New Lauri Markkanen timeline emerges after hip injury MRI

With the Utah Jazz already on the NBA’s radar, fans have been eagerly awaiting the latest injury update on star forward Lauri Markkanen. An MRI revealed that the 2023 All-Star and Most Improved Player of the Year has “symptomatic hip impingement with associated inflammation and bone bruise,” according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. He also twisted his ankle at practice, but the results showed no damage on that front. He will be reevaluated in two weeks.

The NBA fined the Jazz earlier in February for “conduct detrimental to the league” after the team benched both Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. for the entire fourth quarter in what turned out to be a 115-111 win versus the Miami Heat. Many people believe Utah will inevitably shut down its top player, and the league is also leery of the franchise’s motives. Though, there is likely little that Adam Silver can do following the MRI results.

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