PHILADELPHIA — Amid a great start to his stint with the Philadelphia 76ers, Kelly Oubre Jr. will be sidelined for at least the next week after getting hit by a car on Saturday night. Nick Nurse and the Sixers are very relieved that Oubre is back home and that his injuries shouldn’t end his season. For now, though, they will have to forge ahead while he recovers.

Oubre sustained an injury to his ribs after getting struck by a car near his Philadelphia residence. The report from the Philadelphia Police stated that the silver vehicle hit Oubre in the chest with the driver-side mirror as he was crossing the street at around 7:00 P.M. He was admitted to Jefferson Hospital and released hours later.

“He sounds pretty good mentally — considering [the situation] — to me,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said, adding that Oubre has an attitude that says “I'll be back before you know it.”

Nurse said that Oubre is back at home and resting after the “pretty traumatic incident” as the Sixers prepare to face the Indiana Pacers. He added that the aim is for Oubre to be back with the team on Tuesday at their next home matchup (also against the Pacers). The team announced earlier this afternoon that he will be re-evaluated in approximately one week.

“I just think he's kind of been very businesslike,” Nurse said of Oubre when asked what he means to the team. “He comes in, he practices hard, plays hard, is a likable personality…I know that a lot of the guys reached out immediately and all those kinds of things. And I talked to Kelly earlier this afternoon. He said the amount of love he got from the team was awesome and all that stuff…He's been fun to be around, that's for sure.”

Nurse said that he was at home and “locked in” to watch the Saturday night slate of NBA games when he had numerous missed calls from Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and vice president of athlete care Simon Rice. He recalled how, after getting update after update on Oubre's condition, he felt relieved that it wasn’t much worse.

Nico Batum, Nurse said, will be elevated to the Sixers' starting lineup. The head coach said that Robert Covington, Furkan Korkmaz and Danuel House Jr. could each see an uptick in minutes. Batum's IQ, defensive versatility, perimeter shooting and connective passing should make him a very solid fit alongside Joel Embid and Tyrese Maxey.

Although the Sixers are fortunate enough to have good depth on the wings, losing Oubre leaves them thinner when it comes to scoring. He has averaged 16.3 points per game so far this season and is second on Philly (only to Maxey) in total three-pointers while also taking on numerous tough defensive matchups. His ability to score from all over the floor will be missed as embarks on his recovery process.

Nurse explained how situations like this are rare — that, usually, when guys are all of a sudden unable to play, it's due to an illness or an injury they sustained on the court. What happened to Oubre is not typical. He pointed out how misfortune it is to happen to a player who got picked up late in free agency and was playing so well to start the season. While Oubre heals, the Sixers will look to keep the early-season momentum that he helped create going.

“We'll see with it how it affects us going forward but hopefully we'll pull together and try to get him a W today,” Nurse said.