Former Michigan basketball star Kobe Bufkin suffers another setback in his NBA career

It hasn’t been a smooth journey for Kobe Bufkin since declaring for the 2023 NBA Draft after two years at Michigan. He had an injury-plagued rookie season with the Atlanta Hawks and was expected to shine in the NBA Summer League in July, but Bufkin has been plagued by injury issues again.

According to a recent report, Bufkin will miss the entire summer after suffering a shoulder injury during practice on Tuesday. It is the third injury for the former Wolverine. He suffered a broken left thumb and a sprained toe during his rookie year with the Hawks last NBA season.

Bufkin only appeared in 17 games for the Hawks last year. He averaged 4.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 11.5 minutes per game. He also played in 14 games for Atlanta’s G-League team – College Park Skyhawks – where he averaged over 23 points.

Although the Hawks had Trae Young and Dejounte Murray in the backcourt, the plan was to have Bufkin play a fair amount of minutes as a backup last season. With the Hawks trading Murray, Bufkin is one of many guards who will compete for playing time in the backcourt. Summer League was a chance for Bufkin to show he can be a starter alongside Young, but he will have to wait until training camp in the fall.

Bufkin entered the NBA Draft after starting 33 games for Michigan during his sophomore year. He averaged 14 points and 4.5 rebounds for the Wolverines and was second on the Michigan men’s basketball team with 2.9 assists per game.

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