{"id":509930,"date":"2026-08-14T10:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=509930"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:16:45","slug":"former-nba-player-dequan-jones-suffers-severe-leg-injury-in-philippine-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/former-nba-player-dequan-jones-suffers-severe-leg-injury-in-philippine-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA player DeQuan Jones suffers severe leg injury in Philippine league"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"1860\" data-end=\"2044\">Former NBA player <strong data-start=\"1891\" data-end=\"1907\">DeQuan Jones<\/strong> suffered a gruesome lower-leg injury during a <strong data-start=\"1954\" data-end=\"1991\">Philippine Basketball Association<\/strong> game, forcing him to leave the court on a stretcher.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2046\" data-end=\"2285\">The incident occurred during the matchup between the <strong data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2121\">NLEX Road Warriors<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2126\" data-end=\"2146\">TNT Tropang Giga<\/strong>. Jones landed awkwardly after driving to the basket, and an opposing player fell onto his planted right leg, causing a devastating injury.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2287\" data-end=\"2501\">According to <strong data-start=\"2300\" data-end=\"2311\">Spin.ph<\/strong>, Jones suffered a <strong data-start=\"2330\" data-end=\"2358\">complete fibula fracture<\/strong>, a <strong data-start=\"2362\" data-end=\"2382\">dislocated ankle<\/strong>, and a <strong data-start=\"2390\" data-end=\"2420\">fractured medial malleolus<\/strong>. He was taken directly to the hospital, where he successfully underwent surgery.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/PBA50?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PBA50<\/a> DeQuan Jones suffers freak leg injury in NLEX-TNT clash, by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justinebacnis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@justinebacnis<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ReadMore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ReadMore<\/a> \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gNIIcpq8le\">https:\/\/t.co\/gNIIcpq8le<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7d4wicRBkA\">pic.twitter.com\/7d4wicRBkA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tiebreaker Times (@tiebreakertimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tiebreakertimes\/status\/2087167209563165173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2503\" data-end=\"2617\">The injury drew comparisons to <strong data-start=\"2534\" data-end=\"2551\">Paul George&#8217;s<\/strong> infamous leg injury suffered during a Team USA scrimmage in 2014.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2619\" data-end=\"2787\">Before the injury, the 36-year-old was leading the NLEX Road Warriors to the top spot in Group A with a 7-1 record, averaging <strong data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2777\">24.8 points and 7.6 rebounds<\/strong> per game.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2789\" data-end=\"2939\">After going undrafted in 2012, Jones spent one NBA season with the <strong data-start=\"2856\" data-end=\"2873\">Orlando Magic<\/strong> before continuing his professional career across Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2941\" data-end=\"2960\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"2941\" data-end=\"2960\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Source: Spin.ph<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jones underwent successful surgery after sustaining a fractured fibula, a dislocated ankle and a broken medial malleolus during a PBA game. 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