The Atlanta Hawks got their first unofficial update on Trae Young’s knee injury after taking a nasty hit to the knee from Brian Sutterer MD, a medical doctor who comments on sports injuries in real time. Young was diagnosed with a right ankle sprain by Hawks PR, which Sutterer said is consistent with a ligament injury.
The contact to the knee came from the outside, which puts a “valgus force” on the knee. This stretches the inside of the knee and compresses the outside of the knee. The stretching is the more dangerous impact, which would impact the ligament on the interior of the knee, the MCL.