Anthony Edwards Injury: Timberwolves Star to Undergo Knee Procedure, Out About Two Months
Minnesota's Anthony Edwards is out for Wednesday's game against Golden State and is set to undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee that could sideline him for up to two months, according to reports read Wednesday morning - the biggest name on a crowded NBA injury report that also holds Houston's Alperen Sengun out in Milwaukee.
The Minnesota Timberwolves face a massive early-season blow. Star guard Anthony Edwards is set to undergo an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee that will sideline him for approximately two months, according to multiple reports in North America summarized Wednesday by Eurohoops. Edwards is out for Wednesday night's game against the Golden State Warriors.
The timing underlines the suddenness of it. Edwards played 41 minutes on Monday night as Minnesota lost its unbeaten record in overtime in Cleveland, according to the Wednesday schedule and injury rundown published by WhyNBA, and he had been listed with right knee injury management around that game. Golden State, for its part, arrives off a 134-114 win in Denver on Monday behind rookie Yaxel Lendeborg's career-high 31 points and 12 rebounds and an 8-for-8 night from Stephen Curry; Lendeborg is questionable Wednesday with left foot inflammation, and Jimmy Butler III and Moses Moody are out, WhyNBA reported.
Wednesday's injury list reaches well beyond Minnesota. The Utah Jazz are managing a depleted frontcourt before facing San Antonio: Lauri Markkanen is day-to-day and questionable with a right wrist sprain suffered Monday, while Jaren Jackson Jr. faces a much longer absence with a torn MCL in his right knee and will be re-evaluated in six weeks, Eurohoops reported. Oklahoma City, visiting Dallas, lists Ajay Mitchell as questionable with a right ankle sprain.
For Houston, the report is the one this station previewed Tuesday: the Rockets have officially ruled out Alperen Sengun with low back soreness for Wednesday night's game at Milwaukee, Eurohoops and Rockets Wire both reported, with Steven Adams also sidelined and Marcus Smart questionable with a forearm strain. Sengun had paced Houston's 120-110 win over Atlanta on Monday with 29 points, nine rebounds, nine assists and six steals. The unbeaten Rockets tip at Fiserv Forum at 7 p.m. CT.
