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 routed 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.
Now, the Lakers have issued an update on him.
Update on Anthony Davis:
“After extensive consultation with Lakers team physicians and outside specialists, it has been determined that Anthony Davis has a stress injury in his right foot. Davis will be out indefinitely. Further updates will be provided when appropriate.”
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) December 23, 2022
Stress injuries can be tricky to predict as far as a timetable, depending on the bone involved and the severity.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted a piece of hopeful news as far as a possible timetable.
ESPN Sources: The pain has subsided in past several days in Anthony Davis' foot and he's expected to rest it for another 7-to-10 days and have it re-evaluated and see if he can return to play. For now, there's hope that a procedure can be avoided. https://t.co/4B2RXiAZTV
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 23, 2022
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 will not miss too much time.