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Nobody Cares That Jabari Smith Jr. Is Out 4-6 Weeks



Eyewitnesses attest that Jabari Smith Jr. may have
been carried off in a stretcher such as this one.
CHICAGO, IL - Bulls forward Jabari Smith Jr. seemed dejected after Chicago's emphatic win over the Rockets yesterday afternoon.

"It's like they all forgot about me," he could be heard wailing in the Bulls locker room as the facility shut down for the night.

Smith suffered a fracture seven minutes into the game against Houston, which is set to sideline him up to six weeks during a critical time for the Bulls to establish themselves in the East. In another game, mere moments after Smith was helped off the floor, Atlanta Hawks guard Cade Cunningham sprained his ankle on a closeout against the Trail Blazers, and also expects a long timetable to return. 

Unfortunately for Smith, while Cunningham's injury sent murmurs through the league and sparked snide comments and well-wishes alike from millions of people, no news outlet or insider even mentioned Smith's injury until NBN Today did, well, today.

The Bulls young self-proclaimed budding superstar noted that even his own teammates and medical staff were only talking about Cunningham's ankle on the sidelines and in the locker room after the game. Smith believed he saw owner Chitownloyalty coming over to console him later that afternoon, but it turned out he was actually trying to hug the Michael Jordan statue behind him. 

"It's good luck to hug Michael," the longtime owner explained later to NBN Today. "When someone with so much potential and skill gets injured, you need to send them all the energy you have. My condolences go out to Cade and his family." 

Before leaving, he told Smith to also hug the statue "out of respect" and that if he didn't, he wouldn't be starting in tomorrow's game against the Pistons.

"I'm a young star, too, you know," Jabari said on an Instagram broadcast last night to twelve viewers. "I play a huge role for this up-and-coming Bulls team and sometimes it feels like it's just about the other guys."

As of noon Eastern time today, Cade Cunningham's injury has four reactions on #injury-report, including a broken heart emoji. Jabari Smith's injury has no reactions.

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