There’s good and bad news concerning the latest injury to Nicolas Batum. He won’t play tonight against the Cleveland Cavaliers after suffering an unlar nerve contusion against the Washington Wizards. Fortunately, it doesn’t sound as if he will be out long-term.
Batum tells the Charlotte Observer’s Rick Bonnell that “he’ll be fine” after participating in shootaround.
.@nicolas88batum will NOT play tonight, but he says he’ll be fine. No long-term concern and he participated in shootaround.
— Rick Bonnell (@rick_bonnell) November 24, 2017
A contusion is essentially a bruise, so as soon as it heals Batum should be good to go.