Wizards issue injury update on starting point guard

Starting point guard Monte Morris received an epidural injection on Wednesday to combat the lower-back soreness he’s been experiencing, the Wizards announced in a press release. He had missed the previous two games with the injury and is considered week-to-week going forward, per the team.

In response to the announcement, Morris sent out a tweet saying “Be back soon” with a "fingers crossed" emoji.

Morris, 27, was selected by Denver with the 51st overall pick of the 2017 draft after four years at Iowa State. He spent his first season on a two-way contract before signing a multiyear standard deal the following summer.

The veteran guard spent his first five seasons with the Nuggets prior to getting traded to the Wizards in the offseason. In his first season with Washington, he’s averaging 10.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists on .483/.406/.806 shooting through 51 games (28.1 MPG).

Long known as a steady hand in the backcourt, Morris leads the league in assist-to-turnover ratio in 2022-23 at 5.4-to-1, per NBA.com. Delon Wright has started the past couple of games in Morris’ place, with newly promoted Jordan Goodwin and Kendrick Nunn also receiving minutes at guard.