{"id":621823,"date":"2026-02-24T12:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/621823\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:19:21","slug":"jazzs-vince-williams-jr-may-have-acl-injury-in-left-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/621823\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz&#8217;s Vince Williams Jr. May Have ACL Injury In Left Knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/willivi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vince Williams Jr.<\/a> had to be carried to the locker room during Monday\u2019s loss at Houston and multiple sources who spoke to Sarah Todd of The Deseret News (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nbasarah.bsky.social\/post\/3mflfzfjlvs2h\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bluesky<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nbasarah.bsky.social\/post\/3mflf7ki3gc2h\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">links<\/a>) believe the Jazz guard sustained a \u201csignificant ACL injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-465706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vince-Williams-Jr.-vert-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>According to Todd, Williams left the arena on crutches and will undergo an MRI in Salt Lake City on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look good, we\u2019ll get an MRI,\u201d head coach Will Hardy said.<\/p>\n<p>Williams injured his knee while running back on defense when the Rockets had a fast break. He was bumped by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/easonta01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tari Eason<\/a> and lost his balance, and his left knee hyperextended inward in a gruesome manner. The video is not for the squeamish (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nbasarah.bsky.social\/post\/3mflckgvoyk2h\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bluesky link<\/a> via Todd).<\/p>\n<p>Hardy was upset about the play, which wasn\u2019t called a foul, Todd adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not basketball,\u201d Hardy said.<\/p>\n<p>Eason checked on Williams after the game, Todd reports (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nbasarah.bsky.social\/post\/3mflhw3qwok23\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">via Bluesky<\/a>), and let Williams know he wasn\u2019t trying to injure him.<\/p>\n<p>The 47th overall pick in the 2022 draft, Williams was acquired by Utah earlier this month in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jacksja02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/a> trade with Memphis. Entering Monday\u2019s game, Williams was averaging 5.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists in five appearances with Utah (15.2 MPG).<\/p>\n<p>The former Toledo guard played in 34 games with the Grizzlies prior to being traded, averaging 8.0 PPG, 4.4 APG and 4.0 RPG in 21.6 MPG.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is in his fourth NBA season and is making $2.3MM this season. The Jazz hold a $2.5MM team option on his contract for 2026\/27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vince Williams Jr. had to be carried to the locker room during Monday\u2019s loss at Houston and multiple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[7,423,6,422,427,3972,4078],"class_list":["post-621823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utah-jazz","tag-basketball","tag-jazz","tag-nba","tag-utah","tag-utah-jazz","tag-utahjazz","tag-vince-williams"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116125576642611965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}