I’m not watching the game live, but I was alerted to the fact that Delon Wright has left the Raptors’ summer league quarterfinal with an apparent shoulder injury.
According to Raptors 905 sideline reporter and friend of the site Ashley Docking, it doesn’t look good.
Looking like Delon Wright dislocated shoulder here at #LasVegasSummerLeague.
— Ashley Docking (@SmrtAsh) July 16, 2016
The Raptors confirmed that Wright underwent X-days and had a dislocated shoulder put back in place.
Delon Wright left LVSL game vs. MIN with a right shoulder injury. X-rays negative. Dislocated shoulder put back in place. #rtz
— RaptorsMR (@RaptorsMR) July 16, 2016
As someone who’s dislocated a shoulder before, umm, ouch. The nice thing is that if X-rays were negative, he may have gotten away with minor AC joint damage, but I’m working off of very limited information here. The timeline for recovery from a dislocated shoulder can vary a great deal, and the biggest fallout here may be the injury limiting Wright from continuing to add to the significant bulk he’s put on since the end of the season. Hopefully it’s a shorter-term issue and he can be back in the gym shortly.
If nothing else, it seems likely that Wright’s summer league is done as a precaution, however this game turns out.
Oh wait, it’s definitely over, because the Raptors lost on this bogus call. Yanick Moreira has just the worst luck at the buzzer of elimination games.
WOW. Foul called on the Raptors here. Most obvious kick-out of all time? https://t.co/sKQSNi6rQ2
— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) July 16, 2016
Anyway, I’m at a family event so won’t have anything more for you until tomorrow. Apologies for that.
Summer League is now over for the Raptors and Norman Powell will probably have to settle for a repeat as First Team All-Vegas instead of the MVP he was on his way to earning. Damn.
