Overview
- Head coach Kenny Atkinson said Strus has not begun team practices and offered no timetable, noting, “The timeline is what it is.”
- Strus had surgery on Aug. 26 to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot, with an initial estimate of resuming basketball activities in roughly three to four months.
- He is completing individual on-court work that includes shooting, movement and cutting to test stability and pain tolerance in the foot.
- The Cavaliers play every other day from Dec. 29 to Jan. 16, and the next official practice may not occur until Jan. 18 before hosting Oklahoma City.
- Upon clearance, the team plans to manage his minutes, and he is expected to work back into the starting small forward role after missing 33 games in a second straight season of early absences.