Nets lose Richard Jefferson for season with wrist injury
By TOM CANAVAN, AP Sports WriterJanuary 11, 2005
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Nets leading scorer Richard Jefferson will miss the rest of the season with a ruptured ligament in his left wrist.
Jefferson is expected to have surgery soon and he will be sidelined until at least late May, Nets president Rod Thorn said Tuesday.
``It's basically a four-month rehab, so he will be out the rest of the season,'' Thorn said, crediting Jefferson for playing while injured. ``Obviously, this is a blow for us.''
The 24-year-old Jefferson hurt his wrist in a game against the Pistons in Detroit on Dec. 27. Jefferson, a member of the U.S. bronze-medal Olympic team in Athens, aggravated the injury last week in Milwaukee during a game against the Bucks.
An MRI on Monday revealed the tear, which is the latest woe to beset the three-time defending Atlantic Division champions since the end of last season.
After being eliminated in the Eastern Conference semifinal in seven games by the eventual NBA champion Pistons, the Nets' new ownership dismantled the team because of economic concerns.
All-Star forward Kenyon Martin, who was a restricted free agent, was signed and dealt to Denver because the Nets could not afford to match the Nuggets' offer. Kerry Kittles was dealt to the Clippers and fellow guard Lucious Harris was waived. The situation was exacerbated when perennial All-Star point guard Jason Kidd had knee surgery and missed the first month of the season.
The Nets (12-21) seemed to rebound last month when Vince Carter was acquired from Toronto in a major deal that gave New Jersey an outstanding 1-2-3 combination of Kidd, Jefferson and Carter.
However, the wrist injury has now removed Jefferson, who signed a contract extension this summer worth $78 million over the next six years.
Until the injury, Jefferson had been one of the Nets' most durable and exciting players.
Acquired in a draft-day trade with Houston in 2001, the athletic swingman had missed only five games in his first three years.
Playing in all 33 games this year, Jefferson averaged 22.2 points and 41.1 minutes, both team highs.
The former University of Arizona product had a career-high, 42-point game against Cleveland on Dec. 22. Three nights earlier he had a 38-point game against Toronto.
The runner-up for the NBA rookie of the year in 2001-02, Jefferson also had career highs with 21 rebounds and 57 minutes played in a double overtime win over Chicago on Nov. 5.
Jefferson averaged team-highs with 18.5 points and 38.2 minutes last season, playing in a career-high 82 games.
初時Kidd復出我仲話Nets戰績會急升,宜家冇計,收返 真係 bye bye 囉..:icon050: 咁又未必喎~!
kidd可以帶得起隊波
但謝佛遜唔得~! Originally posted by klinskan at 2005-1-12 11:46 AM:
咁又未必喎~!
kidd可以帶得起隊波
但謝佛遜唔得~!
咁邊個可以勝任到Jefferson係隊波既職責 ? 范特西好彩冇換到謝菲遜番o黎:icon101:
不過今年上半季都辛苦晒你喇
要你咩位都打晒咁劑
好好休息下啦:icon099: Originally posted by PolyMan~~ at 2005-1-12 01:28 PM:
咁邊個可以勝任到Jefferson係隊波既職責 ?
Vince..........:icon101::icon101::icon101: Originally posted by WainSeven at 2005-1-12 02:36 PM:
Vince..........:icon101::icon101::icon101:
我覺得佢得喎:icon093: 反而兩個一齊出會有d撞位同爭波打咁...
而家傷一個可能會好d
不過... Vince好易傷ga wor:icon092: 整傷佢既正正係上屆總冠軍既MVP :icon101: 可以將jk、vc一齊掟落injure list，擺爛 :icon101:
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