Los Angeles Lakers star striker Anthony Davis revalued his injuries to team doctors Thursday night and will be out for four weeks, head coach Frank Vogel said.
Sources had told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski earlier this week that Davis would be reassessed in two to three weeks after suffering from calf strain and worsening Achilles tendinosis in his right leg on Sunday and that it would probably he would not return to training until March 5-10 of the NBA All-Star break.
“We want to try to leave him completely behind and be conservative with that, just to make sure he’s fully healed before he comes back,” Vogel said.
A Lakers spokesman said the new four-week period is an estimate and includes the time it would take for Davis to rehabilitate and recover from the calf strain and tendinosis of his right Achilles, as well as increase internships and workouts. to return to the action of the game.
“He’s doing exactly what he needs to do to get back to the best health he can have,” LeBron James said. “He has an injury he can’t get too involved with, and as an organization, like his teammates, like me and his brother, he has all our support. So take the time you need.” .
Davis missed two games last week with a right Achilles tendinosis and had to come out of Sunday’s loss to the Denver Nuggets shortly before the break after the injury worsened.
An MRI on Monday revealed the calf strain and worsening of the tendinosis, a source told Wojnarowski, but did not show a rupture of the right Achilles tendon.
James and Davis spent the final minutes of the Lakers ’109-98 loss to the Brooklyn Nets against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday, together on the corner of the court, in full conversation as the Nets put an end to the win.
“When I go to the side, we’re talking about the game, this possession, this half, this quarter,” James said. “What can I do better? Is there something I could have done better? Are there some things we could have done better? Because it’s still a big extension of our real team, even if it’s not uniformed. Nothing changes.”
The Lakers are 1-2 in their last three games, including Sunday’s loss to Denver when Davis aggravated his right leg and had seven more games in the next two weeks before the All-Star break.
When asked how LA will continue to try to stay in the standings for a month without Davis, James said he stays focused simply on what lies ahead.
“I really haven’t even thought that far, to be honest,” he said. “I take it every day. We play every two days. I don’t get a chance to look four weeks ahead. … I have to stay in the moment … Stay low and keep shooting. I don’t even think so far from what it looks like in four weeks’ time. “