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Wrist injury may cause Alex Poythress to miss entire rest of season

Former Kentucky forward Alex Poythress may miss the entire rest of the season due to a torn wrist ligament.

According to BasketNews, Poythress is likely to have surgery and miss 4-6 months.

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According to BasketNews sources, a 29-year-old American is expected to undergo surgery for a torn wrist ligament and is likely to miss from 4 to 6 months. The club later officially confirmed the information.

Poythress played through an injury for more than a month.


A 2.06 m Poythress knew he would be sidelined for months but sacrificed for the team and decided to play against Bayern on Friday because of the other significant Maccabi absences in Munich.

Poythress averaged 8.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists for Maccabi Tel Aviv in EuroLeague games so far this season.

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