Mavericks star Anthony Davis has undergone a procedure to repair a detached retina, reports Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). The expectation is that he’ll be fully recovered for training camp, Charania adds.
While it’s unclear exactly when the injury first occurred, Charania notes that Davis played through “multiple hits to the face” last season.
Most notably, the big man visited an ophthalmologist last November after getting poked in the left eye — reporting at the time indicated he was experiencing swelling and had difficulty keeping the eye open. That injury, which occurred when Davis was a Laker, was referred to last fall as a corneal abrasion and didn’t cost him any games.
Davis, who was traded from Los Angeles to Dallas in the controversial Luka Doncic blockbuster in February, was only able to make nine appearances during his first half-season as a Maverick due to an adductor injury.
The 32-year-old averaged 20.0 points, 10.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 2.2 blocks in just 29.6 minutes per night in those nine outings, generating excitement about what he might be able to do after spending the offseason getting fully healthy and acclimating to his new team.
Ouch
I see that AD is already in playoff form.
He’s struggling to make it through the offseason now
I thought those eyebrows would stop a bullet
Maybe the roots are getting tangled
Street clothes gonna be rocking those Kareem goggles real soon.
No doubt
That will be kinda poetic when rookie Flagg wins FMVP like rookie Magic did
Except Dallas won’t even sniff the conference finals this year.
AD ready to skip pre-season and start regular season now
It’s always something with AD.
Thus completing the AD circle of life. Off season optional and surgery everywhere he’s been. Im all for resting but this guy has made an art of it. Having said that, WTF. Doesn’t seem like something that just creeps up on you. Not being able to pinpoint when this happened is a little odd.
Is anything on this man healthy? He going to blow out an eardrum next