Pistons forward Bojan Bogdanovic has sustained a low-grade right calf strain, the Pistons announced today (Twitter link via James L. Edwards III of The Athletic).
While there’s no indication that Bogdanovic’s availability for the start of the regular season is up in the air, he’ll miss the start of the team’s preseason and will be reevaluated in one week, according to the Pistons.
Here are a few more injury-related notes from around the NBA:
- Addressing Precious Achiuwa‘s left groin strain on Saturday, Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic referred to the injury as “minor” and indicated the team is playing it safe with the big man. As Josh Lewenberg of TSN.ca tweets, it doesn’t sound like the injury will keep Achiuwa on the shelf for long.
- Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart is dealing with some minor abdominal soreness, according to Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal, who tweets that the club is being cautious with Smart and that he’s not expected to miss any regular season time as a result of the injury.
- Hornets guard James Bouknight has been diagnosed with a left knee sprain, per the team (Twitter link). The severity of the injury isn’t yet known, but it’s a discouraging start to the fall for Bouknight, who isn’t a sure thing to have his $6MM rookie scale team option for 2024/25 picked up this month.
- Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard, who is recovering after having a kidney stone removed, won’t travel with the club on its two-game road trip to open the preseason, tweets Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files.
Charlotte has proven over the years that they don’t know how to draft. James Bouknight again is another recent example.
He’s a shooting guard who can’t shoot, doesn’t get to the line, and has a one to one assist to turnover ratio. Horrible.
Almost like the Warriors before Steph Curry. That was 20 years of crap, especially in the Chris Mullin GM era. Wow. But that’s another article.
But maybe James needs a chance? He only played 15 minutes a game last year. Give him 25 and see what he can do? Of course that’s wrong, he needs to prove himself in practice but everyone needs a chance. We’ll see what he does in this his very important third year.
has zero iq. not even talking bb.
In Bouknight’s case it was too obvious. He was at the top of my Do Not Draft List, and I don’t have one. Because he’s a NYC kid, and the NY media being what it is, I feared the NYK might be tempted to trade up to get him.
When a college coaching staff is happy to see a guy leave, maybe NBA teams should at least consider it. His issues were across the board (locker room, court, police blotter, etc.).
I didn’t realize the personality stuff and character stuff. It just looks like the guy can’t play. What is Charlotte thinking, are they doing any research at all? And it’s been their history to draft poorly lol. This is just another example.