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Explained: Cole Swider’s navicular foot injury and recovery timeline

Los Angeles Lakers rookie forward — and potential sharpshooter, they sure could use one — Cole Swider missed the tail end of preseason with “foot soreness” and was eventually seen wearing a boot. A few days later, the team officially announced that Swider has been diagnosed with a stress reaction of the navicular bone.

Lakers team doctors have diagnosed two-way forward Cole Swider with a navicular stress reaction of the right foot.

Swider will be reevaluated in approximately four weeks, and further updates will be provided at that time.