{"id":119949,"date":"2026-05-07T01:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/grim-luka-doncic-injury-update\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:30:16","slug":"grim-luka-doncic-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/grim-luka-doncic-injury-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Grim Luka Doncic Injury Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Luka Doncic is making progress in his recovery from a left hamstring strain, but the Lakers superstar still isn\u2019t close to a full return.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic revealed he has started running again but has not yet been cleared for contact work, speaking to reporters in Oklahoma City for the first time since suffering the injury late in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I\u2019m running. Right now I\u2019m running, but I haven\u2019t done any contact,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/michaeljduarte\/status\/2052069097278419239\" target=\"_blank\">told<\/a> reporters in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>The injury has already sidelined Doncic throughout the Lakers\u2019 playoff run, and while there was early optimism he could potentially return at some stage during the postseason, that timeline now appears increasingly unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic admitted this recovery process has been very different from the hamstring issue he dealt with earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m feeling good. Obviously this is a different injury than I\u2019ve ever had,\u201d Doncic said. \u201cIt\u2019s my second time with the hamstring, but the first one was obviously way less at the end of January. So recovery has been a little bit longer. But I\u2019m feeling good, working out every day and trying to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers are expected to remain cautious with their franchise cornerstone given the long-term importance of Doncic to the organization. Even so, Doncic made it clear he\u2019s doing everything possible to speed up the recovery process without risking further damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just doing everything I can, like I said, every day I\u2019m doing stuff I\u2019m supposed to do\u2026 The doctors said eight weeks at the beginning of the first MRI,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I\u2019m just going day by day and I feel better every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of that recovery process included a lengthy trip to Spain for specialized treatment, something Doncic explained in more detail on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to Spain to do PRP,\u201d Doncic said. \u201cObviously everybody knows that it\u2019s one of the best countries to do that. And obviously we talked with the Lakers doctors, everybody agreed for me to go there. Obviously I know a lot of people in Spain that I used to work with before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foreverbet.com\/en-us\/sportsbook?utm_source=basketballforever&amp;utm_medium=sitearticle&amp;utm_ca%5B%E2%80%A6%5Dn=basketballforever500ph&amp;utm_term=DoncicRecoveryLakers&amp;lid=j0ytdho0wlyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-69110\" src=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ForeverBet-BF-promotional-banner-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"175\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/2026\/05\/05\/luka-doncic-left-his-heart-in-dallas-jeanie-buss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luka Doncic \u2018Left His Heart\u2019 in Dallas: Jeanie Buss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/2026\/05\/06\/grim-luka-doncic-injury-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic is making progress in his recovery from a left hamstring strain, but the Lakers superstar still isn\u2019t close to a full return. Doncic revealed he has started running again but has not yet been cleared for contact work, speaking to reporters in Oklahoma City for the first time since suffering the injury late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}