San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has been identified with a left calf pressure after present process an MRI, the staff introduced in a information launch. The French middle suffered the damage in Friday’s loss to Golden State.
Whereas the Spurs didn’t give a return timeline for the previous No. 1 total decide, ESPN’s Shams Charania hears Wembanyama will miss just a few weeks (X link).
Victor Wembanyama has been wonderful for the Spurs
Via 12 appearances this season, Wembanyama has averaged 26.0 factors, 12.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.1 steals and a league-high 3.6 blocks in 34.7 minutes per recreation. He’s second within the league in rebounds per contest (Nikola Jokic is at 13.0) and holds a capturing slash line of .500/.345/.857.
The 21-year-old large man missed his first recreation of the season on Sunday because of the damage — head coach Mitch Johnson indicated Wembanyama skilled soreness in his calf on Friday and would endure testing.
In keeping with Michael C. Wright of ESPN (X link), Wembanyama was sporting a “small sleeve” on his calf within the locker room following Sunday’s win, however was in any other case in good spirits and didn’t appear to be in any ache. Nonetheless, San Antonio is thought for being cautious with accidents, and calf strains are notoriously tough to handle — plus they’ll result in extra extreme accidents.
Each Tim Reynolds of The Related Press and Wright (X link) hear Wembanyama can be reevaluated in two to a few weeks, confirming Charania’s reporting.
Backup middle Luke Kornet and veteran large man Kelly Olynyk are among the many Spurs who may obtain extra taking part in time with Wembanyama out.
Second-year guard Stephon Fort was additionally injured not too long ago, struggling a hip damage on Sunday, which prevented him from coming back from the victory over Sacramento (X link through Matthew Tynan). It’s unclear if the reigning Rookie of the Yr will miss further time because of the damage.
A number of noteworthy gamers — together with Anthony Davis, Ja Morant, Wembanyama and Spurs rookie Dylan Harper — have been identified with calf strains in latest weeks.
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