{"id":26607,"date":"2026-04-08T04:58:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=26607"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:58:33","slug":"mavericks-dispute-redicks-claim-they-erred-with-reaves-mri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=26607","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks dispute Redick&#8217;s claim they erred with Reaves&#8217; MRI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"byline-wrap\">\n<ul class=\"authors byline-authors\">\n<li class=\"mutiple-authors\">Dave McMenamin<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"multi-authors\">Dave McMenamin<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source\">ESPN Staff Writer<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.\n<\/li>\n<li>Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline-sep byline-sep--and\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"mutiple-authors\">Tim MacMahon<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"multi-authors\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"author-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/macmahon_tim.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tim MacMahon<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source\">ESPN Staff Writer<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009<\/li>\n<li>Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks<\/li>\n<li>Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multiple Authors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">Apr 7, 2026, 08:41 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8212; The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f00d1f4e-4ce6-d581-466c-5b52531cf7ad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/dal\/dallas-mavericks\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> disputed <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2876e98b-b9bc-2920-4319-46e6943f8be4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/lal\/los-angeles-lakers\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> coach JJ Redick&#8217;s claim that their medical team examined the wrong part of <a data-player-guid=\"8a9d9e1c-6174-0009-4883-3b4e16b492d0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4066457\/austin-reaves\">Austin Reaves<\/a>&#8216; body when the Lakers guard received an MRI by the Mavs&#8217; staff over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our medical team followed standard imaging protocols based on the information provided at the time,&#8221; the Mavericks said in a statement first issued to DLLS Sports on Tuesday and later provided to ESPN. &#8220;There was no error in the scan performed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Redick, following the Lakers&#8217; practice on Southern Methodist University&#8217;s campus Saturday in Dallas, said Reaves required two MRIs to diagnose a Grade 2 left oblique strain and faulted the Mavs for their execution of the initial scan.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48397148\/lakers-reaves-oblique-remainder-regular-season\" class=\"img-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1638541_683x683_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know where the chain of command lies with Dallas imaging, but they scanned the wrong area,&#8221; Redick said. &#8220;So [the mistake was] not on our end. We made it explicit what was supposed to be scanned, but they scanned the wrong area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Lakers spokesperson declined to comment Tuesday when asked by ESPN about the chain of events surrounding the MRI.<\/p>\n<p>Redick changed his tone when asked to explain the reasoning for his accusation before L.A. played the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/okc\/oklahoma-city-thunder\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the end, we got the image we needed,&#8221; Redick said. &#8220;And obviously very appreciative, because it&#8217;s happened throughout the season whenever the home team is accommodating to us, just like we would be for them. And we&#8217;re going to move on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reaves suffered the injury in the first half of the Lakers&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/game\/_\/gameId\/401810971\/lakers-thunder\">139-96<\/a> loss to the Thunder last Thursday and returned to the game, finishing with a team-high 15 points in 27 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Though the Lakers announced no timetable for Reaves&#8217; return other than ruling the fifth-year veteran out for the remainder of the regular season, sources told ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania that Reaves is expected to miss four to six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>L.A. (50-28) is currently No. 4 in the Western Conference with four games remaining. The Lakers trail the No. 3 <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c4aceb39-0eb9-a30b-1120-9cb5b12b677a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/den\/denver-nuggets\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> by a half-game but hold the tiebreaker over Denver by winning the season series.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers host the Thunder on Tuesday, then play a back-to-back on the road against <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"77a8546f-24bf-a333-8161-bf9f75396c49\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/gs\/golden-state-warriors\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> on Thursday and at home against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c6eade89-5971-0e84-8ccb-cd91482b2b50\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/phx\/phoenix-suns\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> on Friday before closing out the regular-season schedule at home against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"77cea2fb-1388-b7c8-d171-2e72b3aecbfb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/utah\/utah-jazz\">Utah Jazz<\/a> on Sunday.\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48424364\/mavericks-dispute-redick-claim-erred-reaves-mri\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave McMenamin Close Dave McMenamin ESPN Staff Writer Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. \u00a0and\u00a0 Tim MacMahon Close Tim MacMahon ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and &#8230; <a title=\"Mavericks dispute Redick&#8217;s claim they erred with Reaves&#8217; MRI\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=26607\" aria-label=\"Read more about Mavericks dispute Redick&#8217;s claim they erred with Reaves&#8217; MRI\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mavericks-dispute-Redicks-claim-they-erred-with-Reaves-MRI.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26609,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26607\/revisions\/26609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}