Three Mavericks remained on the sidelines Sunday for the team’s second preseason game in Macau, writes Grant Offset of DallasSportsJournal.com. Big men Saint Aldama (right knee) and Derek Lively II (right leg) continue to recover from relevant operations, while the guard Marcus Sasser dealing with left adductor tenderness.
Head coach Dusty May gave Lively a minor update before the game, according to Offset. The 22-year-old center, who is eligible for a rookie-scale extension until Oct. 19, has been limited to just 43 combined games over the past two years, including seven last season.
“I give it to the medical staff. I know it, he moves well” May said.”We see him regularly getting treatment, doing things on the court. There’s just a return-to-play protocol that everyone goes through. It’s a bit unique, but he’s in a good mood.
“He works every day and every time he comes back he’s going to have a big impact on this team.”
Here’s some more NBA injury news:
- Dejounte Murray not practiced with Pelicans on Saturday after the starting guard was held out of Thursday’s preseason game with a toe injury, for Rod Walker of NOLA.com. Head coach Jamal Mosley said the team is taking a “cautious” approach to the injury and declined to answer a question about whether Murray will be able to play through the illness now that the regular season is underway. “We’re just going to continue to evaluate him and how he’s responding to the treatment we’re giving himMosley said.So right now, we have 10 days of training camp to try to gauge if he’s playing or not. So I’ll evaluate that once we start getting into regular season games.”
- Pacers a star Tyrese HalliburtonWorld Health Organization returned to action on Wednesday after missing nearly 16 months with a torn Achilles tendon, tweaked his right ankle during the game against Minnesota and underwent an MRI that came back clean, according to Pacers beat writer Tony East (Twitter references). Head coach Rick Carlisle called the injury a “mild sprain on the right ankle” on Saturday said Halliburton continues to show improvement, even though he sat out the Atlanta loss and was a limited participant in Friday’s practice. “It’s just that he will work on itCarlisle added.
- The second year Spurs forward Carter Bryant According to Jeff McDonald of The San Antonio Express-News (Twitter references). While Bryant was not on the bench for the second half and was formally ruled out for the remainder of the contest, MacDonald did not consider the injury serious and suggested the team was simply being cautious.
