Bilal Coulibaly Ruled Out Monday With Hand Injury, Leaving Wizards Rotation in Shambles
Underdog NBA reported: 'Bilal Coulibaly (hand) listed out Monday.'
The are officially putting on ice for Monday night, downgrading the second-year guard to out with a lingering hand injury.
If you were banking on Coulibaly to lock up the perimeter against the , it is time to tear up that script. Underdog NBA confirmed the downgrade after he spent the afternoon hovering in the questionable zone, which is the NBA's favorite way of keeping everyone guessing until the last possible second.
Coulibaly has been logging nearly 26 minutes a night this season, starting half of his 10 appearances while posting a 54.5 true shooting percentage. Losing that kind of run leaves a massive crater in a rotation that already operates with the structural integrity of a wet paper bag.
Word on the street is he has been wrapping that hand recently, which explains some of the offensive turbulence. Trying to shoot an NBA three-pointer with a taped-up thumb is like trying to text in winter gloves, so giving him a night off to heal up is probably the only logical move the franchise has made all week.
For the fans staring at the odds screen, this is where the market gets weird. Pulling a 26-minute wing out of the lineup means those peripheral stats have to go somewhere, and the line movement will reflect exactly how much Vegas values 's bench depth. Spoiler alert: it is not much.
The Wizards will have to patch together their wing rotation against and hope this hand issue does not turn into a multi-week saga. Until we get a real timeline, expect Coulibaly to live in the day-to-day purgatory that drives fantasy managers absolutely insane.