Jrue Vacation has been identified with a mallet finger harm.
In accordance with the Nationwide Well being Service in England, a mallet finger is “an harm to the tip of the finger, inflicting the tip to bend. It’s a standard sports activities harm and is handled utilizing a splint.”
The web site additionally says it’s a 6-to-8 week restoration timeline.
Jrue Vacation is out tonight with “mallet finger” per Celtics
I might anticipate him to overlook a number of weeks with this, however he may attempt to play via it in a splint
— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) February 28, 2025
Re: Jrue Vacation: Mallet finger is an harm to the tendon that helps straighten the DIP joint (finger tip). Gamers have performed with the harm whereas others have wanted surgical procedure. It usually relies on the severity of tendon injury & the concerned digit.
— Jeff Stotts (@InStreetClothes) February 28, 2025
That is, in fact, a blow to the Celtics. Lu Dort not too long ago performed via the harm and in response to the Thunder, it was painful to play via. “He went via a stretch there the place he wasn’t capturing the identical quantity,” Oklahoma Metropolis’s coach and Massachusetts native Mark Daigneault mentioned.
The NHS article additionally says “you might have to take time without work work, relying in your job” and ends the article by saying “don’t do sports activities or train involving your fingers.”
Vacation can play via the harm but it surely looks as if a nasty concept.
He’s already having a subpar season when it comes to his capturing numbers and to cope with an harm like this on his capturing hand actually will not make it higher.
His nook threes are all the way down to 27% this season after being at 60% final 12 months and his total three level share is all the way down to 34% after being 43% final season.
Vacation did play on Wednesday night time however didn’t play properly, lacking loads of open pictures and struggling to get in a groove. This might clarify why.
The Celtics may look to fill the void by signing a free agent. Dennis Smith Jr. is one participant who’s a free agent proper now that the Celtics may look to signal as depth. JD Davison is already on the two-way however I don’t anticipate the Celtics to place him on the courtroom after not trusting him for the higher a part of three years now. Reggie Jackson and Victor Oladipo are additionally out there.
