Luka Doncic wasn’t on the Mavs second day of coaching camp in Las Vegas as a result of he suffered a calf harm, the crew introduced.
Dallas introduced that Doncic’s unavailability was as a result of a left calf contusion he sustained throughout exercises and he might be re-evaluated in a single week.
The Dallas Mavericks introduced in the present day that Mavericks guard Luka Dončić sustained a success throughout exercises this week leading to a left calf contusion.
Dončić might be re-evaluated as crucial in a single week.
— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) October 2, 2024
“He bought hit within the calf,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd mentioned. “Reported it tight yesterday so that they went and bought an MRI. We’ll reevaluate him in per week and see the place he stands.”
Kidd added, “There’s no concern at this level about his availability. We’ll see how he feels in per week.”
Though there isn’t a concern, its positively not begin to the pre-season for the Mavs’ largest weapon on offense.
Doncic has a historical past of calf accidents within the preseason, since he did the identical factor one 12 months in the past.
He was on a minutes restriction for the exhibition sport towards his former crew Actual Madrid and restricted him for the rmeiander of the preseason.
However, the difficulty didn’t proceed on into the common season and the guard was match for the season opener towards the Spurs, the place he dropped a 30-point triple-double within the Mavs’ win.
Luka has injured the identical calf earlier than, within the last regular-season sport of the 2021-22 marketing campaign. He missed the primary three video games of Dallas’ first-round collection towards Utah.
His re-evaluation timeline falls on Oct. 9, simply at some point earlier than the Mavericks hosts the Jazz within the crew’s second preseason sport.
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