Last Updated: October 23, 2023, 00:30 IST
MEMPHIS, Tenn.: Grizzlies center Steven Adams needs season-ending knee surgery, the workforce introduced Sunday.
Adams may have surgery on his proper posterior cruciate ligament. Other nonsurgical rehabilitation didn’t resolve the continued instability of his knee, the Grizzlies stated.
Adams harm the knee in late January and missed the rest of the season, together with the playoffs. The 6-foot-11 Adams had been a powerful rebounder and defender for the workforce. He appeared heading in the right direction to return this season till the surgery announcement.
The Grizzlies already are short-handed with out guard Ja Morant — serving a 25-recreation league suspension for flashing a handgun on social media for the second time in three months — and energy ahead Brandon Clarke (Achilles tendon).
Adams joined the Grizzlies at the beginning of the 2021-22 season after one season in New Orleans. He performed in Oklahoma City his first seven years within the league. The 30-yr-previous Adams has averaged 9.2 factors and eight.2 rebounds per recreation in his 10-yr profession.
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