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Jazz's Season Deteriorates as Markkanen Misses at Least a Month
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In Short: Markkanen, who had already missed the previous two games due to a wrist sprain, returned to play through discomfort but now faces a longer absence.
Markkanen, who had already missed the previous two games due to a wrist sprain, returned to play through discomfort but now faces a longer absence.
The Jazz were expected to compete for a playoff spot this season, following a four-year rebuild that included tanking and subsequent punishments, as CBS Sports reported.
Markkanen's absence leaves the Jazz even more shorthanded in the front court, where starting center Jusuf Nurkic is already out with a toe injury sustained in the preseason.
Jaren Jackson Jr., another key player, is out with a torn MCL, adding to the Jazz's injury woes.
In eight games this season, Markkanen averaged 18 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists on 38.9/39.7/84.4 shooting splits, according to KSL Sports.
The Jazz's start to the 2026-27 season has been far from perfect, with the team now 27-94 overall in the last five seasons when Markkanen has been out, as KSL Sports noted.
The Jazz organization remains internally excited about the potential of all three players once they return, as reported by The Salt Lake Tribune.
Once Markkanen, Jackson, and Nurkic are all back, the Jazz will evaluate their standing, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
The Jazz's frontcourt depth could have been far greater had they made different decisions in the offseason, CBS Sports reported.
The Jazz will likely seek a cheaper replacement for Kessler and rely on the draft surplus generated from trading him as their young core becomes more expensive.
The Jazz's injury-riddled season continues, with Markkanen's injury.
What's confirmed
- Markkanen, who had already missed the previous two games due to a wrist sprain, returned to play through discomfort but now faces a longer absence.
- The Jazz were expected to compete for a playoff spot this season, following a four-year rebuild that included tanking and subsequent punishments, as CBS Sports reported.
- Markkanen's absence leaves the Jazz even more shorthanded in the front court, where starting center Jusuf Nurkic is already out with a toe injury sustained in the preseason.
- Jaren Jackson Jr., another key player, is out with a torn MCL, adding to the Jazz's injury woes.
- In eight games this season, Markkanen averaged 18 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists on 38.9/39.7/84.4 shooting splits, according to KSL Sports.
- The Jazz's start to the 2026-27 season has been far from perfect, with the team now 27-94 overall in the last five seasons when Markkanen has been out, as KSL Sports noted.
- The Jazz organization remains internally excited about the potential of all three players once they return, as reported by The Salt Lake Tribune.
- Once Markkanen, Jackson, and Nurkic are all back, the Jazz will evaluate their standing, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
- The Jazz's frontcourt depth could have been far greater had they made different decisions in the offseason, CBS Sports reported.
- The Jazz will likely seek a cheaper replacement for Kessler and rely on the draft surplus generated from trading him as their young core becomes more expensive.
- The Jazz's injury-riddled season continues, with Markkanen's injury.
What's still developing
- Instead, they are an NBA-worst 1-10, and things just got worse as All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen will miss at least a month after suffering two nondisplaced fractures in his right hand.
- Last season's big-name deadline acquisition, Jaren Jackson Jr., was already out with a torn MCL, which has a 6-8-week recovery timeline.
- I’m told that the Lauri Markkanen injury is unrelated to the wrist strain; it just happens to be in the same hand.
- Markkanen sustained a right wrist sprain less than two weeks prior against the Memphis Grizzlies on October 26.
- In a season where the Jazz were expected to finally compete for the postseason, they're experiencing the NBA's bleakest start In a season where the Jazz were expected to finally compete for the postseason, they're experiencing the NBA's bleakest start Originally published on cbssports.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
- Lauri Markkanen has sustained a nondisplaced fracture in his right hand and will miss at least one month, ESPN’s Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon reported Wednesday.
- The reported timeline now stretches his absence well beyond those initial missed appearances.
- Markkanen subsequently returned to the lineup and continued producing despite the discomfort.
- Former All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen sustained two nondisplaced fractures in his right hand, a team source told The Salt Lake Tribune.
- Markkanen suffered the injury in Utah’s loss to Dallas on Friday.
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