The Atlanta Hawks are tipping their season off on Wednesday night vs the Brooklyn Nets, but they are going to be doing so without second-year guard Kobe Bufkin.
On Monday, the team announced that Bufkin was going to miss the season opener vs the Nets due to sustaining a right shoulder injury during practice on Saturday. The team said that they will update his health as appropriate.
Hopefull for Bufkin and the Hawks, this is not something that keeps him out long term. Bufkin was out for all of Summer League with a right shoulder subluxation and he also missed time during his rookie season with injuries. During the preseason, Bufkin was the main backup point guard for the Hawks. It will be interesting to see how Hawks head coach Quin Snyder handles the minutes when Trae Young is off the floor. This is one of the biggest questions for the Hawks coming into the season and without Bufkin, it becomes even more of a question. While not a true point guard, it could be that Bogdan Bogdanovic handles the offense with Young off the floor. Vit Krejci and Dyson Daniels are also candidates to handle things with Young off the floor.
Bufkin had a solid, though far from perfect, preseason. He finished very well in the last game, scoring 31 points and hitting seven three's. Bufkin played in all four games this preseason and averaged 15 points on 37% shooting from the floor and 35% from three. He also averaged 4.3 APG and 3.0 RPG in 26 minutes per game.
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