Pelicans official announcement! Looney has sprained his left knee ligament and will be sidelined for at least 2-3 weeks. The old player once said that the Pelicans were cursed.

On October 16, the Pelicans suffered another injury. The team's new aid Looney was determined to be injured for at least 2-3 weeks. The New Orleans Pelicans officially announced that Kevin Looney was diagnosed with a sprain of the proximal tibiofibular ligament in his left knee. The injury occurred in the Pelicans' preseason game against the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix on October 6. Looney will be re-evaluated in 2-3 weeks and further information will be released in due course.

During this offseason, 29-year-old Looney signed a two-year, $16 million new contract with the Pelicans. His end of a 10-year career with the Warriors sparked heated discussions. He helped the Warriors win three championships. After joining the Pelicans, Looney switched to jersey No. 55 and opened a new chapter in his career.

However, before the start of the new season, Looney, known as the "Iron Man", was accidentally injured and suffered a sprain of the proximal tibiofibular ligament of his left knee. He was sidelined for at least 2-3 weeks. Since there are still 6 days until the start of the new season, this means that Looney will miss at least the first two weeks of the new season.

Are the Pelicans cursed by injuries again? Talking about the injury problems of his former club, the Pelicans, over the years, former Pelicans player Dyson Daniels once publicly said: That team was cursed. Something new happens every year. I'm glad I'm not there anymore...I had four or five ankle injuries there. There was something in the water there, their hamstrings were hurt, their knees were hurt, they had concussions and stuff like that. They have everything there. I don't know what that is. Playing hard, I guess?

Regarding Looney's injury, medical expert Jeff Stotts said that the proximal tibiofibular joint is located below the knee, where the edge of the tibia contacts the round head of the fibula. Proximal tibiofibular joint injuries are relatively rare, but they do occur; Smart suffered a proximal tibiofibular subluxation in 2015, which sidelined him for 37 days (18 games).

Last season, Looney played 76 games for the Warriors, averaging 4.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 15 minutes per game. He played for the Warriors for 10 years and helped the Warriors win three championships in the 2016-17 season, 2017-18 season and 2021-22 season.