In the first week of Chicago Bulls training camp, Denzel Valentine suffered a sprained left ankle. He was originally supposed to be out 1-2 weeks. Valentine missed the Bulls five preseason games. The left ankle that he sprained in training camp was the same ankle that he had surgery on in his rookie season.
Denzel started to practice this week, and it seemed like he was close to returning. But the last two days, Valentine didn’t practice with the team.
On Friday, Valentine went to go see a specialist to get his ankle evaluated. Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg said via Cody Westerlund of 670 The Score that Denzel had a scan that showed a bone bruise in his left ankle.