Luka Doncic's Calf Strain: Injury Woes for Mavs' Opener?
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00:02 >> There's some injury concerns to start the year with the Dallas Mavericks.
00:06 Is Luca, do you think, gonna be ready for the opening game?
00:08 And boy, everything I read about Draymond Green says he's not gonna be ready, but
00:11 I don't know, maybe there's something different that you're hearing.
00:13 >> I saw with Draymond Green, he appeared to have hurt his ankle in
00:17 an off-season pickup game.
00:19 And those type of things, especially for this Warriors team specifically,
00:23 they have so many questions around their starting lineup.
00:25 Maybe that makes it a little bit easier to start the season, and
00:28 then they have to ease him back in by bringing him off the bench.
00:31 And Chris Paul actually does start from day one.
00:33 And then they can kind of do it situationally based on who they play
00:35 against.
00:36 I'm not too concerned about Draymond and his ankle,
00:38 because those things are just kind of things that take time.
00:40 And they have time to spare as far as incorporating it back into the lineup.
00:44 Now, with the Mavericks, Luca Doncic, it's a calf injury for him.
00:48 And calf injuries always make me shudder,
00:50 because a lot of times they lead to more serious things.
00:53 And you don't wanna rush back from a calf injury.
00:55 Specific to Luca Doncic, he actually had a calf injury to close the season,
00:59 not last year, but the year before last.
01:01 And he missed a few playoff games.
01:03 It actually took him two weeks to heal from that calf injury.
01:05 So if history repeats itself and he can kind of come back, and
01:08 he needs maybe two weeks from this injury, I think he's a stay on October 9th or
01:12 10th.
01:13 If he's back, he should be ready to go when the season starts.
01:16 They open the season against Victor Wiminyama in the Spurs on October 25th.
01:19 So I'm not too concerned, but I still wanted to rush back from the calf injury,
01:23 cuz you gotta think long game with a superstar like Luca Doncic.
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