{"id":66845,"date":"2024-03-09T12:35:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T17:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=66845"},"modified":"2024-04-06T22:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T02:36:01","slug":"lakers-scary-injury-reports-lebron-james-anthony-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/09\/lakers-scary-injury-reports-lebron-james-anthony-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers Provide Scary Injury Reports for Major Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Los Angeles Lakers big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisan02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Davis<\/a> attempted to draw a charging foul on Milwaukee Bucks forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/antetgi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, the superstar\u2019s elbow hit him squarely in his shoulder area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great Lakers WIN but concern going forward is for Anthony Davis<\/p>\n<p>-Didn\u2019t use his left arm after this play<br \/>\n-Possible AC joint contusion<br \/>\n-Possible nerve injury (stinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vDwjvPP7t9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vDwjvPP7t9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Evan Jeffries, DPT (@GameInjuryDoc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameInjuryDoc\/status\/1766339412873588908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Scary Injury Reports for Anthony Davis, LeBron James<\/h2>\n<p>Following the game, Davis relayed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpectrumSN\/status\/1766357072176873504?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">couldn\u2019t really move<\/a>\u201d his shoulder after the play. Due to the anatomy of the chest region, the source of his injury isn\u2019t in doubt. However, it\u2019s the nature \u2014and thus the recovery timeline \u2014of his injury that the Lakers needed to determine.<\/p>\n<p>Infamously injury-prone, this is his second season playing at least 60 games since being traded L.A. the summer of 2019. It\u2019s his first time since 2019-20.<\/p>\n<p>With play nearly as inconsistent as his availability, Davis has been maligned throughout the course of his tenure with the Lakers. However, Davis is one of the league\u2019s elite two-way performers, averaging 24.7 points and 2.4 blocks per game this season. As a result, he\u2019s nearly as important to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/28\/lakers-playoff-chances-lebron-james-anthony-davis\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">L.A.\u2019s playoff hopes<\/a> the other star on their injury report.<\/p>\n<h3>LeBron James Experiencing \u2018Severe Soreness\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a> is experiencing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/khobi_price\/status\/1766273363654389971?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">severe (left ankle) soreness<\/a>,\u201d per the Southern California News Group\u2019s Khobi Price, which caused him to miss Friday\u2019s game against the Bucks. Though head coach Darvin Ham would designate James as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/khobi_price\/status\/1766273772922032178?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">day-to-day<\/a>,\u201d it\u2019s also been described as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/39672880\/lebron-james-says-all-right-ankle-causes-exit\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wear and tear<\/a>\u201d injury (h\/t ESPN\u2019s Dave McMenamin).<\/p>\n<h4>A Troubling History<\/h4>\n<p>Go back to Mar. 2021. James was ruled out indefinitely in late March <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/20\/sport\/lebron-james-ankle-injury\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with a high right ankle sprain<\/a>. Just a year after he suffered his first major injury, a groin strain that led to him missing a then career-high 17 consecutive games, this was James\u2019 first major <em>ankle<\/em> injury. The ankle sprain would cause him to 20 straight games, the longest stretch of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his return to the hardwood, James would say, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I will ever get back to 100%&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James has never been considered an oracle, but he made <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/07\/lakers-lebron-james-eligible-no-trade-clause-may-not-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">an accurate prediction<\/a> that day. In Mar. 2022, James suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3213293\/2022\/03\/28\/oram-lebron-james-injury-in-loss-to-pelicans-could-be-the-biggest-lakers-collapse-of-all\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a left ankle sprain<\/a> after stepping on the foot of then New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes. With the Lakers eliminated from playoff contention a week later, James missed the rest of the 2022-23 season <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4180313\/2022\/04\/08\/lakers-lebron-james-to-miss-final-2-games-of-season-to-continue-ankle-sprain-healing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with left ankle soreness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, and James was ruled out for L.A.\u2019s first game after the 2024 All-Star Weekend due to another left ankle injury. Even in a vacuum, the injury was worrying, especially for a 39-year-old that\u2019s played 1,759 career games. Considering his history with ankle injuries, it\u2019s even troubling, if not alarming.<\/p>\n<p>Still, as of now, his recovery timeline is indefinite. When describing James as day-to-day, it\u2019s more of an acknowledgement that James\u2019 feelings about playing on his ankle will be on a case-by-case basis, than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some games are better than others,&#8221; James said after the Lakers fell to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t feel it at all against OKC [on Monday]. And I didn&#8217;t feel it at all until the fourth quarter tonight. So, each game, each day is different.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis attempted to draw a charging foul on Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the superstar\u2019s elbow hit him squarely in his shoulder area. Great Lakers WIN but concern going forward is for Anthony Davis -Didn\u2019t use his left arm after this play -Possible AC joint contusion -Possible nerve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":66870,"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":[26,1608,62,3],"tags":[240,38,4745],"class_list":["post-66845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lakers","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-anthony-davis","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba-injuries"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66845","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=66845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}