Larry Nance Jr. seemed in good spirits as the Lakers forward had topical Pokemon Go jokes to make light of his recently sprained wrist
It was a scary scene in Las Vegas, NV on Thursday night as the athletic second-year forward went up attacking the rim and ultimately took a rough fall to the hardwood that left him clutching his wrist before walking back to the locker room.
The initial fear out of Los Angeles was that the the former Wyoming Cowboys forward has fractured his right wrist and the way he landed plus numerous reporters seemed to confirm those reports. However, good news (or at least slightly better news, I suppose) was on the way.
Though Nance is indeed hurt, the MRI and exam from the Lakers team doctor on Friday revealed that there was actually no fracture or ligament damage in Nance’s wrist and the the forward would have a much shorter timetable for his return.
Given the good news and given the fact that Nance has always had a bit of a dry sense of humor, the forward took to Twitter soon after and didn’t hesitate to make quite the topical joke regarding the smash hit mobile phone game and/or app, Pokemon Go:
https://twitter.com/Larrydn22/status/754082602881916928
While he’s figuring out how to be the very best as a southpaw going forward, obviously Lakers fans should be quite pleased given the circumstances of the injury. Where it looked as if Nance would be out of action or practice for two months and be returning to full activity just before the beginning of training camp, he’s now going to be back much sooner.
And apparently we now know what Nance is going to be doing when he can’t afford to use his right wrist to train for the next few weeks. Now he can join all of the people teammate Jordan Clarkson spoke about on Twitter earlier on Friday:
Good luck catching them all, Nance—and a safe and speedy recovery as well.