{"id":680297,"date":"2026-03-26T15:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/680297\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:23:29","slug":"injury-notes-giannis-cade-edwards-kings-k-george-wade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/680297\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury Notes: Giannis, Cade, Edwards, Kings, K. George, Wade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Basketball Players Association seemed to imply in a statement earlier this week<\/a> that Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> is healthy enough to play, but that\u2019s not the case, according to head coach Doc Rivers. As Eric Nehm of The Athletic<\/a> relays, Rivers told reporters on Wednesday that Antetokounmpo continues to recover from the left knee hyperextension and bone bruise that have sidelined him since March 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not (healthy),\u201d Rivers said. \u201cHe\u2019s progressing. He\u2019s just not healthy. Our focus right now is just getting him healthy. We\u2019re just trying to get Giannis cleared and healthy; that\u2019s our only focus. All the other stuff, we stay above.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reporting last week<\/a> suggested that Antetokounmpo and the Bucks were at odds over whether he should be shut down for the rest of the season, with Milwaukee preferring to take a conservative approach and the two-time MVP pushing to return. The NBPA\u2019s statement suggested that the Bucks are motivated to hold Giannis out of action to potentially improve their draft position, an idea Rivers downplayed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have a meeting about this (statement from the NBPA),\u201d Rivers said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have one discussion. (General manager) Jon Horst didn\u2019t call me to talk about this, just to show you the concern we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are several more injury updates from around the NBA:<\/p>\n

Appearing on NBA Countdown on Wednesday (Twitter video link<\/a>), ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania provided health updates on Cade Cunningham<\/a> (collapsed lung) and Anthony Edwards<\/a> (knee inflammation). According to Charania, the Pistons are optimistic that Cunningham will be able to return in time for the start of the playoffs, while the Timberwolves consider Edwards day-to-day at this point, and he could return as Saturday vs. Detroit or Monday at Dallas.
\nKings forward Keegan Murray<\/a>, out since February 25 due to a left ankle sprain, is making \u201cgood progress\u201d in his return-to-play process and is resuming contact work, the team announced on Wednesday (Twitter link<\/a> via James Ham of ESPN 1320). The update suggests Sacramento plans on having Murray back before the end of the season. Veteran guard Russell Westbrook<\/a>, meanwhile, underwent an MRI on his sore right foot and has been diagnosed with joint irritation of the first toe. He\u2019ll remain out, with further updates provided as appropriate, per the Kings.
\nThe Wizards, who announced on March 4<\/a> that forward Kyshawn George<\/a> had sustained a partial UCL tear in his left elbow and would be reevaluated in three weeks, provided an update right on schedule on Wednesday. According to the team (Twitter link<\/a>), elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister confirmed this week that George has a Grade 2 distal UCL tear. The plan is to continue to treat the injury \u201cconservatively\u201d and evaluate the 22-year-old again next Wednesday.
\nCavaliers forward Dean Wade<\/a> appeared to suffer an ankle injury during warm-ups prior to Wednesday\u2019s contest vs. Miami, per Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com (Twitter<\/a> links<\/a>). While Wade was held out of the game, Fedor refers to it as a \u201cprecaution,\u201d which suggests the injury probably isn\u2019t serious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Basketball Players Association seemed to imply in a statement earlier this week that Bucks star Giannis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[375,7,103,909,5759,123,3210,6333,102,121,3871,6,254],"class_list":["post-680297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-milwaukee-bucks","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-basketball","tag-bucks","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-dean-wade","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-keegan-murray","tag-kyshawn-george","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-milwaukeebucks","tag-nba","tag-russell-westbrook"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116296168973304133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680297","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=680297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}