David Nwaba was dealing with a sprained right ankle entering Thursday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs and the Brooklyn Nets wing exited the contest with a different injury.
Nwaba went down awkwardly when crashing the boards from the perimeter early in the fourth quarter of Thursday’s game — though there was no contact made on the play. He was helped off the floor by Dzanan Musa.
The Nets first ruled Nwaba as questionable to return. Shortly thereafter, the wing was ruled out by the team due to a right Achilles injury.
Following the team’s announcement, Shams Charania of The Athletic was the first to report Nwaba had torn his right Achilles.
Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports confirmed Charania’s report of the tear. He also reported Nwaba will receive surgery on Friday.
Damn this just sucks. David Nwaba out with a non-contact injury, most likely an Achilles. Prayers up for David pic.twitter.com/e4CcVZUHCf
— Ty Jäger (@TyJagerRadio) December 20, 2019
Thursday’s game marked Nwaba’s 20th in a Nets uniform.
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