Let’s hope all that came out of this was a broken wrist. It could have been worse—much, much worse.
Grizzlies rookie Jaylen Wells had to be taken off the court Tuesday night after a nasty fall, following a reckless challenge by Charlotte’s KJ Simpson on a Wells’ breakaway dunk. (If you want to see a video of the foul, follow this link.)
Jaylen Wells was stretchered off the court after he was fouled on a dunk attempt and fell hard to the floor.
KJ Simpson was ejected with a flagrant 2 foul. pic.twitter.com/ZBY5S9ylu3
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After review, the referees upgraded the foul on Simpson to a Flagrant 2 and he was ejected. At least a fine and maybe a game suspension will follow.
Wells is “awake, alert and moving his extremities… [but] has sustained a broken right wrist,” ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. That is all incredibly good news.
Wells is in the conversation for Rookie of the Year, averaging 10.5 points and 3.5 rebounds a game and plays key rotation minutes for one of the West’s quality teams. This clearly ends his season a few games early, but hopefully, he will be back without incident at the start of next season.
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