Jusuf Nurkic has been diagnosed with a nondisplaced fibular fracture in his right leg.

Nurkic will be out two weeks and then reevaluated.

In 20 games since joining Portland, Nurkic is averaging 15.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.25 assists in 29.2 minutes.

The Blazers are currently considered the favorites for the eighth seed in the Western Conference/

The Philadelphia 76ers have shut down Jahlil Okafor for the final seven games of the season.

Okafor has been experiencing right knee soreness.

Robert Covington will miss the remainder of the season with a slight tear of his lateral meniscus in his right knee.

Covington will miss the final seven games of the Philadelphia 76ers' season.

Covington averaged 12.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 67 games this season.

The 76ers' own a team option on Covington's contract for the 17-18 season.

Ivica Zubac was injured in the first quarter of Thursday night’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Results of the X-rays were negative and the MRI confirmed a high ankle sprain in his right ankle.

Zubac will be out for the remainder of the season and will be re-evaluated in two weeks.

The New Orleans Pelicans announced that Omer Asik and forward Quincy Pondexter will miss the remainder of the season.

Asik, who was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal infection, is expected to return to basketball activities in 3-4 weeks.

Pondexter underwent left knee arthroscopic surgery on January 4, 2017. Further updates on his rehab progress will be announced appropriately.

The Golden State Warriors released the following update on the injury of Kevin Durant.

"Kevin has made very good progress since suffering the injury four weeks ago in Washington. He has not experienced any setbacks to date and has progressed as well as could be expected. At this point, he is being incorporated into non-contact basketball drills – shooting, running and jumping – and the plan is to intensify his level of movement over the next several days, which will include more explosive cutting and lateral maneuvers. His eventual return to contact drills and practice will be predicated upon his progress to the increased intensity of his workouts, and a return to game action prior to the end of the regular season remains a possibility. He will be re-evaluated again in the next 7-10 days."

Reggie Jackson had a frustrating 16-17 season in which he could never fully get back from the platelet-rich plasma treatment he underwent for his left knee tendinosis.

“Just felt a little different. There were plays I know I made in ’15 and ’16 and gaps that I could hit and had the confidence to get there at all times,” he said after Tuesday’s loss at the buzzer to Miami gravely wounded his team’s playoff chances. “And this season, at times felt good and I could get there, other times felt like I was a shell of myself.”

“He was absolutely dominant,” Van Gundy said. “He had a great summer.”

The Pistons were 11-10 without Jackson before his early-December return.

“I could see the gap and felt like I couldn’t get there at times, couldn’t explode there, couldn’t get there as quick,” Jackson said. “It was like guys are popping out of nowhere when they get back in front of the ball and get in front of me. Didn’t feel like I was quite the same.”

Jackson is hopeful of a silver lining in what has been a lost season.

“It’s tough, but I also think it’s going to be good in the long run, force me to have to play a little different, force me to have to expand my game,” he said. “I haven’t been great this season by the way that I measure myself, but without pain there wouldn’t be joy. I truly believe there’s light at the end of the tunnel and I see it with everything I’ve gone through so far. This season will all be worth it and will make everything that much more joyful.”

The NBA's independent doctor has decided Joakim Noah is healthy enough to play following his knee surgery.

Noah will immediately begin serving his 20-game suspension over the final eight games of the current season. Noah will then miss the first 12 games of the 17-18 season.

Noah received a 20-game suspension for violating the NBA's anti-drug program.

The Indiana Pacers will waive Rodney Stuckey.

Stuckey is out several weeks with a patellar strain.

Stuckey had an April 10th guarantee date on his contract for the 17-18 season worth $7 million.

Joakim Noah is attempting to be medically cleared to return from his left knee surgery in order to begin his 20-game suspension this season. 

Noah was cleared to return to practice on Monday by New York Knicks' doctors but the NBA has yet to determine if they'll clear him to play, which would then officially start his suspension.

“Right now, it’s just starting my suspension as soon as possible,” Noah said. “And moving on from this.”

Noah made a mistake in taking an over-the-counter supplement while recovering from one of his many injuries. It was that supplement that apparently resulted in the positive test, and Noah told reporters that it was not provided to him by the Knicks.

“I tried to take a supplement to help me with everything that I was going through,” said Noah. “I’ve gone through a lot of injuries, and I tried to take something to help me and it backfired. So I know it didn’t come from a bad place. I was working with the league on this for a while.

“I think that I got punished for 20 games is severe. But it is what it is, and I’ve got to bounce back.”

Noah admitted he made a mistake in taking the banned substance.

"I made a mistake. It was a tough year for me, for this team," Noah said after returning to practice Tuesday. "... I let a lot of people down. It was a mistake. And I gotta learn from it and bounce back. This is a tough moment and I'm going to learn from it."