Sporting News contacted medical expert Dr. Michael S. George of the KSF Orthopaedic Center in Houston, who explained what ...

Rookie guard Reed Sheppard will miss at least four weeks with a right thumb avulsion fracture, Rockets head coach Ime Udoka ...

Reed Sheppard, the No. 3 pick in last year’s draft, is averaging 3.9 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists this season.

Sheppard was selected to appear in the Rising Stars event at All-Star Weekend. For the season, he’s averaging 3.9 points, 1.4 ...

Paul George's first season with the Philadelphia 76ers is over. George, who hasn't played since March 4, received injections ...

“I’m going to have to be in a splint for a minute,” he said. “But figuring that out (since it’s) on my shooting hand.” Oklahoma City Thunder wing Luguentz Dort suffered a mallet finger ...

Since returning to the lineup on Feb. 5, George has been playing with a splint on that finger. "I'm hanging in there," George told reporters after the Sixers' 124-104 loss against the Boston ...

George, who missed five games due to an injury to the extensor tendon in his left pinky finger, has now been back for five games in which he has played with a splint on that finger. George has ...

Holiday provided a not-so-great update on his finger injury. Holiday has a splint on the finger already and hasn’t yet worked through the process of what it’ll feel like to catch ...

Called into action to replace an injured Brock Purdy today, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brandon Allen was spotted wearing a splint on his left middle finger before Sunday’s game against the ...

Sheppard will spend the next four weeks with his thumb in a splint while the fracture heals, per Udoka. But the head coach ...

The splint only involves the distal joint of the finger, and so it is possible to continue to play basketball with the splint on. Dirk Nowitzki suffered a mallet finger on his left middle finger ...