After a rather healthy start to the season & missing only three games, Deron Williams is now OUT indefinitely due to a fracture in his left 12th rib. The team made the announcement Thursday…more information on this Brooklyn guard’s injury report below!
via ESPN:
Williams underwent an MRI which showed a fracture in the left 12th rib. He will be re-evaluated in a week.
“Deron reported some soreness above this area over the weekend and as a result underwent imaging studies on Monday, which were negative,” team physician Riley Williams III said Thursday in a statement. “Yesterday during the game he reported a new onset of symptoms below the prior area of soreness. New imaging studies done today demonstrated the fracture. There is no timetable for his return.”
Williams, 30, suffered the rib injury Sunday in Miami and missed Monday night’s loss to Dallas. He returned in Wednesday night’s loss to Boston, where he aggravated the injury after playing just four minutes and had to come out of the game. He is averaging 13.9 points and 6.3 assists this season.
Since his first full season with the team in 2011-12, the Nets are 13-23 without Williams in the lineup, and 118-111 with him.
