Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis’ injuries were reevaluated by team doctors Thursday night and will be out for four weeks, head coach Frank Vogel said.
Sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski earlier this week that Davis will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks after having a calf strain and worsening Achilles tendinosis in his right leg, and that it is likely that he will not be in front of the NBA again. will return to the series on March 5-10. All-Star breaks.
“We want to try to put it completely behind him and be conservative with it, just to make sure it is completely cured before he goes 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 calving strain and tendinosis in his right Achilles, as well as to practice and practice. to return to game action.
“He’s doing exactly what he needs to do to get himself back in the best health he can be,” LeBron James said. “He has an injury he can ‘t waste too much on, and as an organization, as his teammates, like me as his brother, he has our full support. So take his time, just as much as he needs. “
Davis missed two games last week with tendinosis in his Judge Achilles and had to leave Sunday’s defeat of the Denver Nuggets shortly before halftime after aggravating the injury.
An MRI on Monday revealed the calving tension and worsening of the tendinosis, a source told Wojnarowski, but it does not show a fracture of the right Achilles tendon.
James and Davis spent the final few minutes of the Lakers’ 109-98 defeat against the Brooklyn Nets Thursday near the corner of the field, deep in conversation, while the Nets claimed the win.
“When I go to the sidelines, we’re talking about the game, that possession, that half, that quarter,” James said. “What can I do better? Does he see something I could have done better? Does he see things we could have done better? Because he’s still a big extension of our real team, even if he’s not in uniform. So, nothing changes. but not. ‘
The Lakers are 1-2 in their last three games, including Sunday’s defeat to Denver, when Davis aggravated his right leg and will have seven more games in the next two weeks before the All-Star halftime.
Asked how LA would try to stay at the top of the standings for a month without Davis, James said he remains focused on just what lies ahead.
“I really did not even think that far, to be honest,” he said. “I take it day by day. We play every other day. I do not have the opportunity to look four weeks ahead … I have to stay in the moment … Stay low and keep shooting. I have not even so far thought of what it looks like four weeks from now. ‘