NBA players will tell you they can play through just about any injury.
If it doesn’t need to be re-attached or amputated, they’re good to go.
But we all know that’s not the reality. And Jalen Brunson said Friday that he feared the worst when 7-foot Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac came down on the left foot of the 6-1 Brunson.
“I just remember somebody landing on my foot,” Brunson said while recounting the incident in the second quarter of Tuesday’s overtime win over the Clippers. “I found out it was Zubac. That’s a big guy landing on the side of your foot.