Last Friday, Anthony Davis suffered a foot injury early in the Los Angeles Lakers’ contest against the Denver Nuggets.
He sat out the second half of the game, and somehow the Lakers were able to rout one of the Western Conference’s best teams, 126-108.
Since then, there had been no updates on Davis’ condition, other than one report by Shams Charania of The Athletic who said the team expects Davis to be out for at least a month.
The superstar big man was seen traveling with the team and sitting on the bench without any type of boot or cast on his injured foot, which made the situation seem strange.
But now, the Lakers have issued an update on him.
Stress injuries can be tricky to predict as far as a timetable, depending on the bone involved and the severity of the ailment.
But ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted a piece of hopeful news as far as a possible timetable.
Although the Lakers will still be without the man who looked like the best player in the NBA for a month prior to his injury, perhaps he won’t miss too much time.
Good news for the Lakers?
Given Davis’ injury history, it’s understandable that fans may be expecting him to miss much more than 7-10 more days.
Last season, he missed 42 games with an MCL sprain and a foot injury, and the year prior to that, he was out for 36 contests because of a calf strain and Achilles tendonosis.
But Dr. Rajpal Brar, a doctor of physical therapy who often breaks down Lakers injuries on social media, tweeted that this diagnosis is actually good news for Davis.
Los Angeles’ schedule will be relatively manageable until the final days of January, although it does have a five-game road trip starting on Christmas Day. This will give it an opportunity to rack up wins without Davis if everyone bands together and adopts a positive mindset.
Story originally appeared on LeBron Wire