Chicago Bulls’ forward Patrick Williams is expected to miss the remainder of the 2021-22 NBA regular season due to a left wrist injury sustained in his team’s 104-103 loss to the New York Knicks on Thursday night.
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Williams, 20, was the fourth overall pick in the 2020 draft.
In 81 games with the Bulls, Williams has averaged 9.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.3 assists on 49/39/74 shooting splits.
The Bulls will be at a major disadvantage without Williams – and will likely need to run three guards in the starting lineup to make up for his absence.
We’re a little bit smaller at that position and we’ve played smaller there … but when you lose a guy like that that can guard a lot of different positions and has got the strength and size to deal with post-up players, like Patrick does, it definitely hurts,” Bulls’ head coach Billy Donovan said Friday, via ESPN.
The Bulls will look to get back on track on Saturday in a 8PM EST matchup against the San Antonio Spurs.