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Friday / November 22.
  • Former No. 1 & 2 Picks Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist On Injured List

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    What are the odds that the No. 1 and 2 picks in the same draft would suffer the exact same injury within the same week?

    That’s what has happened to former Kentucky teammates Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist of the Charlotte Bobcats, both of whom are our 4-6 weeks with a fractured left hand.

    Davis, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 Draft, fractured his left hand in Sunday’s win over the Knicks and is out 4-6 weeks.

    Kidd-Gilchrist, the No. 2 pick that year, reportedly fractured his left hand Tuesday night during a third-quarter drive in Charlotte’s 89-82 road loss to Dallas.

    “I looked down at my finger and it was [pointing] the wrong way,” Kidd-Gilchrist told the Charlotte Observer.

    “That’s a big hit,” [Bobcats coach Steve] Clifford said. “Foul trouble has limited his minutes some lately, but he’s been really good. … If you watched him from the summer to now, there’s been a lot of progress since Vegas [summer league]. He can be an elite defender in this league. He’s very bright.”

    Jeff Taylor, a 2012 second-round pick out of Vanderbilt, will likely move into the starting lineup in Kidd-Gilchrist’s place.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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