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Kyrie Irving injury mystery deepens, now being called ‘thoracic bursitis’

Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson, writing for Heavy.com, reports that Kyrie Irving’s condition is now being called thoracic bursitis and that it will likely cause him to miss another two to three weeks. There is no confirmation regarding the change in terminology —from shoulder impingement to thoracic bursitis— but Robinson quotes “a source within the Nets organization”...

On Monday evening during Irving’s ‘Nike Kyrie Irving Invitational Tournament’ at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, a source within the Nets organization stated that Irving could be out two to three more weeks with what they are privately calling thoracic bursitis.