All-NBA guard Luka Doncic turned his left ankle on Monday and exited the Mavericks‘ win over Denver with less than a minute remaining on the clock. However, a source tells Tim MacMahon of ESPN (Twitter link) that Doncic’s ankle injury is “not too serious.”
Tests on Doncic’s left ankle and knee showed no structural damage, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link), who says the club will continue to evaluate its franchise player on a daily basis. MacMahon adds that Doncic will likely miss a little time, but Dallas isn’t expecting it to be a lengthy absence.
Doncic is with the Mavs as they embark on their four-game road trip, tweets Callie Caplan of The Dallas Morning News, though he won’t play on Wednesday in Phoenix, notes Marc Stein (Twitter link).
While Doncic’s shooting numbers (43.4% from the field, 30.8% on threes) are below his career rates so far this season, he’s still putting up his usual eye-popping stats, averaging 24.9 PPG, 8.3 RPG, and 7.9 APG in his first 13 games (34.8 MPG) and leading the Mavs to a 9-4 start.
If Dallas has to get by without Doncic for a few games, Jalen Brunson and Frank Ntilikina are among the top candidates for increased roles. Trey Burke, who has been out of the rotation so far this season, could also see some playing time.
the sacramento kings got jobbed in 2002 and they did it to themselves by drafting bagley in 2018. they are the worst franchise in the league, terrible management, terrible ownership, terrible coaching. good fans though!
The Kings have nailed their last 2 drafts!
Let’s hope the rest will help Luka get back to his usual level, so far this season he has been pretty flat & disappointing, everybody was talking how he was a favorite for MVP, but he is light years removed from that level just now, he has only played 1 great game out of 13, not so good, a bit disappointing so far!
Come on Luka, you can be better!