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Wrist injury may cause Alex Poythress to miss entire rest of season

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Former Kentucky forward Alex Poythress may miss the entire rest of the season due to a torn wrist ligament.

According to BasketNews, Poythress is likely to have surgery and miss 4-6 months.

Here are more details:

According to BasketNews sources, a 29-year-old American is expected to undergo surgery for a torn wrist ligament and is likely to miss from 4 to 6 months. The club later officially confirmed the information.

Poythress played through an injury for more than a month.

A 2.06 m Poythress knew he would be sidelined for months but sacrificed for the team and decided to play against Bayern on Friday because of the other significant Maccabi absences in Munich.