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The Cleveland Cavaliers, as a team, are in fairly decent shape - except in the frontcourt.  Branson Wright of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Cavaliers forward Donyell Marshall is being listed as day-to-day with a right wrist injury that may be more serious than initially believed.

Marshall injured his wrist initially in the season opener against the Dallas Mavericks when Mavs guard Devin Harris ran into him and Marshall fell to the ground.  After Friday’s game against New York, the team decided to put Marshall’s wrist in a splint.  Marshall told the Plain Dealer, regarding the injury, “I wasn’t really sure if it was something lingering from that surgery.  I got treatment [Thursday], so the next game [against the Knicks], I took some shots, and my wrist was clicking and popping.”  I’m not a doctor, but for some reason, that description sounds very much like a “dislocation” of his wrist.

Marshall will wear the splint for at least a week before the Cavs decide on their next move.  In the meantime, this should open up some more playing time for forwards Ira Newble and Cedric Simmons.

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