Mavericks big man Anthony Davis exited Wednesday’s game against Indiana in the first quarter and was eventually ruled out with lower left leg soreness, writes Tim MacMahon of ESPN.
Davis played at least 32 minutes in each of Dallas’ first four games, but he was on the injury report prior to Wednesday’s contest, listed as probable due to bilateral Achilles tendinopathy.
According to MacMahon, Davis reacted in pain when he landed after scoring a basket. He was removed from the game when the Mavericks called time out with 4:12 left in the quarter and was taken to the locker room to be evaluated.
“He tried to return. Didn’t wanna take any chances. We’ll see how he feels going forward,” coach Jason Kidd told reporters after the game, per Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoops Journal (Twitter link).
Davis has a long history of injuries that have affected what has otherwise been a brilliant career. He appeared in 76 games during the 2023/24 season, but apart from that he hasn’t exceeded 60 since 2020.
He was only available for nine games last season after Dallas acquired him from the Lakers as the centerpiece of the controversial Luka Doncic trade. He suffered an adductor strain during his debut with the Mavs that sidelined him for 18 games.
Davis came into training camp healthy, except for the need to wear goggles for the rest of his career after undergoing a procedure in July to repair a detached retina in his right eye.
Any Davis injury would be unwelcome news for the Mavericks, who played Wednesday without centers Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford. Lively is dealing with a right knee sprain, while Gafford has a sprained right ankle and hasn’t played yet this season.
can’t make this s**t up
Who could’ve seen this coming , Nico ?
His recent healthy year was a blip a la PG
THANK YOU NICO…..
you mainly want the worse player with a much worse injury history in trades so Nico kinda won the deal
joparx:
And don’t forget him being older too. You want the older player in that deal also!
See the Grimes for Martin Trade, Dallas had to give up a 2nd rounder to be locked into a bad contract with Martin. You cant make this up.
And so it begins…
Right on que
Davis and Embiid would be in big trouble if players were ever paid per games played
That would make sense 😞 It’s unethical how over these clowns get on these stupid owners. Ben Simmons, Zion, Kawhi, PG, KD and Kyrie in the bubble. It’s ridiculous. $30,000,000 (50 now) to halfheartedly shoot a ball or sit out. It is truly insane.
And they said these players would Excell in a rough 80-90’s era…
The only one that didn’t see this coming was Nico. Buddy was blinded by the eggplant.
TunaNoCrust:
Yeah, but Luca was too fat for them, so he had to go…..
How’s Luka’s weight now? Plenty of ways to fix that issue without trading him for broken pieces that can’t be glued together.
TunaNoCrust:
Yeah, I agree. I was being sarcastic, but maybe I wasn’t clear.
My sarcasm detector sucks on the internet. Lol
TunaNoCrust:
I should’ve used sarcasm font. Sorry! Lolllll
Bro is really pushing for a Mr. Softee sponsorship deal.
It’s 100% Flagg’s team now!
I can here on the radio in Dallas Whitesnake song Here we go again…..
My question is, why the hell would you play him when he’s dealing with an injury? Oh bc Nico has a bunch of idiots running his medical staff.
Dude is, “dealing with an injury”, 100% of the time…
Street Clothes!
Doncic is also injured! So…
The fact that that team has Cooper Flagg is unbelievable. Where would they be if it weren’t for 1.5% or whatever the percentage was?
Bro ain’t gonna be able to walk soon. Just retire. 🤡