Isaiah Stewart's Heel Hurdle Sorely Hurts Detroit Again!
Isaiah Stewart is ineligible for NBA All-Defense awards due to games missed. He'll be out for more Detroit Pistons games with a lingering calf strain.
WASHINGTON D. C. – Detroit Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart will be re-evaluated in a week while nursing a left calf strain, the team announced Tuesday, March 17.
Stewart missed the road loss Sunday against the Toronto Raptors , and has been ruled out of the Tuesday night road game against the Washington Wizards. Coach J. B.
Bickerstaff said Sunday the injury has been a nagging one, and the team won't rush him back with 15 games remaining in the regular season. "It’s something that he’s been dealing with," Bickerstaff said. "It just had been kinda getting worse.
He gutted it out last game and you could see he was favoring it and he was hobbling around a little bit late in his minutes. It’s something we’re going to take time with. Those are things you don’t want to mess around with.