Lakers Guard Injured; Status For Regular Season In Question
Lakers’ Dennis Schroder has suffered a finger injury and his status is up in the air ahead of regular season next week, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Schroder will not play in tonight’s game vs. Kings and is undergoing testing on severity and return timetable.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 14, 2022
According to NBA Insider Shams Charania, the finger injury leaves Schroder's status for the regular season—beginning in less than a week—"up in the air." He's currently undergoing more tests to determine the severity of the injury.
Sources confirmed that Lakers guard Dennis Schroder injured finger on right hand during Wednesday night’s game and will not play tonight at Sacramento. He will get MRI. Lakers then will talk to doctors to see if he can tape and play or if needs more time to heal
— Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) October 14, 2022
It was only a few days ago that Schroder talked about how excited he was to be back with the Lakers, and how it was new head coach Darvin Ham that was the determining factor for his re-signing with the team.
Schroder : “(Darvin) was the main reason” he came to the Lakers.
— 🏆LakersGuru🏆 (@GuruLakers) October 11, 2022
Lakers now have a brand, a superstar, AND a coach that attracts players pic.twitter.com/qSR6yxY8Au
Schroder was with the Lakers in the 2020-21 season, averaging 15.4 points and 5.8 assists. But he left as a free agent, and settled for a mid-level exception contract with the Boston Celtics last season, and was dealt to Houston to finish the year.
In his 9-year career, he's averaged 14.2 points and 4.7 assists. He rejuvenated NBA teams' interest in his play with an impressive performance for Germany at EuroBasket this summer.
The Lakers still have Patrick Beverley, Kendrick Nunn and Russell Westbrook at the point to divvy up the minutes until Schroder returns.
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