Andres Nocioni Out With an Ankle Sprain

It’s a blow to the Argentinian national team and the one that pays Nocioni’s salary, the Philly Sixers. From the Daily News: “The 76ers’ Andres Nocioni sprained his left ankle Friday while training with Argentina’s national team and is out indefinitely pending results of X-rays and an MRI exam. A report in Argentina suggested Nocioni could be out for roughly 20 days. Ed Stefanski, the Sixers’ president/general manager, said he was awaiting the test results, which will be forwarded to the Sixers’ medical staff. ‘Until then, we don’t know the severity of the situation,’ Stefanski said. Given that, it would be premature to question whether the injury will affect Nocioni’s availability to play in the World Championships, which begin Aug. 28 in Turkey.”