{"id":434299,"date":"2026-01-24T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/434299\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:10:10","slug":"season-over-for-star-jackjumper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/434299\/","title":{"rendered":"Season over for star JackJumper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tasmania JackJumpers\u2019 injury woes continue, with star import Bryce Hamilton out for the remainder of the season due to an ACL injury.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton hurt himself during Thursday night\u2019s loss to the Sydney Kings, the same game that saw Majok Deng sidelined with concussion.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton was right in the mix for All-NBL First Team honours, averaging 18.2 points on 47 per cent shooting across the NBL26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely devastating for Bryce, and for our group. We\u2019re all really feeling for him\u201d General Manager Basketball, Darren Smith said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were hopeful, with initial indications, that his injury was minor and any pain could be appropriately managed by our High Performance team. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, scans have confirmed our worst fears, and he\u2019ll now work with our medical team to determine the best course of action for surgery and recovery\u201d Smith said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously this adds to our injury list at a crucial time of the season, but we know we have the depth to finish the season well and make our fans proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Big man Will Magnay had already been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a toe injury.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a cruel blow for the JackJumpers as they cling on to sixth spot, with a spot in the Play-In Tournament on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania hosts Illawarra on Saturday night at 8:00pm AEDT, live on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769253010_535_696c98892c8c7c60fcf827ad_696810544c3525aaec836c13_Disney%2B_1920x250_V1.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tasmania JackJumpers\u2019 injury woes continue, with star import Bryce Hamilton out for the remainder of the season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-434299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}