Bad news for NBA fans: Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo said Friday, Jan. 23, that he suffered a calf injury during the game against the Denver Nuggets, which he had to leave, and estimated a down time of four to six weeks.
Antetokounmpo was injured in a non-contact action late in a 100-102 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks and left the court with 32 seconds remaining.
Anticipates an MRI and 4 to 6 weeks off work.
“Probably the next step is to have an MRI tomorrow.”
“After the MRI they’ll tell me, for sure, that I’ve broken something in my calf, in my soleus or something like that.”
Anticipated Giannis Antetokounmpo in statements to reporters after the game.
“I will most likely be given a protocol of sick leave of between 4 and 6 weeks.”
“I say that because of my NBA experience. From there I’m going to work my butt off to come back. That would probably be at the end of February or early March,” the Greek added.
“Hopefully the team will then be in a situation where we can at least fight for the ‘play-in’,” Giannis Antetokounmpo concluded, with some resignation.
Bucks in crisis: Giannis misses more games
He got injured in a non-contact play
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Giannis Antetokounmpo has missed 14 of the Bucks’ 44 games this NBA season due to various injuries.
The Bucks (18-26) are currently 11th in the East, four wins behind the Atlanta Hawks (22-25), the team that occupies the final postseason berth.
The injury comes less than two weeks before the NBA transfer window closes.
With Antetokounmpo’s departure from Milwaukee as one of the possibilities that had been generating the most noise since the beginning of this season.
With information from EFE
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