Olimpia Milano, another big trouble for Ettore Messina

The former Barcelona è grappling with a flare-up of his Achilles tendon problem.

It is raining rain in the Olimpia household. At the worst time of the season, with a string of bad results, Olimpia is in danger of losing its best player, namely Mirotic, for a long time. The former Barcelona star is suffering from the flare-up of the Achilles tendon problem that has been plaguing him for more than a year.

Mirotic, along with his staff, had decided not to have surgery last year. Conservative therapy that forced him to miss a few games but, all in all, seemed to be going well. After a few warnings that something was wrong in October, after the contest with Pesaro, now the problem seems to have worsened.

“Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano announces that Nikola Mirotic has manifested an exacerbation of left achilles tendinopathy. The player will undergo further specialist examinations” in the coming days, the Olimpia Milano press release said. Coach Messina is praying that Mirotic will not be forced into a long stop.