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Injury report

by Johnathan Kendrick
Jazzhoops.net Head Writer

Kris Humphries – Humphries twisted his ankle in Saturday night's Jazz win over the Pacer summer league squad. Not sure exactly how it happened, Humphries said he must have gotten too close to an opposing player as they were running down the court. The twisted ankle is fairly minor and doesn’t look to keep him out of the lineup for long.

“We’ll just have to treat it day by day and see how it responds,” said Gary Briggs, the Jazz trainer. “We’re not going to push him too hard here in the summer league… but I would be surprised if he didn’t play at least one more game before the end of it”.

Mo Williams – Wrestling with a pulled muscle, Williams sat out Saturday’s game on advice of the staff, mostly as a safety precaution. Williams is expected to rest the injury “for a few days.” Whether Williams returns to the Revue or not, if the Jazz, as predicted, sign Williams to a guaranteed contract for the upcoming season, it would give the team 13 players under contract. Allowed to have only 12 players on your active roster, it is very likely, baring injuries to other players, that Williams could start the season on the injured list with the same “injury.”

Curtis Borchardt - News only because after spending 145 of the last 169 regular season games on the Injured List – nothing but good news to report. Borchardt has looked very strong in two very physical games. He hasn’t just looked good – according to Borchardt he feels as good as he has looked.

“My foot has felt great for a couple of years now, the wrist is coming along but when you hit a couple jumpers, its pain free.” He isn’t worried about his injury-riddled past catching up to him either. “You can’t play that way, if you are always worried you are going to get hurt – you are going to get hurt.”