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Nurkic will miss the rest of this season, and
there is no timetable for his recovery process.
The 7-footer fractured his left tibia and fibula at the 2:22
mark of the second overtime of a game Monday night against the
Brooklyn Nets when his left foot came down on the shoe of Nets
forward Jared Dudley, forcing his leg to bend awkwardly.
Nurkic tallied 32 points and 16 rebounds against Brooklyn and
finished the season averaging a career-high 15.6 points, 10.4
rebounds and 3.2 assists in 72 games, all starts.
--New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday had surgery to repair
a core muscle injury and will miss the rest of the season, the
team announced.
Holiday has not played since March 6, missing the last eight
games with what the team called a lower abdominal strain. The
surgery was performed in Philadelphia, and Holiday will not
resume basketball activities for at least six weeks.
Holiday, 28, averaged a career-high 21.2 points, 7.7 assists and
5.0 rebounds in 67 games this season, his 10th in the NBA and
sixth with the Pelicans.
--The Toronto Raptors signed veteran guard Jodie Meeks.
Terms were not disclosed. According to multiple reports, the
deal is for the remainder of the season.
Meeks, 31, originally signed a 10-day contract with Toronto on
Feb. 20 and has appeared in two games, averaging 7.5 points and
2.0 rebounds. In 533 career games (204 starts) with seven NBA
teams, Meeks has averaged 9.3 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1
assists.
--Field Level Media
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