News broke last week regarding Nick Young of the Los Angeles Lakers going down with a thumb injury in practice. An MRI revealed that he completely tore the radial collateral ligament in his right thumb on Friday and is expected to miss six to eight weeks.
Young, or “Swaggy P”, apparently injured his thumb when he was guarding Kobe Bryant in practice. The Lakers are hoping for a more definitive return date after he undergoes surgery, which was scheduled for today.
In proper Swaggy P style, Young posted this photo to his Instagram Monday morning before his surgery.
He used the hashtags #ThisIsWhatHappenWhenYouGuardKobe and #DefenseHurt.
The Lakers have been no stranger to losing multiple players to injury in recent years, with Kobe and Steve Nash being bit by the injury bug the past two seasons, among others. Hopefully for them, they can have their Shaqtin’ a Fool MVP finalist in 2013-14 return to action sooner rather than later, even with little expectations for the upcoming season.
With the expectation of missing a significant portion of the beginning of the season, can Swaggy P finally bring home the vaunted Shaqtin’ a Fool MVP honor? You would be foolish not to think he can.