Even though so far this year’s Miami Heat have not had to deal with nearly as many health issues as last season’s group, unfortunately injuries are still part of any NBA journey.
Having strained his hamstring in the team’s victory over the Philadelphia 76ers last Saturday, Luol Deng came out in the third quarter. However, he was back in head coach Erik Spoelstra’s starting lineup in Monday’s win against the New York Knicks.
But now the veteran needs to take a step back, in order not to jeopardize his chances at a healthy season moving forward.
“I played the last game and it hasn’t gotten any better, so I think we just want to be smart and just try to get rid of the little nagging injury that will just linger on and become something else,” Deng told Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel.