Cavs provide injury update on Max Strus

INDIANAPOLIS — Cavs swingman Max Strus could beryllium sidelined until nan mid-February All-Star break.

Strus, who underwent room to repair a Jones fracture connected his near ft successful precocious August, had a caller information pinch doctors that showed much clip would beryllium required for nan fracture to afloat heal. He is scheduled for a follow-up gathering pinch nan Cavaliers’ aesculapian unit and Dr. David Porter, who performed nan procedure, astatine immoderate constituent wrong nan adjacent 4 weeks.

The adjacent steps successful his betterment will beryllium wished aft that information — a return-to-play timeline that is longer than primitively anticipated, 1 that has him successful statement to miss nan unofficial first half of nan regular season.

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Shortly aft nan cognition connected Aug 26, nan Cavs announced that Strus was expected to resume hoops activities successful astir 3 to 4 months — a people that has now passed.

While Strus has been conducting individual workouts, he has not yet started practicing pinch nan team. A afloat practice, which is now weeks away, is viewed arsenic 1 of nan last steps earlier receiving aesculapian clearance. A root told cleveland.com that nan Cavs will proceed to beryllium cautious, not consenting to unreserved a return contempt their continued uneven play.

This is nan 2nd consecutive play Strus has missed nan early months because of injury. He sat retired nan first 27 games successful 2024-25 because of an ankle rumor and has already missed 37 frankincense far.

The Cavs person felt his absence, typically pointing to an unquantifiable violative effect — movement, cutting, shooting, spacing and gravity. And fixed Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson’s caller starting lineup alteration — putting De’Andre Hunter successful a reserve domiciled — Strus is expected to reclaim his starting mini guardant job, moreover if not correct distant because of infinitesimal restrictions.

Since joining Cleveland arsenic an unrestricted free supplier successful nan summertime of 2023, Strus has appeared successful 120 games, averaging 11.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists while shooting 42.6% from nan section and 36.4% from 3-point range. With him connected nan tribunal past season, nan Cavs outscored opponents by 7.9 points per 100 possessions.

Chris Fedor has much than 20 years of acquisition successful Cleveland sports media, starting his profession successful power and making a full-time modulation to multimedia publicity astir a decade ago. While he has covered the...