More on Anthony Davis Injury
Will Guillory: The Pelicans listed Anthony Davis and E'Twaun Moore as out for tonight's game in Denver. pic.twitter.com/BC6KATSTRh
Scott Kushner: I just spoke to AD. He said the plan was to just play a limited amount so he wouldn’t “mess the shoulder up” any further. But he said of the shoulder, “it’s fine”. He also said he expects to play when the Pelicans’ schedule resumes next week and will play his normal workload.
Ramona Shelburne: As @Adrian Wojnarowski noted, Pels owner was livid at the scene last night. According to a source, it was communicated to Demps that AD and Rich Paul left to get an MRI on his shoulder, but that message was not relayed to head coach Alvin Gentry. He found out from a reporter’s Q
Ramona Shelburne: Later that night, AD texted Gentry to explain that he’d left to get an MRI on the shoulder, according to a source.
Sam Amick: After an MRI tonight, Anthony Davis’ left shoulder that forced him to leave the game against OKC has been deemed a muscle contusion, source tells @TheAthleticNBA. Unclear as yet if he’ll miss the All-Star game. Depends on how he feels in the coming days.
Tim MacMahon: Alvin Gentry mentioned Anthony Davis left the building after injuring his shoulder. Asked if that bothered him, he said: “I’m going to talk about the guys who played the game. They did a great job. We found a way to win the game. That’s what’s important.”
Despite Anthony Davis being listed as questionable headed into Wednesday's matchup against the Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said the team plans to sit the five-time All-Star center until after Thursday's trade deadline. "He is [available], but we're not going to play him until after the trading deadline," Gentry said. "I think everybody can understand that."
"Obviously, it's on everyone's mind," Gentry said. "But we just try to put it on the backburner, and focus on the task at hand. I think everything kind of clears up [after Davis is traded], at least for a while. And you can go back to I guess whatever our new normal is going to be. It's just part of it. It's part of the business, and you just deal with it like you would anything else."
Shams Charania: Sources: Anthony Davis has been medically cleared to play from his left index finger fracture, but the New Orleans Pelicans do not intend to play him before Thursday's trade deadline. Davis is expected to be inactive against the Bulls on Wednesday night.
Shams Charania: The Pelicans will re-evaluate their position on sitting Davis if and when the deadline passes with no deal, league sources said.
Adrian Wojnarowski: Pelicans listing Anthony Davis as questionable for Wednesday's game with Chicago.
Oleh Kosel: When Alvin Gentry was prodded further for an answer on when/if we'll see Anthony Davis in a game on behalf of the New Orleans Pelicans, he stated, "I don’t make those decisions. I was told that he’s cleared to practice. That's what I know."
Will Guillory: Davis: my intention is to play once my finger gets healthy
Erik Horne: Pelicans coming into Oklahoma City battling injuries. No Anthony Davis (left index finger sprain), Nikola Mirotic (right calf strain), E'Twaun Moore (rest), or Julius Randle (right ankle sprain). Randle, who's killed the Thunder this season, was ruled out just minutes ago.
New Orleans Pelicans: Injury Update: Anthony Davis sustained a left index finger sprain in last night’s game. Davis is expected to be out approximately 1-2 weeks #Pelicans
Scott Kushner: Anthony Davis is officially OUT tonight (illness).
Jennifer Hale: The @PelicansNBA Anthony Davis tried hard to play tonight: he was at shoot around, came to the arena tonight, his family is here. This stomach bug, which has affected other teams members too, made it impossible to get on the court tonight. #MINvsNOP
Scott Souza: #Pelicans Anthony Davis will play tonight; no restrictions.
Jim Eichenhofer: Julius Randle postgame radio with @995WRNO, on Anthony Davis scoring 6 pts but blocking 5 shots in 26 minutes: “He was hurt, so it took away from his aggression (on offense), but for him to have that type of impact on the defensive end, it really propelled us to the win.”
Jim Eichenhofer: Alvin Gentry on Anthony Davis (hip) status for Monday at Boston: “It will be evaluated later. A lot of times it’s the next day where the pain is. We’ll have to wait and see. If he’s not ready to go, we’re not going to press the issue - not less than 30 games into the season.”
Rod Beard: #Pelicans Anthony Davis (right hip) is back in the game in 3Q.
Jim Eichenhofer: Anthony Davis was struck in the hip in a collision with Blake Griffin and walked gingerly to bench. During this timeout, he is headed with trainer to #Pelicans locker room
Rod Beard: #Pelicans Anthony Davis (right hip) is questionable to return after the big collision with #Pistons Blake Griffin.
Gary Washburn: Anthony Davis will play, according to #Pelicans
Pelicans forward Anthony Davis told reporters that he plans to play Monday night against the Boston Celtics after missing Saturday's loss to the Wizards with a right hip strain. "That's my plan," Davis told reporters after the team's shootaround Monday morning. "My plan is always to play. I have to get evaluated and see how it feels over this couple of hours before the game and go from there."
Tom Westerholm: Alvin Gentry says he believes Anthony Davis will play tonight (still doesn’t sound absolutely certain).
Kyle Draper: #Pelicans expect Anthony Davis to play tonight vs #Celtics. Davis tells me he’s fine. He missed the Pels last game with a strained right hip. Watch tonight on @NBCSBoston with a PreGame at 7pm #NBA pic.twitter.com/SjIuZ91Dig
Chris Haynes: New Orleans forward Anthony Davis is being held out tonight against Washington with a right hip strain.
Will Guillory: Anthony Davis just checked out and headed to the locker room. He was favoring that left arm the last few trips up the court
Oleh Kosel: "All the indications are that he will play." -- Alvin Gentry on Anthony Davis' availability for tonight's game against the Spurs.
