NBA players send prayers to Blazers' Nurkic after devastating injury
Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic suffered a catastrophic left leg injury during Monday's 148-144 home win over the Brooklyn Nets in double overtime.
Prayers poured in from around the NBA on social media in support of the 24-year-old Bosnian shortly after the injury occurred.
Nurkic🙏🏿
— DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) March 26, 2019
Nurkic 🙏🏽
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for @bosnianbeast27 🙏🏽
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) March 26, 2019
Sending Prayers Nurkić...🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) March 26, 2019
Praying for you hard right now Nurkic, Gods got you! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) March 26, 2019
Man!! Prayers to Nurkic...🙏🏾
— DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan) March 26, 2019
get well soon big fella @bosnianbeast27
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin23) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for my brother @bosnianbeast27 🙏😔 pic.twitter.com/Xa6XtUIr0X
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for Nurkic!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) March 26, 2019
Damn... hate to see this. Get well soon big guy. #nurkic
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) March 26, 2019
Prayers out to @bosnianbeast27 🙏🏾
— andrew wiggins (@22wiggins) March 26, 2019
Best wishes @bosnianbeast27. Stay strong and come back even stronger. #NBAFamily 🙏🏼
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) March 26, 2019
Damn man thoughts and prayers 🙏🏽 #StayStrong @bosnianbeast27
— Zach LaVine (@ZachLaVine) March 26, 2019
Nurkic🙏🙏
— Evan Fournier (@EvanFourmizz) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for Nurkic.. 🙏🏾
— Tim Hardaway Jr (@T_HardJR) March 26, 2019
Prayers to go out to @bosnianbeast27!!!! You hate to see injuries like that.. Health is bigger then basketball.. I know hell make a speedy recovery and come back better! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) March 26, 2019
🙏🏻 Nurkic
— Kevin Huerter (@KevinHuerter) March 26, 2019
Prayers for Nurkic 🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Buddy Love !!!! (@buddyhield) March 26, 2019
Prayers and support out to you Nurkic!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Andre Roberson (@FlyDre21) March 26, 2019
Damn I hate to see stuff like that. Prayers up for Nurkic!!! 🙏🏽
— Robert Covington (@Holla_At_Rob33) March 26, 2019
Damn man! Many Prayers up for Nurkic! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Danny Green (@DGreen_14) March 26, 2019
Damn:(( praying for big fella🙏🏼 awful injury ☹️
— Marcin Gortat🇵🇱 (@MGortat) March 26, 2019
Damn!! #PrayingforNurkic to get back like Hayward did.🙏🏿🙏🏿
— Thon Maker ™ (@ThonMaker14) March 26, 2019
Praying for you Nurkic!
— Langston Galloway (@LangGalloway10) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for @bosnianbeast27 🙏🏾🙏🏾!!!! Hate to see that 😔
— Garrett Temple (@GTemp17) March 26, 2019
God please be with Nurkic🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Harry Giles III (@HGiiizzle) March 26, 2019
Prayers up for Nurkic man i HATE seeing that come back stronger bro 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Richaun Holmes (@Rich_Holmes22) March 26, 2019