Mavs’ Luka Doncic gives concerning update on leg injury

Dallas Mavericks famous person Luka Doncic issued a fairly regarding replace on a leg damage that he continues to attempt to play by way of on the FIBA World Cup for his native Slovenia.

Doncic advised reporters on Friday that his leg is “not OK” after initially struggling the damage in March.

“I have no idea what to say,” Doncic told the media. “It is not okay. On the similar time, I’ve to organize for yet another recreation, after which for a complete season within the NBA.”

He would go on so as to add that he’ll play it doesn’t matter what, even in Olympic qualifiers, so long as he’s wholesome. 

Doncic made the feedback following Slovenia’s 100-84 loss to Lithuania, organising a seventh-place match towards Italy on Saturday. He stated that he was nonetheless processing Slovenia’s earlier loss to Canada throughout that recreation and had hassle sleeping, whereas including that his legs have been feeling heavy. 

“I have never slept a lot, the sensations are nonetheless very unusual,” he stated. “The legs have been heavy. I hope we play higher within the subsequent recreation. However we now have to see how my leg shall be.”

It needs to be mildly regarding for the Mavericks that Doncic remains to be having points and speaking about “heavy” legs when the NBA season nonetheless has not even began but. He was sensational for the Mavericks through the 2022-23 season, averaging a career-high 32.4 factors per recreation. 

Nonetheless, the leg damage hasn’t actually slowed him down a lot on the World Cup the place he has managed to place 26.7 factors, 6.7 rebounds, 5.9 assists and a couple of.4 steals per recreation on the board. 

Doncic initially injured his thigh in March whereas taking part in for the Mavericks and underwent an MRI that exposed no injury. 

Even with Doncic’s nice yr, the Mavericks have been nonetheless solely 38-44 and desperately want him to be wholesome to have an opportunity this season. They report back to coaching camp in just a few weeks. Hopefully for his or her sake, that break between every now and then will give his leg the remainder it must prepare for a protracted NBA season.