Washington Wizards rookie Bilal Coulibaly will miss the rest of the season due to a fractured hand. Initially thought to be a wrist contusion, further tests revealed the fracture.
Official: Bilal Coulibaly will miss the remainder of the regular season after being diagnosed with a right wrist fracture.
The injury, which will be treated conservatively, was suffered when Coulibaly fell during the game on March 16 at Chicago.
— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) March 18, 2024
Coulibaly, the 7th pick in last year’s draft, has been improving throughout the season and has been showing promise as the team’s point guard.
In his last five games, he averaged 11.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 32% from 3. However, with the Wizards far from playoff contention, there is no need to rush his return.
Coulibaly sustained the injury in a game against the Chicago Bulls and will now be sidelined for the final 14 games of the season.
Despite this setback, Coulibaly has had a solid rookie season, averaging 8.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.7 assists while shooting 34.6% from 3-point range in 63 games.
He has also been selected to participate in the NBA Rising Stars game and has been praised for his maturity and professionalism.
Fans reacted as follows:
He gonna be back for playoffs LFG
— Ryan Sobol (@Sobolslam) March 18, 2024
Wizards fans can’t enjoy anything
— ۟ (@outthewaytre) March 18, 2024
Damn hes the future of your franchise don’t give up on him
— KlawWrld (@kawhi_ring) March 18, 2024
That's unfortunate news about Bilal Coulibaly. It's never easy to see a player sidelined due to an injury. Let's hope he has a speedy recovery and can return to the game soon. 🏀💪
— Preacher (@PHYSAYO23) March 18, 2024
NOOOOOOOO THIS CANT BE HAPPENING
— optimistic nats fan (@optimistic5518) March 18, 2024
Seasons over thank you fans
— ZFARM (@ZFARM_) March 18, 2024
France man can hoop .
— BiggBreeze (@BigBreezy29) March 18, 2024
i have never heard of this dude 😭
— ً (@Pick6Jaire) March 18, 2024
man i can’t enjoy shit this season 😭😭😭💔💔💔💔 pic.twitter.com/gGJZMV74fh
— Max 🏌🏼 (@Max0o05) March 19, 2024
Unlucky! 😑 He seems like a good guy. Hope he recovers fully soon anyway!
— Jatocoty 🇵🇱 (@tookornotook) March 18, 2024
Get well soon we need Bilal in the Olympics
— Seb Daly-Schveitzer (@twitseb) March 18, 2024
Pacers legend, hopefully he recovers quickly
— goat 🐐 (@pacersgoat) March 18, 2024
Yeah I’m definitely not watching any more wizards games this season
— andy (@Andy_00333) March 18, 2024
Nooo!!! Not my over 9.5 points bet.
Get better man— Kellan Wotus (@ThisAintThatKel) March 18, 2024
Well this will drastically change championship odds in Vegas
— Jimmy Lemke (@JimmyLemke) March 18, 2024
There goes my NBA MVP parlay bet I had smh.
— Dezmond Stoudamire ✪ (@D_stoudie3) March 18, 2024
