Steve Kerr announces injury update for key player after Warriors-Hawks

On November 21, 2024By Pranco

The Golden State Warriors were already on the receiving end bad injury news earlier todayas the team announced that guard De’Anthony Melton will miss the remainder of surgery to repair his left ACL after injuring it against Dallas.

However, during the team’s 120-97 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night, a core member of their rotation suffered an injury after being hit in the face, taking him out of the game. After the game, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr spoke about the injury and where he is now.

Negative X-rays on Brandin Podziemski’s nose. In the second half he got a shot in the face. Day by day, according to Kerr.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) November 21, 2024

After X-rays, Kerr confirmed that sophomore guard Brandin Podziemski did not suffer a broken nose after being hit in the second half. Kerr will mention him daily in the future.

What makes this case interesting is that Podziemski has a previous nose injury, as he suffered a broken nose in the preseason and had to wear a mask for weeks. A promising sign that the x-rays were negative, since it wasn’t that long ago.

WHAT AN EASTER

Brandin Podziemski with one of the most useful assists this season so far pic.twitter.com/2fZgKe5hnN

— ESPN (@espn) November 16, 2024

As mentioned with Melton going down, Podziemski’s presence on the perimeter will be necessary for Golden State to succeed this season. After a strong first month of the season, Podziemski has slumped of late, including a 1-6 shooting performance against the Hawks on Wednesday night.

Warriors return to action on Friday as they travel to New Orleans to take on the Pelicans for their third NBA Cup Group Play game.

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