Overview
- Imaging revealed symptomatic right hip impingement with associated inflammation and a bone bruise, with a follow-up in two weeks.
- The right ankle Markkanen tweaked in practice showed no structural damage on MRI.
- Head coach Will Hardy said Markkanen was pulled from practice after an awkward landing, and he sat out Thursday’s game against the Pelicans.
- A report that independent league doctors would travel to Utah was retracted, with the NBA instead accessing the uploaded scans as usual.
- Utah is already shorthanded with season-ending injuries to Jaren Jackson Jr., Jusuf Nurkić, Walker Kessler and Vince Williams Jr., a key factor as the franchise seeks to keep its top-eight protected 2026 first-round pick.