The Bucks will take an NBA-best 9-1 record into Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, but they’ll be missing the two stars who have been largely responsible for leading them to that hot start.
As Eric Nehm of The Athletic tweets, Bucks guard Jrue Holiday (right ankle sprain), who was originally listed as doubtful for Wednesday’s game, has been downgraded to out. Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee soreness) has also been ruled out after initially being considered probable to play.
There’s no indication at this point that either injury is a serious one, but they’ll be worth monitoring in the coming days. The Bucks’ next game after tonight is on Friday in San Antonio.
Here are a few more injury-related updates from around the league:
- Lakers star LeBron James, who had been listed as questionable for Wednesday’s game vs. the Clippers due to left foot soreness, will play, he told reporters today (Twitter link via Jovan Buha of The Athletic). James said that rest is the only thing that can help the injury, but he doesn’t plan to sit out for an extended period, and his status for back-to-back sets will be determined based on how he’s feeling.
- The Suns are now listing Chris Paul as out for Wednesday’s game vs. Minnesota with right heel soreness, tweets Timberwolves broadcaster Alan Horton. After Paul left Monday’s contest due to the heel injury, head coach Monty Williams said on Tuesday that it’s “a lot better than what we thought,” so it doesn’t sound as if the veteran point guard will miss much time (Twitter link via Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic).
- After missing six games with a sprained left shoulder, Bulls center Andre Drummond has been upgraded to probable for Wednesday’s contest vs. New Orleans and expects to play, per Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports Chicago.
Glad to have Drummond back. He was missed. Hope he doesn’t take many more floor flops. Despite the Bulls signing Dragic, Drummond and handing Lavine a Max deal there is one brain damaged guy who thinks the Bulls are in a rebuild. Seriously? Dum da dum dum.
The guy who thinks the bulls are in rebuild mode is dumb. Lol….
Bulls need Lonzo, & Coby White to be their best. Ball changes the defensive dynamic, and provides relief for Lavine to take a play off every now & again as the primary playmaker. Lavine is only gonna last so long before he can only handle Derrick Rose minutes. I’d suggest treating him like Brogdon now, and the role the Celtics handed down as being ideal, but there isn’t enough time on that experiment yet, and it is hard to do with guys making his kind of money, but his durability is a big ? Working with,and around it has been the Bulls biggest struggle. When healthy (last season) They look like they can beat anybody