Tweet of the Night: Nick Young expresses frustration over his injury

There’s no getting around the fact that injuries are a part of basketball.

Whether it’s something as minor as a thigh contusion or something devastating as a broken bone, it’s the frustrating aspect of playing a sport that most simply can’t avoid. Having to sit and watch while everyone else plays can become particularly difficult if the injury is a lingering one, and Nick Young of the Los Angeles Lakers appears to be having a pretty tough time at the moment.

Young had surgery to fix the torn ligament in his right thumb back in Oct. 6 after injuring himself while guarding Kobe Bryant in practice. Although Byron Scott suspects a timetable of 5-7 weeks for a possible return, the guard is expected to miss 6-8 weeks of action. It’s a devastating blow for the Lakers, given their lack of depth at the wing position.

Young is usually a pretty easygoing guy with a big smile on his face, but even he couldn’t help but lament about his current situation and expressed as much on twitter: