There’s “no expectation” that injured point guard Kyrie Irving will return during the Nets‘ series with the Bucks, even if it goes to a seventh game, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said this morning on “Get Up” (video link).
Irving, who is dealing with a a sprained right ankle he suffered Sunday, has already been ruled out for tonight’s Game 6. He didn’t travel to Milwaukee with his teammates, opting to stay in Brooklyn to get treatment on the ankle.
The Nets remain hopeful that Irving will be available for the Eastern Conference finals if they able are to advance, but Woj said they “don’t have a real timetable” on a possible return.
Wojnarowski shared a few more items during the ESPN segment:
- Nets guard James Harden may not be fully recovered from a hamstring injury, but he will definitely be in the lineup for Game 6. Harden played 46 minutes in Game 5 and should be available for the rest of the series if he doesn’t aggravate the hamstring.
- The Clippers don’t expect to have Kawhi Leonard back for Game 6 or 7 against Utah, and his return at any time during the playoffs is uncertain. The team will learn more about Leonard’s status in “the next 24 to 48 hours,” Wojnarowski adds, saying the Clippers are hopeful that it’s not a severe injury that will impact Leonard beyond this season.
- The Suns are optimistic that Chris Paul won’t miss significant time after being placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols. However, Wojnarowski adds that Phoenix is hoping the Jazz-Clippers series gets extended to a seventh game so the Suns won’t have to play again until Tuesday. He cautions that Paul and the team are “at the mercy of the testing” and have no control over what those results will show.
Too bad Chris Paul has State Farm. If he had Allstate he’d be better protected against Mayhem like this…
That’s a great post
Irving’s always hurt
The Nets will probably win but not because of Kyrie. Not sure why KD wanted to join forces with him. Not a Nets fan but I really liked DLo Russel
KI steps into the Lucky curse …
Oddsmakers are really getting slaughtered this year in the NBA. Injuries and COVID have made assumptions very fragile.
So this means he’s not vaccinated. WTF how can that be. Don’t get this. Something is wrong here. Why are we waiting so long to know about Kawhi. He had the MRI. Suns, Jazz, Hawks have great opportunity here. Let’s see who understands this.
He is vaccinated. You can still get sick/be a carrier. How hard is it to understand this? This is why we have people acting like it’s over, when we have variants that bypass vaccines running rampant…
There are reports by some that he has been vaccinated, but there’s no way of knowing whether or not they are true. According to the NY Times “it’s not clear whether Paul has been vaccinated (or not)”.
The Suns won’t win a single game that CP3 misses.
He is going to let Phoenix down in the WCF with his lack of availability. When have we heard this one before? This is just like 2018 all over again. What a shame.