Lopez Sprains Ankle…No X-Rays Required

November 23, 2009, 1:07 pm

Brook Lopez has played in every game in his Nets career–all 95 of the them. He doesn’t want that streak to end. So, after spraining his right ankle Monday at practice, he joked, “watching film hurt a lot more.” No x-rays were needed, but Lawrence Frank lists him and Courtney Lee (who suited up vs. the Knicks) as “day-to-day”. Lee, he said, certainly wants to play but if he does vs. Denver, it will be off the bench.

Lopez sprains ankle during practice - Andy McCullough - Nets Blast
Lopez Sprains Ankle Before Nets Leave For Trip - Al Iannazzone - In the 'Zzone
Nets take another hit as Brook Lopez day-to-day with right ankle sprain - Julian Garcia - The Internets

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30 Responses to “Lopez Sprains Ankle…No X-Rays Required”

  1. Tim Says:

    Ha.

  2. ben Says:

    OH GOD! We can never stay healthy WTH!

  3. alex m Says:

    hilarious, keep them jokes comin nets

  4. Mike Says:

    I guess T-Will will be playing center. LOL

  5. Paul Erstein Says:

    Sit Brook to make sure that he doesn’t hurt himself. He is probably our most valuable asset. Don’t screw around with his health and well being. Sit him till he is 100%. Don’t be stupid with him. Let him at least sit versus Portland. They are going to kill us anyway. Save him for Sacremento, our next chance at a win.

  6. Mike Says:

    Maybe we should T-Will, CDR and Harris also. Save them for next season.

  7. Shawn Carter Says:

    Is Shawn Bradley available?

    Hollah!

  8. jarkid Says:

    Every starter gets Hurt.

    Hollah !

  9. Chris2 Says:

    Is there any reason Chris Mihm remains unsigned? I have always thought he was one of the more effective backup centers in the league. I know he was hurt last season, but if he is healthy, he may be worth considering.

  10. Mike Says:

    Maybe we get to forfeit a couple of games. They would then have to put an asterisk next to our record losing streak.

  11. mr. omG Says:

    This was the last thing we needed. Lopez got hurt!!!

    We are almost as worst start in NBA history team!

    :D :( :) im feeling a rush of emotions right now

  12. mr. omG Says:

    :P btw

  13. ppoppa Says:

    Wow. This is terrible. Worse than the Yi news. He’s the one player I had faith in not to get hurt.

  14. NJQuestCat Says:

    i cant think of anyway to explain this but cosmically:

    the draft gods are here to save us and the free agent gods are here to bring us to our demise.

  15. TheMann Says:

    Well it’s not surprising you get hurt when you’re suddenly playing like 40+ mins a game. I guess letting Sean sit on the bench at times when he was capable of playing at least 10 mins just to give Brook a breather was worth it. Hope Lopez is ok though, last thing we need is Lopez or CDR out for a long period.

  16. Mike Says:

    Look at the bright side. Opie gets to play real small ball now. And we all know what a master mixer and matcher he is. Oh God, why couldn’t I have been born a hockey fan.

  17. MoMo Says:

    We definitely have to sit him. He might be the one player I do not mess with.

  18. kingching Says:

    NO

  19. Glenn Says:

    I’m from sac and I will say this…the nets will not beat sac!! no it will not be your best chance at a win. ps- im on here to make sure lopez is healthy enough for my fantasy team.

  20. NetRick Says:

    And now starting at center for your New Jersey Nets… Sean Williams… kinda ironic ain’t it?

  21. NetRick Says:

    How about bringing Chocolate Thunder out of retierment? We could play the rest of the season on planet Lovetron. Oh Baby!

  22. Smack Adams Says:

    @ TheMann

    Aha! How foolish of me in not immediately realizing that Brook’s injury in practice is due to LF playing too many minutes.

    @ Mike, et al.

    Enough with “Opie” already. You want him gone. We get it. But “Opie”,”Larry”, “Little General and “Short Frank” just make you sound more bitter than informed. If you want to slam him, at least be creative.

  23. Joanne Says:

    Is it me or has there been an abundance of injuries in the entire NBA? Every team has had some serious injuries – Chris Paul, Paul Gasol, Tony Parker, many many more. What’s going on? Is there a reason for it? Any thoughts out there?

  24. Smack Adams Says:

    I was thinking the same thing, Joanne, so I consulted an epidemiologist. His expert opinion was that I should stop wasting his time.

    My best guess is that this is just bad luck. Or a bad case of the galloping cooties. Am leaning toward the former. There’d be no bell curve without extremes in one direction or the other. If only there were an epidemic of lopsided trades in the Nets’ favor…

  25. Shawn Carter Says:

    Sign AI.
    Make Kiki a player-coach
    Sign Starbury
    Sign Van Horn

    Can’t be worse, can it?

    Hollah!

  26. Smack Adams Says:

    Shawn. As long as we’re at it, I wouldn’t mind seeing if World B. Free has still got game.

  27. djheavyduty Says:

    This is rediculous what else can go wrong?
    I have pledged to not cut my hair until the Nets win a game.
    A co worker said I should hold out until the Nets go on a streak!
    GoNets!

  28. Angelo Says:

    anyone else catch this in Al’s article?

    “Of course Lee is day-to-day according to the coach, who is day-to-day himself.”

    hahaha wow, low blow

  29. Shawn Carter Says:

    The NBA should fire The Rat, Kiki and Thorn for what they have done to the Nets.

    D. Stern, are you listening?

    Hollah!

  30. Mr Mike Says:

    I once played center on the Meadowlands floor a long time ago. Where do I sign up? :)