Real Madrid dominates the injury headlines following recent injuries to last month's MVP Theo Maledon and Mikael Jantunen. Check out confirmed absences, doubts, and the latest updates from all 18 Liga Endesa teams!
• Asisa Joventut: Pending official confirmation, Ludde Hakanson, Ante Tomic, Boogie Ellis and Yannick Kraag will be the absences for the green-and-black squad.
• Barça: Yoan Makoundou remains sidelined ("I hope the doctors give me the green light, but so far he's not ready, I hope he will be soon," said Sekulic), Juan Núñez will miss approximately 10 days due to a right ankle sprain. Mo Gibson, with a left knee contusion, will be a game-time decision. Joel Parra, absent from the last continental game due to indisposition, will be available.
• Casademont Zaragoza: Jilson Bango's absence is joined by Caleb Homesley, who suffered a left ankle sprain with significant contusion. His recovery timeline is expected to be around three weeks. Trae Bell-Haynes continues to recover from his calf injury and is a doubt. On another note, Matija Lukic, who has already participated in Liga Endesa this season, will travel to the United States this weekend to visit various NCAA universities.
• FIATC Girona: Pep Busquets, Isaac Vázquez and Maxi Fjellerup remain absent from the Girona squad.
• iLERNA Lleida: Maintains long-term absences of Atoumane Diagne and Adrià Rodríguez, while Dani García (10 days out with a calf issue) will also be unavailable. On the positive side, John Shurna has been progressively reintegrating with the group throughout the week, though he still has some back soreness.
• KIDS&Us Manresa: Rafa Villar and Timmy Allen will miss the game, while Chibuzo Agbo, Hugo Benitez and Gerard Fernández are doubts.
• Kosner Baskonia: The main positive news is the return of Kobi Simmons to continental competition. Tadas Sedekerskis continues recovering from his muscle injury, while Rodions Kurucs and Chris Duarte are in the final stages of recovery and could rejoin the team next week.
• La Laguna Tenerife: With two training sessions remaining, the usual long-term absence of Rokas Giedraitis is joined by the doubt of Xabi López-Arostegui, who has lower back soreness.
• Leyma Coruña: Tomas Dimsa is the only absence for the Coruña side. "He had a calf issue in his left leg and we'll see when he recovers, hopefully as soon as possible," said Carles Marco. The rest of the team trained normally and is available.
• Monbus Obradoiro: Olle Lundqvist is the only absentee.
• MoraBanc Andorra: Leon Radosevic is dealing with a stomach virus and his participation is not yet guaranteed. Rafa Luz continues working separately from the group and is progressing as expected.
• Real Madrid: Problems for the leaders. In addition to the long-term injuries of Gaby Deck and Usman Garuba, two of the team's most in-form players are now sidelined. Theo Maledon suffered a right knee sprain and Mikael Jantunen has been diagnosed with a complete rupture of the plantar fascia in his left foot. Both are pending further evaluation.
• Recoletas Salud SPB: Vlatko Cancar and Retin Obasohan remain unavailable, though the latter has begun participating with the group. Porfi Fisac expressed optimism about the participation of Chase Audige and Dani Díez, who are dealing with various bumps and bruises.
• Río Breogán: Luis Casimiro acknowledged in the preview that his team faced a couple of physical difficulties during the week: "There are two players who are carrying issues, who are not at 100%, and those are Rasir Bolton and Aleksa Ilic".
• Surne Bilbao: Jaume Ponsarnau will have the full roster available, having overcome the physical problems that marked last week, when a virus affected several team members, especially Hlinason and Frey. "These next two days the plan is to train without physical restrictions".
• UCAM Murcia: UCAM Murcia was able to train this Friday with all 15 players, with Juani Marcos recovered and Howard Sant-Roos returning gradually. The most affected is Sander Raieste, whose muscle hematoma in his leg has the coaching staff concerned: "He wants to play, but he has a hematoma that, not being a doctor, worries me; we'll see what the medical staff determines," said Sito Alonso.
• Unicaja: Tyson Pérez, Yannick Nzosa and Alberto Díaz remain sidelined, though the Málaga point guard's recovery is progressing well ("If the recovery continues at this rate, hopefully it will be 6 or 7 weeks out instead of 8," said Txus Vidorreta). Tyler Kalinoski trained with precaution and new signing Kevin Knox will not yet be available, arriving Sunday night.
• Valencia Basket: Nikola Mirotic is out with a left adductor muscle injury. The orange squad will also continue without Nate Reuvers, who has issues with his left foot bone.