76ers' Tyrese Maxey out at least 3 weeks with finger tendon injury - ESPN

Philadelphia 76ers star guard Tyrese Maxey has been diagnosed with a tendon injury to his right pinkie and will be reevaluated in approximately three weeks, the team announced Tuesday.

The All-Star starter was injured in a collision with teammate Adem Bona with 16 seconds left in a loss at Atlanta on Saturday. Maxey immediately grabbed his right hand, tucking it under his jersey as he walked directly to the locker room.

Coach Nick Nurse said Monday that Maxey underwent X-rays and an MRI that showed there were no broken bones in his hand. But Nurse did say Maxey would «see the hand specialists to figure out what's next.»

Maxey underwent additional imaging and consultations with multiple hand specialists before being diagnosed with the tendon injury, according to the team.

Maxey sprained the same pinkie last season. He is averaging career highs in points (29), rebounds (4.1), assists (6.7), steals (two) and blocks (0.8) in 61 games for Philadelphia, which entered its game Tuesday against Memphis in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with four losses in the past five games.

Philadelphia is 33-28 with Maxey — the only NBA player with 100 steals and 50 blocks this season — and 1-2 without him.

The last day of the NBA regular season is April 12. If Maxey were to not play again in the regular season, he would fall four games short of the eligibility requirement for All-NBA honors.

Also sidelined for Philadelphia against the Grizzlies were Joel Embiid (right oblique strain) and Paul George (league suspension). Embiid will be missing his fifth consecutive contest, and Nurse said that he would be reevaluated later this week. George is a couple of weeks away from returning from a 25-game suspension for violating the terms of