{"id":522380,"date":"2026-01-07T11:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/522380\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:25:14","slug":"cavs-provide-dissapointing-update-on-max-struss-injured-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/522380\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs provide dissapointing update on Max Strus\u2019s injured foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> have been without their ideal starting small forward, Max Strus, for the whole season. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearthesword.com\/cavs-news\/38672\/cavs-max-strus-to-miss-3-4-months-with-foot-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a Jones Fracture to his left foot<\/a> during an offseason workout at the end of August. This initial timeline stated that he would be expected to resume basketball activities in three to four months. We\u2019re just over four months from the initial injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cavs\/status\/2008614706916061254?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">released a statement<\/a> updating Strus\u2019s possible return on Tuesday afternoon. The press release stated that he\u2019s made \u201cpositive progress\u201d and is scheduled to be reevaluated in four weeks, and that \u201cnext steps will be determined following that evaluation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is a disappointing development. Four weeks from now would put him being reevaluated at the beginning of February. Presumably, a return to play would be after that point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cavs could use Strus. They\u2019ve struggled to find a fifth starter to fit alongside their core four of Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, and Jarrett Allen, with Strus out of the lineup. Additionally, head coach Kenny Atkinson has had a difficult time finding bench lineups that work well together. Strus\u2019s well-rounded skill set would help with both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Last season, Strus averaged 9.4 points on .442\/.386\/.824 shooting splits with 4.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 50 games played last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers have been without their ideal starting small forward, Max Strus, for the whole season. He&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,148,147,305,193,3846,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-522380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cavs-injury-report","11":"tag-cavs-news","12":"tag-cleveland","13":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","14":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115853572541176643","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}