Report: Trae Young’s ankle injury may not be serious
Trae Young left Tuesday night’s Atlanta Hawks game at the Miami Heat with an ankle injury, but one report says the injury may not be that serious.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that X-rays on Young’s right ankle were negative and there is optimism it’s not a serious injury.
X-Rays were negative on Atlanta guard Trae Young’s right ankle, and there’s optimism that this isn’t a serious injury, league sources tell ESPN. Young will undergo an MRI soon.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 30, 2019
Here’s a look at the play where he got hurt. Young rolled his ankle as he landed after going up with the ball in the paint:
Trae Young hurts his ankle and helped off the court pic.twitter.com/yGqh3GgpJN
— The Render (@TheRenderNBA) October 30, 2019
Young had five points in 11 minutes before exiting. The 21-year-old out of Oklahoma was the No. 5 pick in the draft last year and a player the Hawks believed in as a cornerstone — preferring him to Luka Doncic. He averaged 34 points per game in his first three games of the season and has been off to a hot start for the 2-1 Hawks.
