The Portland Trail Blazers will be without Shaedon Sharpe until at least the All-Star break.
Sharpe on Wednesday underwent surgery to repair a lateral right meniscus tear and will be reevaluated in six months, according to a release by the team.
Barring a setback, the 6-foot-5 shooting guard is expected to be sidelined until late February, meaning he will miss more than 50 games.
Sharpe, who injured his right knee last week during an individual offseason workout, will begin rehabilitation “immediately,” the team said. The surgery, which the Blazers labeled “successful,” was performed by Dr. Kristofer Jones in Los Angeles at the UCLA Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports.
Sharpe averaged 20.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals last season after winning the starting shooting guard job during the exhibition season.
But he missed a significant chunk of the year — 32 games — with calf and fibula injuries, and has been prone to extended absences throughout his young career.
The No. 7 pick of the 2022 NBA draft played in just 32 games during his second season because of abdominal and left shoulder injuries. This will be the third time in five NBA seasons that Sharpe has missed more than 30 games.