He will only miss some of those preseason game at least, and I since you already said that it's only a minor one, this shouldn't make the Mavericks fans afraid at all.

IMO, it's a good thing that he's out as well because the team will be tested, and it's for their future as well. I mean how will be the team be if Luka isn't playing because of some injuries during the regular season? Will the team still be a good team if he isn't playing. That's why it's good at least because they will be tested and it's only on their first games.

Just for context why I might agree on this one. Tyus Jones is the leading Point Guard in terms of assist-to-turnover efficiency ratio for the past 6 years already. This means that he can dish out passes efficiently and at the same time, his turnover is also very low. This is what other people aren't talking about because it isn't shown on the stat sheet, but I will tell all that getting Tyus Jones at a low amount is big for the Suns. For me, he's one of the most underrated PGs that we have currently because of this thing.

Now if we will compare their line up to the likes of Boston, Dallas, OKC, Philly and others out there, they might be one of the best "ON OFFENSE" just because you have a big 3 that could erupt anytime, you have a rebounding machine in Nurkic, and you have a legit underrated PG in Jones. Now the problem lies on their defense because Beal isn't that good on defense although KD and Booker are good defenders.

Overall, it's too early to say that they're among the best currently just because they don't have any achievements at all, and take note that there might be times where these starting 5 might not play together because of injuries, personal reasons, etc. but on paper, they're one of the best.

Yes, it seems that Luka will not be available with that calf injury, although it's not like a one of the worst injury, he just needed to rest to fully heal it and be back in action. Of course we wanted to see him really healthy at the start, but maybe he is just pushing himself in training in the pre-season that's why he got injured or something.

Not a great start but still they have Kyrie and Klay with them, I think they will still be good in the first couple of weeks of the upcoming season. And speaking of Klay which model Anta's shoes, it was reported that maybe Kyrie will have his own line of shoes. Same with Trae Young as he as spotted with Anta shoes already, and it was also reported that Adidas will not re-signed a contract with him.

Yes, and it has been confirmed already,



https://x.com/MavsPR/status/1841542480052826434

So nothing to worry about, this is just a minor injury and perhaps he didn't do any stretching as most likely he is out and didn't play ball for months or weeks. And it might be a good thing for him as he can extend his vacation and probably knows what went wrong about his calf and for sure he will take his warm up seriously.

With KP and Jrue's addition Celtics become more deadly as they are complete on both defense and offense plus the fact that Tatum and Brown already on their primes I mean they already improves a lot maturing playing alongside with each other, they lead the team perfectly and they both manage to maximize whoever inside the court playing with them.

Plus that good system that they've got, keep finding the open spot and those high percentage shooters are always ready to take their shots, there's  a big chance that they can win another ring with the core players still intact.

Yeah and we are not even starting the season right now, so Doncic should be back either before the league starts, or even fi it takes enough that he doesn't, it will be just first few games he will miss, nothing important. Dallas will have some good stars on the team this year, with Irving and Doncic getting Klay for help as well. This is going to be some team to watch without a doubt. Suns is not as good as people make it out to be, Durant is fine, he is not as good as he used to be but still a star, Booker is fine too, he is not great but he is good, but Beal has been not that great for a while now, and I believe others are just rotation level players. So the Suns being best out there is questionable to say the least.

They did needed some players which would round them up nicely, and because of this they didn't really feel like it could happen on the long run as well. KP isn't the star of that team that plays the best and got them the title, of course not, they had Tatum and Brown which are better player, but at the end of the day we are going to see KP adding so much to the team, we are going to see him round those two together nicely and give other teams a chance to see something different as a threat so that Tatum and Brown could do better and even drive inside easier as well. So all in all, Celtics still look like one of the best teams in the league, I believe we are going to see Celtics may even win the title once again as well.

I hope that Luka didn't get that vital hit.

So, we'll have to wait for a week to see if it's something major or not. Less than a month and we're on the opening of the NBA. I guess that Mavs that will have him rest for a month or two even if the injury isn't big.

That's to be sure that he's well rested and prepared for the entire season. Good thing that there's Kyrie and Klay.

I doubt it's something serious. Normally contusions are nothing to worry about unless there was an injury at the same place. These happen all the time and if this was the playoffs or any important game Luka would suit up and play, I am sure of that.
This is the preseason and they don't take any risks but with news of just a calf contusion I would definitely expect him to play come the season opener.

Yeah, it's going to be early to see how they will be as it's just the start. So we can say that Luka is lucky to have this injury early, it could be a sign though that it might give him problems later, but still the team doctor and trainer might give him more exercise to target that calf muscle and stretch it out.

We are still very interesting to see how Klay will fit on the Mavs rotation and that is what we are waiting for. Others say that Klay is wash up, but there are still arguments that he can still shot and perhaps added value to the Mavs and could be a good contender again this season and chances are good to reach the finals again.

They will for sure scramble for solutions to his injuries, I think it's might be similar to Giannis, he got injured deep in the playoff although it seems that it was just a hamstring injury, but it was worst that they have though. So just imagine if they see it early as well, they could have patch things and help with the rehab early.

Yes, everyone is curious on how Jason Kidd will insert him in the picture knowing what Klay can bring to them. I do not see him as out of his prime. They are almost the same age with Steph and we can see that Steph's game is still very high. It's just that Klay had that bad season last year with the Warriors and for strange reasons, he can't really cope up with the demand and his shooting percentage goes down.

"Toughness". You are right. Josh Okogie and Grayson Allen will have a lot of work in defense for this season.

The good part about Tyus Jones is he is not an injury-prone player. He played 80 games in the Grizzlies uniform in 2022-23 and 66 games in the Wizards uniform last year. He will always be there and I think it will be good for the star trio since they can build chemistry faster.
Also, their new head coach is Coach Mike Budenholzer, yes Bucks's former coach who is known for offensive attacks using Giannis over and over again to make offensive attacks. I think it will be the same for the Suns and most firepower will come from the trio. If you are a fan of offense, this is where you will go and watch, Phoenix.