In one of the Warriors’ more crushing blows in recent memory, guard Moses Moody suffered a horrific knee injury in the team’s 137-131 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday at American Airlines Center.
After snatching the ball from Dallas’ Cooper Flagg, Moody galloped down the court with no one near him. As he went to slam it home, his legs gave out from under him as he plummeted down to the hardwood. Moody suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee and will be out for the rest of the 2025-26 NBA season, the Warriors announced Tuesday.
Considering Moody was in the middle of the best season of his five-year NBA career and was the star of the game before the injury, it certainly was a letdown for those around the Bay. With a long road to recovery ahead of Moody, Arkansas head coach John Calipari took to X, offering the former Razorbacks star a place to rehab if he’d like.
Moody, a Little Rock, Arkansas, native, earned All-SEC honors during his lone year with the Razorbacks in 2020-21 before being drafted by the Warriors with the No. 14 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. Although he didn’t play for Calipari, who is in his second year on the job, it certainly has to be nice knowing he can rehab close to his family.
On the year, Moody averaged a career-high 12.1 points on 44-percent shooting from the field, while also shooting a career-best 40.1 percent from three.
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