PLAYERS:
Luol Deng,
Tom Thibodeau,
Derrick Rose,
Ronnie Brewer,
Richard Hamilton
TEAMS: Chicago Bulls
TEAMS: Chicago Bulls
Luol Deng had been playing pretty well so far this season, and so had his Chicago Bulls. I mean, just look at the picture below if you don't believe me. They've won just about every game that the versatile and improving forward has played in this year, and currently sit in a pretty solid spot with an overall mark of 16-3. Deng will be sitting now too though, unfortunately, for both him, his Bulls team, and poster manufacturers worldwide.
In Saturday's game against the Bobcats, Deng suffered what was later discovered to be a torn ligament in his left wrist. He went to the locker room during that fourth quarter following the injury, the initial MRI was negative, and went back out and finished the game. He scored 22 points in that one, grabbed 8 rebounds and dished out 4 assists, and his averages through 18 games in those categories read 16, 8, and 3. After team doctors later discovered that ligaments were in fact torn in his non-shooting hand though, he has been since d...
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