Wilcox is averaging 8.7 points and 5.3 rebounds in 18 games, six as a starter.
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This team is miserable and it is just so fitting. Suck on it OKC, you are the laughing stock of the league. UNC could probably beat this team. The Blunder will not get to double digit wins this season, bank on it. The best part will be when they get the 4th pick in the draft with the worst record after the NBA Lottery balls tea bag the blunder. Okay I lied, the best part will be when Durant leaves in free agency and keeps OKC on par with the Clippers as a perennial basement dwelling franchise. Pure bliss boys!
Well… great opportunity for Collison… maybe Petro and Swift (if he ever gets healthy enough to play)…