{"id":433260,"date":"2026-01-27T18:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/433260\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:53:11","slug":"updates-on-star-basketball-players-across-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/433260\/","title":{"rendered":"updates on star basketball players across the league"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest updates on injured NBA stars<br \/>\nNikola Joki\u0107 (Denver Nuggets)<\/p>\n<p>Injury: Hyperextended left knee<br \/>Status: Out since 29 December\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/nikola-jokic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Joki\u0107<\/a> suffered his injury on 29 December against the Miami Heat. A postponed game in Memphis may be the only thing to save the center&#8217;s MVP eligibility. With the 65-game threshold set by the NBA for players to qualify for postseason awards, Jokic can miss only three more games before falling below that number.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Denver head coach David\u00a0Adelman offered a candid update on Joki\u0107\u2019s status before the Nuggets faced the Lakers last Tuesday (20 January).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just been a very up-and-down process,\u201d\u00a0Adelman said via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DNVR_Nuggets\/status\/2013788890671243481\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;ee46d54e-cb24-4b9b-91b3-09510195df46&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27T16:05:55.976Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;NBA injury list: updates on star basketball players across the league &quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-basketball\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo\\&quot;,\\&quot;jayson-tatum\\&quot;,\\&quot;nikola-jokic\\&quot;,\\&quot;luka-doncic\\&quot;,\\&quot;devin-booker\\&quot;,\\&quot;giannis-antetokounmpo\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;NBA injury list: updates on star basketball players across the league &quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;basketball-nba-injury-updates-status-star-players&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-basketball&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;BKB&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow\">DNVR Sports<\/a>. \u201cGood days, bad days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coach declined to share more specifics, but his tone hinted that Denver is not expecting Joki\u0107 to return early. Joki\u0107 was considered the MVP frontrunner prior to his injury.<\/p>\n<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks)<\/p>\n<p>Injury: Right calf strain<br \/>Status: No timetable for return<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/giannis-antetokounmpo\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;ee46d54e-cb24-4b9b-91b3-09510195df46&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27T16:05:55.976Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;NBA injury list: updates on star basketball players across the league &quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-basketball\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo\\&quot;,\\&quot;jayson-tatum\\&quot;,\\&quot;nikola-jokic\\&quot;,\\&quot;luka-doncic\\&quot;,\\&quot;devin-booker\\&quot;,\\&quot;giannis-antetokounmpo\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;NBA injury list: updates on star basketball players across the league &quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;basketball-nba-injury-updates-status-star-players&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-basketball&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;BKB&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> re-aggravated a calf injury during Milwaukee\u2019s 102\u2013100 loss to Denver. He attempted to play through the discomfort until leaving the court with 34 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end, I could not move no more, so I had to stop playing,\u201d he said via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/giannis-antetokounmpo-injured-calf\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;ee46d54e-cb24-4b9b-91b3-09510195df46&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-01-27T16:05:55.976Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;NBA injury list: updates on star basketball players across the league &quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-basketball\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;,\\&quot;seo\\&quot;,\\&quot;jayson-tatum\\&quot;,\\&quot;nikola-jokic\\&quot;,\\&quot;luka-doncic\\&quot;,\\&quot;devin-booker\\&quot;,\\&quot;giannis-antetokounmpo\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;NBA injury list: updates on star basketball players across the league &quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;basketball-nba-injury-updates-status-star-players&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-basketball&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;BKB&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He added that he tried to stay on the floor because of the Bucks\u2019 position in the standings.\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t like to quit,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt like I couldn\u2019t explode\u2026 I still felt like I could help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coach Doc Rivers confirmed there is \u201cno timetable\u201d for his return. Milwaukee is 3\u201311 without\u00a0Antetokounmpo this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ja Morant (Memphis Grizzlies)<\/p>\n<p>Injury: Sprained UCL (left elbow)<br \/>Status: Out for at least three weeks<\/p>\n<p>Ja Morant injured his elbow in Wednesday&#8217;s (21 January) loss to the Hawks, the latest setback in an already turbulent season for Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time All-Star has played only 20 of the team\u2019s 43 games and has averaged 19.5 points and 8.1 assists amid continued trade speculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest updates on injured NBA stars Nikola Joki\u0107 (Denver Nuggets) Injury: Hyperextended left kneeStatus: Out since 29 December\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-433260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}