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Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will omit Monday’s sport against the Milwaukee Bucks as he continues working himself support into basketball condition.
Irving stepped remote from the crew on memoir of of deepest causes on Jan. 7 and can simply be lacking his seventh consecutive sport.
Head coach Steve Nash educated reporters on Jan. 7 that he did now not know why the guard used to be away, and Joe Vardon of The Athletic reported that night time that Irving did now not know when he would return.
The 28-yr-old has been a incompatibility-maker when on the courtroom, averaging 27.1 solutions, 6.1 assists and 5.3 rebounds per sport this season. He averaged a occupation-high 27.4 solutions closing season in his first yr with the Nets.
A shoulder damage restricted Irving to handiest 20 video games closing yr. It used to be the third straight yr all over which he uncared for no much less than 15 regular-season video games.
The Nets possess proved they can live competitive with out Irving, but they are going to need him to place their lofty expectations this season.
