10:06am: Doncic underwent an MRI which revealed a right wrist sprain, the team’s PR department tweets.
9:37am: Add Luka Doncic to the list of superstar players missing multiple games this season due to an injury.
Doncic is dealing with a right wrist injury and will be reevaluated in a week, Marc Stein reports (Twitter link).
The Mavericks guard was wearing a wrap around his wrist when he met the media after Tuesday’s game against New Orleans, Grant Afseth of the Dallas Hoops Journal notes (Twitter link). Doncic scored 26 points in 30 minutes during that victory over New Orleans.
“I started feeling it in the first quarter, but then it just got worse, but nothing serious,” Doncic said when asked about his wrist injury.
Doncic didn’t practice on Wednesday. He is averaging 28.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game this season.
Dallas had just started to hit its stride, winning three straight contests heading into a three-game road trip. The Mavericks’ next game is at Denver on Friday. They also have games on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, so Doncic will miss at least four contests.
Jaden Hardy, Quentin Grimes and Spencer Dinwiddie could all see increased playing time in his absence.
He’s always injured. I don’t know why Dallas continues to let him play basketball during the off-season. He plays basketball all year round and never takes off any time in the off-season to heal so when the first game of the season starts he’s already broken down and injured and he remains that way all season long.