The Chicago Bulls released in their injury report news regarding Kirk Hinrich’s thumb injury from last night’s game. Here is what they wrote:

Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich was examined on Saturday by Dr. John Fernandez, and Bulls team physician, Dr. Brian Cole, both of Rush University Medical Center. The results of that exam confirmed the earlier MRI which showed a torn ulnar collateral ligament of his right thumb. The injury will require surgery, which will be performed on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at Rush.

Hinrich may be out as long as 12 weeks following his surgery. The injury occurred in the third quarter of Friday’s Bulls win over Phoenix. On the year, Hinrich has appeared in six games and averaged 8.3 ppg, 4.0 apg, 1.8 rpg and 1.33 spg in 24.5 mpg.

In his sixth season with the Bulls, Hinrich has appeared in 389 regular season games with the Bulls, and missed just 21 games during that span. Chicago’s first round pick (seventh overall) in NBA Draft 2003, he owns career averages of 14.3 ppg, 6.3 apg, 3.5 rpg, 1.30 spg and 35.0 mpg.

This pretty much takes care of the guard glut for the foreseeable future.  This is unfortunate for the Bulls as Hinrich was playing pretty decent basketball.  This obviously opens up a larger role for Ben Gordon on the team this season.

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Tags: Dr. Brian Cole, Dr. John Fernandez, injury, Kirk Hinrich, MRI, Rush, surgery, thumb injury, ulnar collateral ligament

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