{"id":256493,"date":"2025-11-02T00:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/256493\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T00:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:35:11","slug":"sources-trae-young-mcl-sprain-out-at-least-four-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/256493\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Trae Young (MCL sprain) out at least four weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shams Charania<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"author-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/charania_shams.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Shams Charania<\/p>\n<p>Senior NBA InsiderShams Charania is a senior NBA insider for ESPN. Charania reports NBA news and information across ESPN platforms and also contributes to ESPN&#8217;s exclusive coverage of the NBA draft. Charania has previously worked for FanDuel TV, Stadium, The Athletic, Yahoo Sports, RealGM and ChicagoNow. He is a Chicago native and graduated from Loyola University in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Ohm Youngmisuk<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"author-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/youngmisuk_ohm.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ohm Youngmisuk<\/p>\n<p>ESPN Staff WriterOhm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of Michigan State University.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/NotoriousOHM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow him on Twitter \u00bb<\/a>Nov 2, 2025, 05:03 AM<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"15096a54-f015-c987-5ec8-55afedf6272f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-hawks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> star <a data-player-guid=\"5745cf6d-e0cb-7585-60cd-97f7891bbeef\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4277905\/trae-young\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trae Young<\/a> sustained a sprained MCL in his right knee and will be reevaluated in four weeks, sources told ESPN on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Young underwent an MRI on Friday, and multiple doctor reviews showed that he dodged major structural damage in the knee.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News from Shams Charania<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/contributor\/shams-charania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"floatright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/charania_shams.png\" width=\"40%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download the ESPN app and enable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/contributor\/shams-charania\" target=\"new\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shams Charania&#8217;s news alerts<\/a> to receive push notifications for the latest updates first. Opt in by tapping the alerts bell in the top right corner. For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/story\/_\/id\/43511398\/introducing-espn-reporter-breaking-news-alerts-faq-fans\" target=\"new\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Young suffered the injury during the first quarter of Wednesday&#8217;s win over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"926db769-d35e-e282-9d7e-a05001d774ab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/bkn\/brooklyn-nets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> when he was standing underneath the basket when teammate <a data-player-guid=\"42a0fb82-0585-3b5e-908a-69162f7029c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4712863\/mouhamed-gueye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mouhamed Gueye<\/a> was shoved by Nets forward <a data-player-guid=\"eec5f676-3c7e-34b0-9d75-3b0007336541\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4712896\/noah-clowney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Clowney<\/a> and fell backward into Young&#8217;s leg<\/p>\n<p>Young left the team, which finishes a four-game road trip Sunday in Cleveland, to go back to Atlanta to undergo the MRI and see doctors.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning assists champ, Young is averaging 17.8 points and 7.8 assists this season.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shams Charania Close Shams Charania Senior NBA InsiderShams Charania is a senior NBA insider for ESPN. 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