Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has missed the Detroit Pistons last two games with a Grade II rotator cuff strain in his left shoulder. Tonight, he’ll miss his third straight game. He suffered the injury just three minutes and 46 seconds into their January 12th game against Golden State.
There seems to be a lot of optimism surrounding the injury diagnosis. For starters, it’s been labeled as a “strain.” Also, he was listed as “doubtful” for last Sunday’s game against the Lakers instead of immediately being ruled out; and he was officially listed as “questionable” for tonight’s game against Atlanta despite the fact that he was ruled out more than eight hours before game time.