Utah Jazz ahead Taylor Hendricks underwent profitable surgical procedure on Wednesday to restore a fractured proper fibula and dislocated ankle. Hendricks, who turns 21 on Nov. 22, suffered the season-ending harm halfway via the third quarter of a 110-102 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 28.
Utah Jazz chosen Taylor Hendricks No. 9 total by Utah within the 2023 NBA draft out of Central Florida
The 6-foot-9 Hendricks misplaced his footing whereas working down the court docket and landed awkwardly. The noncontact harm occurred away from the ball. Hendricks was wheeled off the ground on a stretcher. In line with John Coon of The Related Press, his surgical procedure was carried out on the College of Utah’s Orthopedic Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis.
“A bunch of us have been visibly rattled. It was actually laborious to see,” Jazz coach Will Hardy informed reporters the day after the sport. “All people processes these issues in another way. All people wants to choose one another up at completely different moments.”
Taylor Hendricks underwent surgical procedure on his damaged leg and dislocated ankle immediately, Jazz say. Surgical procedure performed on the U of Utah’s Orthopedic middle.
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Hendricks was chosen ninth total by Utah within the 2023 NBA draft out of Central Florida. In 40 video games as a rookie (23 begins), he averaged 7.3 factors and 4.6 rebounds per recreation whereas taking pictures 45% from the sphere.
The second-year ahead began in three video games for the Jazz this season, averaging 4.7 factors, 5.0 rebounds, and 25 minutes per contest. The Florida native shot 22.2% from the ground and 75% on the free throw line as properly.
Hendricks is incomes $5.84 million this season with Utah
In Utah’s 126-124 season-opener loss towards the Memphis Grizzlies on Oct. 23, he recorded 12 factors, 5 rebounds, two steals, and a block in 28 minutes of motion. He completed 4-of-7 (57.1%) taking pictures from the sphere and hit three 3-pointers.
Per Spotrac, Hendricks is presently incomes $5.84 million this season. That is a part of the four-year, $25 million rookie-scale contract he signed in July 2023. His deal additionally consists of crew choices for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
The Jazz picked up his 2025-26 possibility price $6.12 million final month.
Moreover, Utah (1-6) gained for the primary time this season, defeating the Chicago Bulls 135-126 on Monday night time. The victory ended the crew’s six-game dropping streak.
The injury-depleted Jazz entered because the NBA’s worst crew offensively, averaging 99.8 factors on 39.1% taking pictures.
