Like all of us, Pat Connaughton will therefore be watching the NBA… on TV for the next three weeks. The full-back is suffering from a strained right calf and is unlikely to start the season until early November. Bad news for the Bucks, although the Earth clearly won’t stop spinning without him, sorry Patoche.
While there are only a few hours left before the official start of the school year, some are already starting to knock on the door of the dispensary, armed with their medical certificates. Pat Connaughton is part of the line since the back of the Bucks who has played only two preseason games suffers from a strained right calf and will go from the Milwaukee bench to that of the infirmary. Bucks fans don’t worry, the 29-year-old fullback won’t be bored since he should find Joe Ingles, Wesley Matthews and Khris Middleton in the infirmary. This famous calf point that all Sunday sportsmen know will keep Pat Connaughton off NBA courts for at least three weeksas announced by Shams Charania.
Bucks say Pat Connaughton will be sidelined for approximately three weeks with a right calf strain.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 16, 2022
During this period, the bench of the Bucks will therefore compose without one of its leaders. During last season, Pat the menace was averaging 9.9 pawns, 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 26 minutes of play, more than correct stats that the Wisconsin board rewarded with a 3-year extension for 28.5 million potatoes. Experience, a huge dose of hustle and three-unit shooting (39.5% average in 2021-22), this is what Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family will have to do for the start of the season. Mike Budenholzer will have to rethink his rotation on position 2 to attack the 2022-23 financial year and George Hill, Jordan Nwora or even the rookie MarJon Beauchamp risk taking over during the unavailability of the former Blazers player. Who says start of the season often says approximation and even if it is bad news for the Bucks, the sky does not fall either on the Wisconsin franchise which should however not go out without its favorite role player.
A capricious calf and three weeks of sick leave for Pat Connaughton? Milwaukee’s second unit will have to do without one of its bench leaders until November. Bad news that might give others the opportunity to shine, because… absentees are always wrong, aren’t they?
Source texte : Shams Charania.
