Collison Out Indefinitely With A Bone Bruise

The Thunder has announced that forward Nick Collison will miss an unidentified amount of training camp after tests Tuesday morning revealed a bone bruise in his left knee.

The team, according to a press release, has decided that the best course of action is to rest the 6-10 reserve and re-evaluate him in the coming weeks to determine his availability.

Collison wasn’t made available to the media on Tuesday. But one positive is that the injury is not to the same knee that Collison underwent arthroscopic surgery on in mid-May so there is no further damage to the right knee that trouble the six-year veteran throughout last season.

Still, no matter when Collison is able to return this latest setback has to be considered disheartening. Collison labored through numerous injuries last season, including myriad finger, knee and ankle ailments. He was hoping to start this season with a clean bill of health. At the team’s Media Day on Monday, Collison told me his surgically repaired right knee was good to go, sounding confident that it shouldn’t be an issue this season. He apparently had no idea the left one would turn into a thing.

“The knee is doing great,” Collison said. “It feels a lot better now than it did last year pretty much all year. Even the year before, that’s kind of something I’ve been dealing with for awhile. It feels strong and ready to go. It shouldn’t be a problem.”