Luka Doncic wasn’t on the Mavs second day of coaching camp in Las Vegas as a result of he suffered a calf damage, the workforce introduced.
Dallas introduced that Doncic’s unavailability was attributable to a left calf contusion he sustained throughout exercises and he shall be re-evaluated in a single week.
The Dallas Mavericks introduced immediately that Mavericks guard Luka Dončić sustained a success throughout exercises this week leading to a left calf contusion.
Dončić shall be re-evaluated as mandatory 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 a very good 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 recreation in opposition to his former workforce 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 in opposition to 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 remaining regular-season recreation of the 2021-22 marketing campaign. He missed the primary three video games of Dallas’ first-round collection in opposition to Utah.
His re-evaluation timeline falls on Oct. 9, simply someday earlier than the Mavericks hosts the Jazz within the workforce’s second preseason recreation.
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