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Minnesota Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell will omit Saturday’s matchup towards the Oklahoma City Convey with a quad injure, in maintaining with the crew’s radio broadcast.
Ricky Rubio will inaugurate in his location.
Russell entered the day averaging 19.9 choices and 5.3 assists per recreation in his first stout season with Minnesota.
The Timberwolves produce other offensive weapons including Karl-Anthony Cities, Malik Beasley and rookie Anthony Edwards, but the crew will suffer if the one-time All-Superstar misses a long stretch. With no longer less than 15 overlooked video games in three of Russell’s first 5 seasons, any injure must aloof be regarding.
It be been a whirlwind profession for the 24-twelve months-dilapidated, who’s already on his fourth crew since being drafted No. 2 in 2015.
After a huge twelve months with the Brooklyn Nets in 2018-19, the guard moved to the Golden Articulate Warriors last season and remained productive while averaging 23.6 choices and 6.2 assists per recreation. They flipped him to Minnesota sooner than the trade deadline and helped a struggling crew with averages of 21.7 choices and 6.6 assists per recreation.
He is expected to play a key role for a franchise that has good one playoff appearance since 2004.
The latest injure would per chance maybe maybe inaugurate extra playing time for young guards Edwards and Jarrett Culver, while Rubio must aloof bewitch on a bigger role in working the offense.
