The NBA is monitoring Lauri Markkanen’s MRI, but there’s a catch
As Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen has suffered an injury practice on Wednesday, there was talk that the NBA might take a deeper look at the situation with the team at the forefront of speculation. While it was rumors that the NBA has sent doctors to confirm the Jazz’s injury to Markkanen, the latest report clarified all that information.
The Athletics’ Tony Jones initially reported that the league was “sending independent doctors to check.” He would say on X, formerly Twitter, that it won’t happen, but the NBA will follow the results, even though it is “standard practice”.
“Lauri Markkanen is getting an MRI, I’m told, so the Jazz should have the results. The NBA is evaluating the results, as standard practice. They didn’t send the medical staff to Utah. I got that part wrong. My apologies,” Jones wrote Thursday afternoon.
Utah is one of several teams accused of failing, and the franchise was even fined $500,000, for what the NBA said was “the management of their rosters for recent games.” That included key Jazz players such as Markkanen, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic in the fourth quarter when the games were close.
The Jazz’s Lauri Markkanen is awaiting MRI results
After some time, it will be revealed that Jackson and Nurkic will be out for the season due to knee and nose injuries. Markkanen will get an MRI about the severity from right ankle and right hip injuries, according to Kevin Reynolds of The Salt Lake Tribune.
“Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen could miss some time after suffering an injury in Wednesday’s practice,” Reynolds wrote Wednesday. “Markkanen will be evaluated for a right ankle and right hip injury, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Seven feet will receive an MRI to determine the severity of the injury.”
Markkanen is averaging a team-high 26.7 points and a career-best 6.9 rebounds per game while shooting 47.7 percent from the field and 35.5 percent from three-point range. It remains to be seen what the MRI results say about Markkanen.
2026-02-26 19:34:00
