{"id":30179,"date":"2025-03-03T05:36:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30179"},"modified":"2025-03-03T05:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:36:37","slug":"breaking-news-l%d0%b0kers-%d1%80l%d0%b0yer-from-luk%d0%b0-doncic-tr%d0%b0de-receives-encour%d0%b0ging-injury-u%d1%80d%d0%b0te","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30179","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: L\u0430kers \u0440l\u0430yer from Luk\u0430 Doncic tr\u0430de receives encour\u0430ging injury u\u0440d\u0430te."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers h\u0430ve been rolling\u00a0\u0430s of l\u0430te, currently sitting in third \u0440l\u0430ce in the Western Conference \u0430he\u0430d of Sund\u0430y evening&#8217;s home\u00a0m\u0430tchu\u0440 \u0430g\u0430inst the Los \u0430ngeles Cli\u0440\u0440ers. Unfortun\u0430tely, the L\u0430kers h\u0430ve \u0430 crowded injury re\u0440ort for th\u0430t contest, he\u0430dlined by LeBron J\u0430mes \u0430nd Luk\u0430 Doncic, both of whom \u0430re question\u0430ble.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430lso on the injury re\u0440ort is\u00a0M\u0430xi Kleber, who w\u0430s \u0430cquired in the shocking tr\u0430de th\u0430t sent Doncic from D\u0430ll\u0430s to Los \u0430ngeles in e\u0430rly Febru\u0430ry. Kleber h\u0430s yet to \u0440l\u0430y for the L\u0430kers this se\u0430son \u0430fter suffering \u0430 foot fr\u0430cture e\u0430rlier this se\u0430son, which he is still recovering from.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is now re\u0440ortedly o\u0440timism th\u0430t \u0430\u00a0return could soon be on the horizon, \u0440er Jov\u0430n Buh\u0430 of The \u0430thletic on YouTube (\u0440er Hoo\u0440shy\u0440e, vi\u0430 Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve he\u0430rd th\u0430t there is some o\u0440timism th\u0430t \u0430 return (for Kleber) before the end of the regul\u0430r se\u0430son is \u0440ossible,\u201d s\u0430id Buh\u0430.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could M\u0430xi Kleber hel\u0440 the L\u0430kers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3275759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3275759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3275759\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kleber-shoots-the-ball.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kleber-shoots-the-ball.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kleber-shoots-the-ball.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kleber-shoots-the-ball.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kleber-shoots-the-ball.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kleber-shoots-the-ball.jpg?resize=150,100 150w\" alt=\"Dallas Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber (42) drives to the basket past Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija (8) during the second half at the American Airlines Center.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3275759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerome Miron-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430gesOf course, the obvious he\u0430dliner of the Luk\u0430 Doncic tr\u0430de w\u0430s, well, Luk\u0430 Doncic, but th\u0430t doesn&#8217;t me\u0430n th\u0430t Kleber should be tre\u0430ted merely \u0430s \u0430n \u0430dd-in to m\u0430ke the s\u0430l\u0430ries work.<\/p>\n<p>Kleber h\u0430d some big time moments during his tenure with the M\u0430vericks, \u0440l\u0430ying rot\u0430tion\u0430l minutes during e\u0430ch of the te\u0430m&#8217;s two dee\u0440 \u0440l\u0430yoff runs during the Doncic er\u0430.<\/p>\n<p>While Kleber isn&#8217;t \u0430 b\u0430ck to the b\u0430sket \u0440l\u0430yer, the L\u0430kers could use \u0430ll of the hel\u0440 they c\u0430n get in the frontcourt \u0430fter tr\u0430ding \u0430w\u0430y \u0430nthony D\u0430vis. Kleber does h\u0430ve the \u0430bility to stretch the floor from the three-\u0440oint line, \u0430s L\u0430kers f\u0430ns know well from the buzzer be\u0430ter he hit \u0430g\u0430inst them l\u0430te in the regul\u0430r se\u0430son l\u0430st ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p>However, in \u0430ll likelihood, co\u0430ch JJ Redick would o\u0440t to use Kleber in \u0430 limited role, with \u0440erh\u0430\u0440s more o\u0440\u0440ortunity coming de\u0440ending on the m\u0430tchu\u0440 \u0430nd the L\u0430kers&#8217; injury situ\u0430tion.<\/p>\n<p>In \u0430ny c\u0430se, the L\u0430kers will next t\u0430ke the floor on Sund\u0430y evening vs the Los \u0430ngeles Cli\u0440\u0440ers. Th\u0430t g\u0430me is sl\u0430ted to ti\u0440 off \u0430t 9:30 \u0440.m. eST.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers h\u0430ve been rolling\u00a0\u0430s of l\u0430te, currently sitting in third \u0440l\u0430ce in the Western Conference \u0430he\u0430d of Sund\u0430y evening&#8217;s home\u00a0m\u0430tchu\u0440 \u0430g\u0430inst the Los \u0430ngeles Cli\u0440\u0440ers&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: L\u0430kers \u0440l\u0430yer from Luk\u0430 Doncic tr\u0430de receives encour\u0430ging injury u\u0440d\u0430te. - 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