Giannis Antetokounmpo’s physical condition has become a major topic of discussion in Milwaukee. The Bucks still need their main forward for games, but his ongoing calf issues are affecting their decision-making as the regular season approaches its end.
The Bucks’ downturn continued last night, as they lost 102-100 at home to the very shorthanded Denver Nuggets, going winless against them this season. The game was certainly a weird one, with Denver getting up 23 points in the third quarter, and then all but relinquishing that lead in the fourth after a rabid Milwaukee comeback.
Injuries continue to bite NBA stars in a significant way this season. Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is the latest big-name player slated to miss a significant amount of time.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
Giannis Antetokounmpo isn’t a doctor, but he sounded like one after suffering a right calf injury in the Bucks’ 102-100 loss to the Nuggets on Friday. The Bucks superstar expects to sit out four-to-six weeks, according to The Athletic’s Eric Nehm and Jamal Collier of ESPN.
One of the hottest topics in the NBA is whether the Milwaukee Bucks will deal Giannis Antetokounmpo ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline. The asking price for the superstar could be affected by the right calf injury that Antetokounmpo sustained in the Bucks' Friday game against the visiting Denver Nuggets.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is likely headed for a multi-week absence, and that now puts his All-Star appearance in doubt. Antetokounmpo said on Friday he expects to miss four to six weeks with a right calf injury, a timeline that would force him to sit out the NBA All-Star Game.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is bracing for a potential multi-week absence after suffering a right calf injury late in the Bucks’ 102-100 home loss to the Nuggets, and the timing could not feel much worse for Milwaukee.
Sometimes a trade in the NBA comes out of nowhere, like last year when the Lakers and Mavs shocked the world with the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis deal. Other times, the ‘will they, won’t they’ gets dragged out interminably, until it reaches a point where everyone just wants it to happen so we can all move on with our lives.
Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers did not have a timetable on Wednesday for when guard Kevin Porter Jr., who is battling a strained oblique, will rejoin the lineup.