Nets’ Day’Ron Sharpe suffers left knee sprain Sunday vs. Trail Blazers
NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets backup center Day’Ron Sharpe was having arguably his best season for the Nets with the way that he’s improved on both ends of the floor. However, it’s possible that his season could be put on ice for the time being.
Sharpe suffered a left knee sprain in Sunday’s 134-127 overtime loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in which he had 11 points, six rebounds, two assists, and one block in 17 minutes off the block. With 3:18 left in the fourth quarter, Sharpe blocked Portland forward Jerami Grant’s layup and looked to have landed wrong on his left leg on his way down from blocking the shot.
“Yeah, left knee sprain, he’ll get an MRI tomorrow (Monday),” Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn said of Sharpe following the loss. After Sharpe’s fall, he was unable to leave the court on his own and had to be helped by members of the training staff to get to the locker room.
Sharpe was subsequently ruled out due to the sprain and that represents a huge blow to Brooklyn’s bench unit and frontcourt rotation, assuming that the injury is severe enough to keep him out for an extended period of time. “He’ll stay back. (He) won’t travel with us to Paris right now. We’ll see if he’s going to join us in Paris,” Vaughn said of Sharpe.
The Nets left for Paris shortly after the conclusion of Sunday’s game against the Trail Blazers as they have a week’s worth of events planned across the pond. Brooklyn will face the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday which is their main reason for being in Paris in the first place.
