When the NBA season resumes, the Utah Jazz will be without a key player the rest of the way.
Forward Bojan Bogdanovic will undergo season-ending surgery on his right wrist, an injury that has bothered him since January.
Utah Jazz F Bojan Bogdanovic is undergoing season-ending surgery on his right wrist, sources tell ESPN. Full recovery expected for start of 2020-21 season. He's averaged 20 points per game for Jazz, fourth-seed in West.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 18, 2020
Bogdanovic injured wrist in January and played in pain throughout season. The discomfort/injury emerged again during shutdown, sources said. Decision for surgery makes sense to protect him and franchise for long-term. He signed a four-year, $73M deal last summer. https://t.co/OwLTeYHWgO
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 18, 2020
Bogdanovic’s 20.2 points per game was second on the Jazz behind only Donovan Mitchell, so this is a significant loss. The 31-year-old was also shooting 41.4 percent from three point range, the third consecutive year he was over the 40 percent mark.
The Jazz probably didn’t expect to lose a key player during the NBA lockdown, but the situation has produced some very strange issues for them. Perhaps this is just par for the course.