Chris Haynes: New Orleans All-Star Anthony Davis plans to play tonight against Golden State after sitting out last two games with an elbow injury, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
For a second straight game, New Orleans will face a formidable Northwest Division foe Monday, again without the services of five-time All-Star forward Anthony Davis. Just prior to this morning’s shootaround in Colorado, Davis (right elbow sprain) was officially ruled out of a Western Conference meeting with the Denver Nuggets.
Davis’ status going forward is day-to-day, with New Orleans fourth-year head coach Alvin Gentry saying, “He still has a sore elbow. We’re not going to take any chances six games into the season. When he feels better, we’ll play him.”
“We’ve got to do a little more,” said Jrue Holiday, who indicated that he expects to slide over to point guard in Monday’s game. “Rebounding, (without) his presence on the court, sometimes being a little more physical on the bigs. The guards, we have to crack back and keep those bigs off the boards.”
David Locke: BREAKING Anthony Davis is out tonight for the New Orleans Pelicans
Scott Kushner: "He did it last night, but it was not even a factor until he got home. There was some soreness. Obviously we are not going to take any risk with that." - Alvin Gentry, on Anthony Davis' elbow injury, which sidelines him for tonight's game vs. Jazz.
Oleh Kosel: Regarding Anthony Davis, Alvin Gentry says he remains questionable. A determination will be made on his availabilty once he warms up.
Will Guillory: Gentry says Davis injured his elbow last night vs. Brooklyn, didn’t start feeling it until he got home
Scott Kushner: Alvin Gentry said Anthony Davis' right ankle is an issue for the #Pelicans star and that he probably wouldn't have remained in the Portland loss if not for the current situation in the West Standings. AD clearly playing through some pain.
Jim Eichenhofer: Anthony Davis (first #NBA triple-double) on his return to playing after missing Friday's game vs. Washington: "I felt fine. The ankle felt very fine."
Jim Eichenhofer: Anthony Davis after Saturday's practice, on the condition of his ankle: "I did some light stuff (workout-wise) today. Will do some more stuff tomorrow, but it feels a lot better."
Jim Eichenhofer: Alvin Gentry on how much #Pelicans miss Anthony Davis when he can't play: "Just think Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, with him not on the (field). I think that would be a good comparison. He opens up the game for everyone, really."
Scott Kushner: Anthony Davis will be a gametime decision tomorrow. “He seems to be OK”.
Will Guillory: Pelicans have officially ruled Anthony Davis out for tonight's game with a left ankle sprain
Scott Kushner: Sounds like Anthony Davis is going to go through pregame warmups to feel out whether or not he’s able to play on his sprained ankle tonight vs the Wizards.
Scott Kushner: Gentry confirmed AD "tried it" warming up on sprained ankle. He won't say AD's officially out "until there's about 40 secs left on the clock". Gentry is "optimistic" Davis will be back by Sunday. "I don't think think it's that big of a deal. It's a sprained ankle. It'll be OK."
Adrian Wojnarowski: MRI results on New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis’ left ankle revealed a sprain, league source tells ESPN. He’s day to day and doubtful for Friday game.
For the second straight night, Davis was forced to leave his team's game with an injury. He exited Wednesday night's contest at the Sacramento Kings in the third quarter after rolling his left ankle after grabbing a rebound. The Pelicans announced that X-rays taken were negative, but Davis did not return in the team's 114-101 win -- New Orleans' 10th straight victory. Coach Alvin Gentry said Davis will get an MRI on Thursday when the team returns home.
Jim Eichenhofer: Anthony Davis on his left ankle sprain: “I feel fine. But I’m going to have the team doctor take a look at it (Thursday) and go from there.”
Scott Kushner: #Pelicans will check on Anthony Davis’ ankle today. Obviously, the fear is a high ankle sprain or some kind of lingering injury that takes significant time to heal. X Rays revealed nothing was broken. twitter.com/scottdkushner/…
"Won't know anything until tomorrow," Gentry said. "They took X-rays but couldn't really tell a lot from the X-rays, so we'll go back home, and I'm sure he'll have an MRI at some stage tomorrow, and we'll have more information."
Scott Kushner: Alvin Gentry is “under the assumption” Anthony Davis (ankle) will play tonight. Not expected to have a minutes restriction if he’s able to go.
The New Orleans Pelicans announced on Thursday that Anthony Davis is questionable going into Friday's home game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said that star forward Anthony Davis will miss Wednesday's road tilt against the Memphis Grizzlies, but he hopes that Davis' absence will be a short one.
Jim Eichenhofer: Anthony Davis has been officially ruled out of Monday’s game in Houston
Will Guillory: Pelicans announce Anthony Davis will play tonight, Rajon Rondo (rest) will sit. Ian Clark starts in his place
Will Guillory: Alvin Gentry says Anthony Davis will test his adductor injury but he is likely to play tonight
Will Guillory: Anthony Davis (left adductor strain) is listed as doubtful for tomorrow's game vs Denver
Jake Madison: Gentry says the plan with Anthony Davis is to work him out and reevaluate each day. Hopefully he can come back sooner rather than later
Will Guillory: Anthony Davis says at this point his injury is more about dealing with the pain, was glad to know it wasn't anything serious.
Adrian Wojnarowski: MRI results negative on New Orleans Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis' injured groin, and timetable on his return will be day-to-day for near future, league sources tell ESPN.
New Orleans Pelicans: Injury Update: Anthony Davis has been diagnosed with a left adductor strain. An MRI and further examination revealed no structural damage. Davis will miss tonight’s game against the Warriors and is listed as day-to-day going forward #Pelicans
Mike Richman: Anthony Davis just walked into Moda Center on crutches.
