Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic shall be re-evaluated in a single month after struggling a left calf pressure in Wednesday’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, in accordance with ESPN’s Shams Charania. 

The harm got here as Doncic tried to drive on Timberwolves defender Jaden McDaniels. He stopped his dribble, circled, and handed the ball again out in obvious ache. He exited the sport after with what has now been decided to be that calf pressure.

Doncic, who underwent an MRI on Thursday, has a historical past of accidents to his left calf, together with lacking this season’s coaching camp and preseason resulting from a calf contusion.

Luka more likely to be ineligible for MVP, different awards

The harm is disappointing on quite a few ranges. The obvious is that Dallas, at present the No. 4 seed within the Western Convention with a 19-11 file, will now be with out its finest participant for no less than a month. In an ultra-competitive West, that might value the Mavericks seeding as they try and repeat as an NBA finalist.

The harm additionally all however ensures that Doncic is not going to attain 65 video games this season, which means he is not going to be eligible for the MVP award. Doncic has already missed eight video games and has by no means received the award, however has been a fixture within the race all through his profession and usually rounds into type round this time of 12 months after gradual begins. Earlier than the Minnesota sport, Doncic had been averaging roughly 30 factors, 10 rebounds and 9 assists in December.

Happily, the Mavericks have largely held their very own with out Doncic this season. They’re 6-2 within the eight video games that he has missed because of Kyrie Irving and the deep, versatile supporting solid that normal supervisor Nico Harrison has put round Doncic. 

That group will now be examined greater than ever because it makes an attempt to navigate no less than the following month with Doncic recovering.