Bucks guard Connaughton out at least 3 weeks

Milwaukee Bucks defender Pat Connaughton volition miss astatine slightest 3 weeks with a close calf strain, the squad announced Sunday.

Connaughton missed the last 2 preseason games with a sore close calf that the squad initially hoped wasn't serious, earlier an MRI connected Friday revealed the injury. Bucks manager Mike Budenholzer said earlier successful the week that the squad was not definite however Connaughton suffered the injury.

"We don't deliberation it was an incidental successful a game," Budenholzer said earlier Wednesday's crippled against the Brooklyn Nets. "There's thing that's conscionable not rather 100%, not perfect, truthful this clip of twelvemonth we tin beryllium other cautious."

Connaughton's wounded leaves the Bucks without 1 of their cardinal reserves to commencement the play done astatine slightest aboriginal November. He enactment up vocation highs successful minutes (26.0), points (9.9), rebounds (4.2), and 3-point shooting percent (39.5%) successful 65 games (19 starts) past season, which led to a three-year, $28.5 cardinal hold during the offseason.

Milwaukee volition already beryllium without guardant Khris Middleton to commencement the play portion helium recovers from wrist country successful July.