{"id":693955,"date":"2026-04-02T13:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693955\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:51:28","slug":"medical-expert-explains-warriors-moses-moodys-knee-injury-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/693955\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical expert explains Warriors\u2019 Moses Moody\u2019s knee injury recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Moses Moody<\/a> will have a long road to recovery after tearing his left patellar tendon<\/a> on March 24 in Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moody underwent a procedure late last week that will require anywhere between nine to 12 months of rehab. He is approaching the process with optimism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate all of the love,\u201d Moody wrote on X on Sunday<\/a>. \u201cEvery challenge I\u2019ve been through in life I\u2019m glad I went through. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll feel the same about this.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is a challenge that will require him to complete several crucial steps before returning to action.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ryan Kennelly, a sports physical therapist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, told the Bay Area News Group that the Warriors should be cautious with Moody\u2019s rehab and return.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not something that you want to rush him back from,\u201d Kennelly told this news organization last week. \u201cThe top cause of injury, or in this case a re-tear, is returning to play too early. That\u2019s always a risk you want to avoid. Because in any injury, a re-injury to the same patellar tendon is going to set an athlete back even further.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"GoldenGolden State Warriors guard Moses Moody reacts after being fouled by Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg during overtime of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 23, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moody helped his recovery by undergoing surgery soon after the initial injury, Kennelly explained, as the timely procedure meant that the torn tendon \u201cdoesn\u2019t retract and shorten more than it already does after being torn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kennelly explained what the next year will require from Moody.<\/p>\n

With surgery done, Moody will likely have his knee locked in a brace, which will allow the tendon to heal. Kennelly said that Moody will begin working on being able to bend and straighten his knee, but that he will not want to put much weight on it during this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At about eight to 12 weeks, Kennelly says that is when Moody can begin to walk without the brace.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe might be out of the brace, and the first goal is to restore proper gait mechanics, making sure that he can walk normally, and that he\u2019s able to straighten his knee out fully when he walks,\u201d Kennelly said. \u201cCan he tolerate what we call full weight bearing on that leg without any pain or issues?\u201d<\/p>\n

By the third or fourth month, Moody will hopefully have full range of motion in his knee without feeling any pain. Helping Moody\u2019s recovery is what Kennelly called a great medical staff in Golden State, and Moody\u2019s age.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat benefits him is that he\u2019s 23 years old, so he\u2019s got youth on his side from a healing standpoint,\u201d Kennelly said. \u201cHe\u2019s got younger tendons, essentially, that are probably\u00a0 going to help him out in the healing process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even with youth\u00a0in Moody\u2019s favor, Kennelly said fans would be wise to temper their expectations when it comes to his level of play after returning to the court.<\/p>\n

Whether that is at the end of the 2026-27 season, or possibly the beginning of the 2027-28 season, it could take Moody time to get back to being the same player who shot 40.1% from the 3-point line this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes athletes say, even though you get back to playing in a year\u2019s time, it\u2019s that next year, in that one- to two-year range, where they get back to feeling like themselves,\u201d Kennelly said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 Moses Moody will have a long road to recovery after tearing his left patellar tendon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[7,159,160,479,164,4025,4024,155,165,6,161,162,163,66,255,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-693955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golden-state-warriors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bay-area","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-golden-state","12":"tag-golden-state-warriors","13":"tag-goldenstate","14":"tag-goldenstatewarriors","15":"tag-inside-sports","16":"tag-latest-headlines","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-peninsula","19":"tag-san-francisco","20":"tag-san-francisco-county","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-warriors","23":"tag-warriors-hq"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116335443865089008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}