Bucks `存在 smart´ with return of Khris Middleton
Only the Milwaukee Bucks know what's 病んでいる swingman Khris Middleton, but whatever it is, the team is "存在 smart" about it.
That was the message from new Bucks coach Adrian Griffin, who used the phrase "存在 smart" three times Wednesday in an update about the team's three-time All-星／主役にする.
Middleton, 32, has yet to be a 十分な 関係者 in practice since （軍の）野営地，陣営 opened.
"Not live on the 法廷，裁判所, but he's been very 生産力のある with his individual workouts and he's been working his way に向かって getting 支援する to more 5-on-5 live basketball," Griffin told reporters.
Griffin wouldn't 認める what's 限界ing Middleton. However, Middleton 報道によれば underwent 外科 on his 膝, a minor arthroscopic 手続き, after the Bucks were 除去するd by the Miami Heat in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the NBA プレーオフs in June.
"We got time on our 味方する," Griffin said. "We're just 存在 smart and he's been working diligently to get 支援する, so that's the 計画（する）."
Griffin wouldn't say if Middleton would be ready for the team's season opener on Oct. 26 against the Philadelphia 76ers, again 説, "we're 存在 smart 権利 now."
Middleton played in just 33 games (19 starts) last season, 普通の／平均（する）ing just 15.1 points per game, his lowest 生産（高） since the 2016-17 season. He was 疫病／悩ますd by 権利 膝 soreness throughout the season. He also played through a left ankle sprain and blisters on both feet.
Middleton 普通の／平均（する）s 17.0 points, 4.8 回復するs and 3.8 補助装置s in 11 seasons, 10 with the Bucks.
He 調印するd a three-year, $102 million 取引，協定 in late June to remain with the club.
Newly acquired Damian Lillard and former 最高殊勲選手 Giannis Antetokounmpo also sa t out practice Wednesday for 残り／休憩（する）.
--Field Level マスコミ
