Suns star Devin Booker to be reevaluated in 1 week with groin strain
The Suns will re-evaluate Devin Booker in one week after he sustained a right groin strain on Monday against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Phoenix Suns will reevaluate superstar Devin Booker in one week after he sustained a right groin strain on Monday against the Los Angeles Lakers, the team announced on Wednesday.
Booker exited in the first half of Monday’s win in Los Angeles and did not return. This is the second straight December in which Booker suffered a groin injury, as he missed five games with a left groin strain last year. He has had a groin or hamstring injury in December or January in seven of the last nine seasons.
The announced timetable eliminates Booker from playing in Phoenix’s game on Friday at the Houston Rockets and Monday at the Minnesota Timberwolves and pushes up against next Wednesday’s NBA Cup knockout round game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Suns have not played a game since Monday, so it worked out in the schedule that Booker would miss time when there are several off days to lessen the number of games he’d miss.
In 22 games this season, Booker has put up 25 points, 6.7 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 0.9 steals per contest. He is shooting 45.7% from the floor and 31.5% from deep, as he had been in a shooting slump leading up to the injury.
Booker has had to carry a greater playmaking load with Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal no longer on the team and with Jalen Green having been healthy for one full game due to hamstring troubles.
Without Booker on Monday, Dillon Brooks and Collin Gillespie picked up the offensive production with 61 combined points.
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It’s the maddening NBA scheduling that contributes to these injuries. Correct me if I’m wrong, but we have a league high 16 back to backs👀🤷🏽Crazy.
Being that the game next Wednesday the 10th against the Thunder is an NBA Cup game, I wouldn't be surprised if Booker only misses these next two in Houston and Minneapolis. Especially considering he was on the bench in street clothes to watch the rest of that beatdown on Monday night. If it was a really bad strain, I can't imagine he would've bothered leaving the locker room at all.
Both the Rockets and T-Wolves have suffered losses at the hands of bad teams recently (the Jazz and Kings, respectively), so it's not out of the realm of possibility for the Suns to at least split these next two. If they manage to beat both teams without Booker, there are going to be a lot of bridges missing their trolls for at least a few days.
I have a bunch of Fantasy teams & some resemble a MASH unit.
One in particular has 5 guys out.....Booker, Doncic, Norm Powell, Alex Sarr & RJ Barrett.