Surgery

Toronto Raptors’ Patrick McCaw underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove a benign mass behind his left knee on Wednesday. He will be re-evaluated in four weeks, however an exact timetable for the 24-year-old’s return has not been determined. McCaw’s knee had been bugging him since the summer; he had missed the final preseason game, as well [...]

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has successfully undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Over the final weeks of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs, Griffin dealt with knee soreness and the procedure addressed these issues. Prior to the operation, he spoke about having the opportunity to get healthy over the [...]

Don’t expect to see Kevin Love back on the court for the remainder of 2018. The Cavaliers had announced in early November that Love’s expected return to basketball would be in approximately six weeks, which comes out to December 14. But Love told ESPN’s “The Jump” that he’ll be in and out of a boot [...]

New Orleans Pelicans point guard Elfrid Payton is scheduled to undergo surgery on a fractured pinkie. His recovery is expected to take about six weeks. Payton was injured Friday night in the first eight minutes of the Pelicans opening quarter against the Knicks. This was also his first day back on the court after missing [...]

It sounds like Brandon Knight’s debut with the Houston Rockets will have to wait. After undergoing surgery on his left knee, the recently acquired guard is expected to miss “some time,” according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania: [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1042585602720497670] This is significant because it’s the same knee that caused Knight to miss all of last [...]

A second back surgery is not going to stop Michael Porter Jr. from trying to return very early into—perhaps even for the start of—the Denver Nuggets’ regular-season schedule. Speaking at the NBA’s rookie photoshoot on Sunday, Porter told ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg he’s feeling good and, despite a conservative rehab, hoping to make his professional debut [...]

The hits just keep on coming for the Boston Celtics. First, Kyrie Irving leaves their Sunday night loss with a knee injury that’s expected to keep him out of the lineup for at least a few games. Then, according to Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania, they get word that rookie Daniel Theis will need season-ending surgery [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves got some rough news over the weekend. Their leader and All-Star wing player Jimmy Butler will likely miss at the least the remainder of the regular season after suffering a torn meniscus in Minnesota’s loss to Houston Friday night. He underwent surgery over the weekend and doesn’t have a clear timetable for [...]

At long last, some good news for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though Kevin Love is still expected to miss extensive time, the team announced he won’t need surgery to recover from the non-displaced fracture in his left hand that he suffered in Tuesday’s loss to the Detroit Pistons. Here are the deets: Kevin Love continued the examination [...]

The Thunder’s chances to compete with the west elite in the 2018 NBA Playoffs just took a big hit over the weekend. Andre Roberson will miss the remainder of the season to undergo surgery to repair a ruptured Patella tendon. [tweet https://twitter.com/royceyoung/status/957653772792221697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Roberson suffered the injury Saturday late in the 3rd quarter of the Thunder’s [...]