Medical tests revealed no structural damage in New Orleans Hornets forward/center Jason Smith's injured left shoulder, but Smith will be listed as day-to-day with what's being termed a "strain." Smith injured the shoulder during a five-on-five practice scrimmage Monday, but on Tuesday he couldn't describe exactly how the mishap occurred.
"I have no idea how it happened," said Smith. "I think I set a screen and I went down to rebound and when I was going to bring my arm up and over to start running back on defense, I either got tangled up with somebody or some people say it was from the screen.
"All I know is that my arm did not feel good. Some people thought it was my elbow because I was grabbing my elbow. But my arm was just not stable, so I was just trying to stabilize the whole arm."
X-rays, Smith said, showed no fractures or bone chips, and a subsequent MRI revealed no structural damage, tears to ligaments or the labrum or rotator cuff, only some lingering fluid from the initial trauma.