Nika Injured

[Bone Dog]

A little ray of sunshine?

 

[sun]

I sincerely hope that she comes back to the US to receive the best medical care.

 

[Stagnant]

Unfortunately, it does sound like she tore her acl.



(You can visit the tweet and hit the translate option.)

 

[yhun89]

Out the rest of the season. This goes far beyond just Euro Ball. She might not even be able to go to training camp and get cut. Truly devastating circumstances.

 

[Cuango]

Prayers and best wishes for our Nika!

 

[Scud49]

Gabby with a huge hug for her:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1841852835073548401

 

[Huskee11]

Brokenhearted.

 

[augustaTC]

The agony in her voice... oy.

Just breaks my heart for Nika. She must have really torn it up for such a tough girl to express such agony. Said a prayer for her. Love that kid.

 

[YoDore]

 

[UConnCat]

Heartbroken for Nika. I know she'll come back stronger than ever.

The game was in the SuperCup and the MVP was one Gabby Williams. Bittersweet for Husky Nation.

 

[UConnCat]

 

[CB360]

That Young lady is one of the tuffest kid I've ever seen at UConn, Women or Men!! For her to react in that way, Damn, Heartbreaking . Wishing all the best to one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES!!

 

[Beemer]

Nika's my girl and to hear her scream & cry like that is awful. It must have scared the hell out of her. I'm devastated for her.

You got this Nika and you've got all of UConn nation pulling for you!!!

 

[ochoopsfan]

The ironic thing about Besiktas, Nika's team, playing in this game, they shouldnt have.
This game normally is the winners of the Euroleague and Euro Cup, from last season.
Besiktas lost the Euro Cup to the London Lions. However, the Lions ownership, late last season said they would not field a WBB team to play on the International level. So Besiktas, the runner up took their place. The Lions still have a team that plays in the British WBL, a weak league IMO, and no international players to speak of.

 

[Scud49]

Our Nika - getting some help at medal time:

 

[Skeets]

My heart breaks,

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

Every Husky fan in every part of the World loves you Nika and we are praying for your full recovery.

 

[Dugway]

Had to have killed her; the knee is horrible enough! But also, with all of Nika’s fashion senses, to have to wear that gawd awful uniform.

Blessings certainly are around the corner for her!

 

[Ozimoto]

She has unfortunately joined the UConn torn ACL club.

 

[Gus Mahler]

Another ACL. <moan>

I was so expecting her to use her Euro season to develop her game. Big setback.

 

[oldude]

For what it’s worth, Nika was having a very nice game when she went down in the 3rd qtr with 11 pts, 3 rbs & 9 assists. The play she was injured on came off a steal with Nika set to head down court with the ball.

After feeling really bad about this news for several hours, I have concluded that Nika will be back, better than ever because she is undoubtedly one of the toughest, most determined athletes I’ve ever seen.

 

[Stagnant]

The injury is incredibly unfortunate and a big issue. Nika needed the development.

This is what I was thinking about when I heard the news:

Consider for a moment the professional basketball journey of Christyn Williams.

 

[LGITB]

One must wonder about the impact of a full college season, followed immediately by a WNBA season (granted not a lot of game time but certainly intense practices and fitness work) followed on immediately by pro basketball. Such a shame some/most(?) players cannot afford to take time off and properly recover.

 

[oldude]

One must wonder about the impact of a full college season, followed immediately by a WNBA season (granted not a lot of game time but certainly intense practices and fitness work) followed on immediately by pro basketball. Such a shame some/most(?) players cannot afford to take time off and properly recover.

This has been a serious concern for WBB players for a number of years. The year round grind of the W + overseas basketball, added to those players coming into the W directly after completing a tough college season has resulted in far too many injuries to talented players.

 

[augustaTC]

So great to see her SMILE !!!!