Moussa Diabate's Quad Injury Sidelines the Hornets Center for Friday
Underdog NBA reported: 'Moussa Diabate (quad) ruled out Friday.'
The are officially down a big man for Friday night. Center has been ruled out with a quad injury, according to the latest update from Underdog NBA.
If you were banking on the No. 14 jersey logging heavy minutes in the paint to close out the work week, it is time to pivot. now has to shuffle a frontcourt rotation that just lost a very large, very athletic human being to a muscle issue.
is no stranger to the injury report. He popped up earlier this year with ankle and wrist issues, though he managed to play through those. A quad is a different beast. You can tape an ankle or wrap a wrist, but you cannot exactly ignore the massive muscle group required to jump, slide, and box out NBA centers.
For the sickos refreshing their sportsbooks, this absence shifts the board. Without eating up minutes inside, the rebounding props and interior scoring lines for the rest of the Hornets' bigs are about to get a noticeable bump. The books will adjust, so you should too.
The immediate reality is that has to survive Friday night with a thinner rotation. We will see if a weekend of rest is enough to get 's quad right, or if this turns into a multi-game headache for the .