Khris Middleton to debut on Friday against Lakers
Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Khris Middleton plans to make his season debut vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday (ESPN, 7:30 PM ET). Middleton has been recovering from July surgery on his left wrist. The Bucks are 15-5, second in the East.
Source: Twitter @wojespn
Source: Twitter @wojespn
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Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN story on Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Khris Middleton planning return on Friday vs. the Lakers espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 12:05 PM
ESPN story on Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Khris Middleton planning return on Friday vs. the Lakers espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 12:05 PM
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN Sources: Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Khris Middleton plans to make his season debut vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday (ESPN, 7:30 PM ET). Middleton has been recovering from July surgery on his left wrist. The Bucks are 15-5, second in the East. – 11:49 AM
ESPN Sources: Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Khris Middleton plans to make his season debut vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday (ESPN, 7:30 PM ET). Middleton has been recovering from July surgery on his left wrist. The Bucks are 15-5, second in the East. – 11:49 AM
Kane Pitman @KanePitman
Postgame show w/@Frank Madden
It wasn’t perfect, but Giannis keeps filling the boxscore and Grayson Allen has another moment. Milwaukee are on 60-win pace at the quarter way mark with Khris Middleton yet to play a minute.
📺 https://t.co/gdgBCatWMa
🎙️ https://t.co/fq5or6OoXX pic.twitter.com/F29Qs3dLlo – 11:51 PM
Postgame show w/@Frank Madden
It wasn’t perfect, but Giannis keeps filling the boxscore and Grayson Allen has another moment. Milwaukee are on 60-win pace at the quarter way mark with Khris Middleton yet to play a minute.
📺 https://t.co/gdgBCatWMa
🎙️ https://t.co/fq5or6OoXX pic.twitter.com/F29Qs3dLlo – 11:51 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
NEW: Prince William and Kate Middleton will be in attendance for tonight’s Celtics-Heat game here in Boston
The Prince and Princess of Wales are visiting Boston for Friday’s Earthshot Awards – 7:23 PM
NEW: Prince William and Kate Middleton will be in attendance for tonight’s Celtics-Heat game here in Boston
The Prince and Princess of Wales are visiting Boston for Friday’s Earthshot Awards – 7:23 PM
Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
I’m not in New York for this game, but #Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer was asked about the return of all-star Khris Middleton:
“I’m not here to say when he’s going to play, when he’s not going to play. We’ll continue to see how he does. (1/2) – 6:18 PM
I’m not in New York for this game, but #Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer was asked about the return of all-star Khris Middleton:
“I’m not here to say when he’s going to play, when he’s not going to play. We’ll continue to see how he does. (1/2) – 6:18 PM
Mike Vorkunov @MikeVorkunov
Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer didn’t answer definitively when asked if Khris Middleton will play Friday, or what timetable for his return is. Said he did more today.
“To say he’s close is accurate,” Budenholzer said. “I’m just going to leave it at that. Close can mean anything.” – 6:15 PM
Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer didn’t answer definitively when asked if Khris Middleton will play Friday, or what timetable for his return is. Said he did more today.
“To say he’s close is accurate,” Budenholzer said. “I’m just going to leave it at that. Close can mean anything.” – 6:15 PM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Report: James Harden, Khris Middleton nearing return to court nba.nbcsports.com/2022/11/30/rep… – 4:35 PM
Report: James Harden, Khris Middleton nearing return to court nba.nbcsports.com/2022/11/30/rep… – 4:35 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Khris Middleton is nearing his season debut, per our @Shams Charania.
“It’s wild. We’ve been playing the way we are and we haven’t had an All-Star, All-NBA guy like that, just tops at his position. That’s scary.” – Brook Lopez
At @TheAthletic: theathletic.com/3947057/2022/1… – 2:12 PM
Khris Middleton is nearing his season debut, per our @Shams Charania.
“It’s wild. We’ve been playing the way we are and we haven’t had an All-Star, All-NBA guy like that, just tops at his position. That’s scary.” – Brook Lopez
At @TheAthletic: theathletic.com/3947057/2022/1… – 2:12 PM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Bucks star Middleton could make season debut on Friday
sportando.basketball/en/bucks-star-… – 1:27 PM
Bucks star Middleton could make season debut on Friday
sportando.basketball/en/bucks-star-… – 1:27 PM
CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Khris Middleton injury update: Bucks star could make season debut Friday vs. Lakers, per report
cbssports.com/nba/news/khris… – 1:26 PM
Khris Middleton injury update: Bucks star could make season debut Friday vs. Lakers, per report
cbssports.com/nba/news/khris… – 1:26 PM
More on this storyline
Middleton finally has been cleared to return to action for the Bucks after missing the first 20 games of the season, the longest stretch of regular-season games he has missed since losing the first 56 games of the 2016-17 season following a hamstring tear. “It feels like a shortened offseason with a training camp combined,” he said of the last month-plus. “Not necessarily rushing but just trying to take advantage of every opportunity I have to get on the court to kind of go through the process of what my body needs to prepare itself for an NBA season.” -via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel / December 1, 2022
Middleton told the Journal Sentinel in August his knee, and legs in general, felt great after a full offseason. He said Monday his wrist is healed, it’s just that going more than six months without actual basketball activity required a longer ramp-up period to a return. “That’s exactly what it is,” he said. “I’m in a cast where I can only do so much on the court or physical activity. Then I get out of that and just trying to get my body ready for the pounding that it takes. It’s a lot of miles you put on your body – not just a whole season but in one game. So you want to be able to bounce from one game to the next and still be fresh and still feel like yourself and not feel like you ran into a wall five games in.” -via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel / December 1, 2022
Shams Charania: Sources: Two notable injury updates: – Bucks star Khris Middleton is nearing his season debut, potentially as soon as Friday vs. Lakers. – 76ers star James Harden is targeting return on current three-game road trip, likely in Houston on Monday. -via Twitter @ShamsCharania / November 30, 2022