Khris Middleton had to leave his partners during the game against the Rockets. The Bucks winger apparently sprained his ankle in the second quarter of the game. At first glance, it did not seem very serious, but the lieutenant of Giannis Antetokounmpo still had to leave his partners.
That’s on the side of bad news for Milwaukee. On the good news side, there’s the ever-closer return of Joe Ingles. Victim of a cruciate ligament rupture of the knee in January, the Australian was then transferred by Utah. He finally joined the Bucks, injured, during the summer. Recently sent to the G-League to train with the Wisconsin Herd, he seems ready to make his debut with Milwaukee.
“I think it’s fair to say he’s getting closer to that (a comeback)” thus explained Mike Budenholzer on the situation of his 35-year-old winger. “He plays with our G-League team, he does five-on-five in game situation. But again, like towards the end of (Khris Middleton’s rehabilitation), you have to reach a certain level in terms of fitness to be ready to play in an NBA game. It takes a significant number of game repetitions, in order to build everything needed to be able to play an NBA game. »
Always as cautious and polite, the Bucks coach does not want to rush anything, but we understand that Joe Ingles has now exceeded the framework of his rehabilitation, and that it is for him to find a good physical condition. It is therefore a matter of days, or at worst weeks, before finding him on the NBA floors.
As a reminder, the Bucks had used their $6.5 million “taxpayer midlevel exception” to sign him.
