The Milwaukee Bucks will likely be with out their three-time all-star, Khris Middleton on opening night time. He’s anticipated to overlook the primary few weeks of the 2022-23 season.
Middleton has had a historical past of lacking a while within the current seasons. The 2021 NBA Champ is 31 and never getting any youthful. He’s hasn’t performed in over 70 video games for the reason that 2018-19 season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and his teammates must elevate their play on offense to exchange the output they usually get from Middleton. Milwaukee opens their season on the highway vs the Philadelphia 76ers tonight.
Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Khris Middleton is predicted to overlook the primary few weeks of the common season as he rehabs from offseason wrist surgical procedure, sources inform @TheAthletic @Stadium. Middleton stated at Media Day that he didn’t count on to play within the season opener this week.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 17, 2022
He needed to endure surgical procedure this previous July to restore a torn ligament in his left wrist. Fortunately, that’s not his capturing hand. If it had been his proper wrist, he could have been been out longer than anticipated. Little doubt he desires the wrist to be one hundred pc when he makes his return and the Bucks usually are not going to hurry again a participant of his caliber.
It’s no shock that the Bucks are being extra cautious to Middleton primarily based on how his season led to 2021-22. He suffered a MCL sprain within the first spherical of the playoffs vs Chicago. The good transfer which Milwaukee is doing is to hearken to Middleton and the coaching workers to know when he’s prepared.
Moreover, he has the choice to choose out of the final yr of his contract and develop into a free agent if he feels match. That is his tenth season with the Bucks. With a couple of different accidents lingering on the workforce, you may even see somebody like George Hill or Bobby Portis within the beginning lineup.
The Bucks workforce as an entire wish to avenge their second-round exit within the playoffs final season. Milwaukee would lose to the eventual Jap Convention champions, the Boston Celtics, in seven video games. Their loss felt just like how Milwaukee beat Brooklyn within the second-round within the 2020-21 season.
Khris Middleton (offseason wrist surgical procedure) is predicted to overlook the primary few weeks of the common season for Milwaukee, per @ShamsCharania pic.twitter.com/zLCMX2saF7
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 17, 2022
