Kelly Oubre Jr Officials Blown Foul Call

Kelly Oubre Jr is now injured and will be re-evaluated in approximately two weeks

Drew Smith
March 12, 2026
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The hits keep coming. Kelly Oubre Jr. suffered a lateral collateral ligament sprain in his left elbow during Tuesday’s win over the Grizzlies and will be re-evaluated in approximately two weeks.

Kelly Oubre Jr OUT with a lateral collateral ligament sprain in his left elbow

Kelly Oubre Jr. suffered a sprain of the lateral collateral ligament in his left elbow.

The initial injury occurred during last night’s game against Memphis.

Oubre will be reevaluated in approximately two weeks
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Kelly Oubre Jr. played a team-high 38 minutes and scored a season-high 30 points in that game. He wore a wrap around the elbow postgame. Now he joins the ever-growing list of people the Sixers do not have available.

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For Thursday’s game in Detroit against the 46-18 Pistons, here is who is out: Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, Paul George, Kelly Oubre, and Johni Broome. Adem Bona is questionable with back soreness.

The two-way contract players and the 22-year-old are starting now. That is where we are with 17 games left in the NBA regular season.

Kelly Oubre Jr was already playing through a season that included a left knee LCL sprain that kept him out from mid-November to early January. Same knee, different ligament. The man has been through it this year and was finally playing his best basketball of the season right when the team needed him most. Of course this happened.

Dalen Terry and Justin Edwards are next in line for wing minutes.

Terry had a solid closing stretch against Memphis with five points, four assists, and two rebounds. Edwards has shown flashes. Neither one of them is a replacement for Oubre’s 14.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game off the bench.

The Sixers are 35-30 and in the Play-In Tournament. They are playing the Detroit Pistons, who are 46-18, shorthanded to an almost comical degree.

This is a very bad situation and there is no version of the roster healthy right now that makes Thursday look like a winnable game.