{"id":131259,"date":"2025-03-28T08:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=131259"},"modified":"2025-03-28T08:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:39:48","slug":"wizards-khris-middleton-mri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/28\/wizards-khris-middleton-mri\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards Veteran To Undergo MRI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following their gruesome 53-point loss to Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> and the Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards head coach Brian Keefe told reporters that Khris Middleton<\/a> would undergo an MRI<\/a> after leaving the game with right knee soreness<\/a>, according to Monumental Sports reporter Chase Hughes.<\/p>\n

Wizards\u2019 Khris Middleton To Undergo MRI<\/h2>\n

In 14 minutes, Middleton tallied eight points, two assists, and one block while going 3-7 from the field and 1-3 from 3. It\u2019s not the clearest indicator of performance, but he also had the highest plus-minus (-17) among the Wizards starters in the blowout.<\/p>\n

Middleton obviously didn\u2019t stop anyone from scoring. Yet, it wasn\u2019t because he was playing bad defense. On the offensive end, he helped keep them in the game in the first quarter with his midrange scoring. Furthermore, an intrinsic benefit of being such a seasoned player on a young team is that he also helps them be savvier.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, the Wizards have been eliminated from playoff contention, but they can still build proper habits while they try to build their talent base. To that point, Washington is rebuilding but they\u2019re not necessarily tanking. At the end of the day, they\u2019re just not good enough right now. Their record this season (16-57) reflects that more than a desire to swing the lottery odds in their favor.<\/p>\n

Professor Middleton<\/h3>\n

When Middleton was finally able to make his 2024-25 season debut after recovering from bilateral ankle surgery<\/a>, it initially seemed like the damage from his lower body injuries was stacking up. He wasn\u2019t as quick or as sharp as he was prior to that point.<\/p>\n

That may have just been rust though. Following that rough start, Middleton wasn\u2019t just moving better at both ends, he was putting up solid numbers. In his final 18 games with the Milwaukee Bucks, he wasn\u2019t able to average 13.8 points and 4.2 assists in 23.9 minutes per contest, shooting 55.8 percent from the field and 43.1 percent from 3.<\/p>\n

The Wizards can\u2019t be blamed for seeing him as a worthwhile addition.<\/p>\n

Not only had Middleton gotten his legs back, his resume was even better than the guy they traded<\/a> to get him. Like Middleton, Kyle Kuzma<\/a> is also an NBA champion, but he\u2019s never been an All-Star. Middleton has earned that honor three times. It probably would\u2019ve been more if he could stay healthy.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, Kuzma had grown tired of helping the young pups grow. He may not have said those exact words but it\u2019s what he alluded to<\/a> in one of final Wizards pressers. Middleton has been playing for a title-contender for years but, like new teammate Marcus Smart<\/a>, his intangibles speak for themselves.<\/p>\n

At their age, they would likely prefer to compete for rings<\/a>. However, they don\u2019t mind tutoring players who\u2019ll be playing long after they retire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following their gruesome 53-point loss to Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards head coach Brian Keefe told reporters that Khris Middleton would undergo an MRI after leaving the game with right knee soreness, according to Monumental Sports reporter Chase Hughes. Wizards\u2019 Khris Middleton To Undergo MRI In 14 minutes, Middleton tallied eight points, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":131268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1608,62,3],"tags":[324,1128,428,4745,1382],"class_list":["post-131259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wizards","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-khris-middleton","tag-kyle-kuzma","tag-marcus-smart","tag-nba-injuries","tag-nba-trade"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131269,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131259\/revisions\/131269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}