Jazz's Lauri Markkanen Has Two Fractures in His Right Hand and Will Be Reevaluated in Four Weeks

By The Arena Staff

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 11, 2026 — The last game Lauri Markkanen played, he made eight 3-pointers. It turns out he did it with a broken hand.

The Utah Jazz announced Wednesday that Markkanen has two nondisplaced fractures in his right hand and will be reevaluated in four weeks, according to NBA.com and the Deseret News. The team said he got hurt in the Nov. 6 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, the same night he scored 24 points. The Jazz did not give a timetable for his return.

It's a fresh injury, not the old one. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the fractures are unrelated to the right wrist problem Markkanen had already been playing through. He first hurt the wrist against Memphis on Oct. 26, lasting six minutes that night before sitting out one game and coming back for four more, the Deseret News said.

Losing him stings. The former All-Star is averaging 18.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists in eight games and shooting 39.7% from 3-point range, NBA.com reported.

He also joins a long list. Markkanen is the third Jazz starter to miss multiple weeks, the Tribune noted, after Jaren Jackson Jr. tore his MCL three games into the season and Jusuf Nurkić tore a plantar plate in his foot in the preseason. Jackson isn't expected to be reevaluated until early to mid-December, and Nurkić's next checkup is set for next week, according to the Deseret News. Keyonte George also sat out Tuesday's loss to Miami with a sprained ankle.

The results have followed. Utah came into Wednesday at 1-10, tied with Milwaukee and Sacramento for the worst record in the league, per the Deseret News.

For now, Will Hardy's rotation leans even harder on the kids. The Tribune reported that the Jazz plan to use the stretch to develop Darryn Peterson, Ace Bailey and George, and there's real internal excitement about how all three have started. Once Jackson, Nurkić and Markkanen are back, the team will take stock of where it stands.