In the ever so horrible world of the Minnesota Timberwolves this season it seems like when one player returns, another one goes down. Case in point last night when the Timberwolves saw their big money big man, Nikola Pekovic, return to the starting lineup and then they lost their recent spark off the bench, former Purdue Boilermaker star, Robbie Hummel.
Hummel received his shot due to injuries to Shabazz Muhammad and their original starting guard, Kevin Martin. He was getting almost 30 minutes a game in his last 5 games, scoring 6.6 points a game and he was getting his chance. Now that’s been halted due to another T-Wolves injury.
The following reported by Jerry Zgoda of the Star-Tribune:
The Wolves termed Hummel’s injury a nondisplaced fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his shooting hand. He said he expects to miss four to six weeks after he hit it during a collision at third quarter’s end.
“I don’t even know. I have to look at the play because it happened so fast,” Hummel said. “It just felt weird right away. I knew it wasn’t right….
“It’s really disappointing,” Hummel said. “It’s tough to get in a rhythm, and I felt I have been the last couple weeks. It’s frustrating, but there are worse things that could happen. I’ve been through it before [he tore his ACL twice within a year at Purdue] so it’s just a bump in the road. Compared to the ACLs, this is nothing.”
The main issue now is going to be what happens to the former college star when he returns from this injury. By time he gets back, Kevin Martin and Shabazz Muhammad should be in the full swing of things and that means Hummel will be sent back to the end of the T-Wolves bench.
