At Jimmy Butler‘s introductory press conference last week, Miami Heat team president Pat Riley announced that power forward Kelly Olynyk would not be ready to go for the start of training camp. Olynyk suffered a right knee bone bruise during training camp in mid-August for Team Canada in preparation for the FIBA World Cup.
A bone bruise can be a tricky thing to forecast. In the immediate aftermath of the injury, there was some unrealistic optimism that he might be back in time for the World Cup, although that was quickly struck down.