Washington Wizards Rookie Suffers Horrific Injury

Washington Wizards rookie forward Deni Avdija suffered a pretty brutal ankle injury last night. It was so bad he required a wheelchair to leave the court. The team publicly diagnosed Avdija with an ankle injury before ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that X-rays revealed a season-ending hairline fracture ankle fracture.

He won’t require surgery, according to the report.

Watch the play below:

https://twitter.com/TheNBAHustle/status/1385024558365769729

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Deni immediately reached for his leg:

Take a closer look, the video below is graphic:

Deni Avdija has been taken out of the game after injuring his right leg pic.twitter.com/dhWTIBjql7

— Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) April 22, 2021

Jordan Bell covered Avdija’s injured leg as trainers tended to the Wizards rookie:

Wizards rookie Deni Avdija suffers a lower leg injury coming down from a rebound

Prayers up 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Vwo82znEuM

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 22, 2021

Could have been a lot worse.

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