Before Wednesday’s game versus the Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber joined the Bally Sports Southwest pregame show to give an update on his status. After reports in mid-December indicated Kleber had torn his right hamstring during practice, media and fans braced for the likelihood this would be a season-ending injury.
“I had like a burning pain for a couple of days but I always thought I had gotten kicked”, Kleber explained. “I felt like the muscle roll up in my hamstring and it felt weird. I got an MRI and they said that one part of the tendon that attaches had torn - which is unfortunate.