The Cleveland Cavaliers have some injury updates. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin Andrew Bogut has a broken left tibia and is out for the remainder of the season, including playoffs. Shooting guard JR Smith has returned to practice as of Wednesday and might be available for Thursday’s game against the Detroit Pistons.
The Cavs have been a bit of a M*A*S*H unit this year with many of players missing significant time due to injury. With Bogut being out for the rest of the year, it’s sort of a blow, but not really. Bogut got hurt within the first minute of action with his new team. They have no idea how the team would’ve played with him. Sure they had hopes of what he could approximate but since none of it came to fruition, it’s like claiming him off waivers never happened.
JR being back is of bigger significance. JR was an integral part of the Cavs winning the title last year. In order to repeat they will most certainly need a healthy, productive JR Smith. Raise your hand if you ever thought JR would be a key piece of a title team…
