{"id":476197,"date":"2026-02-13T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/476197\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T00:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:39:08","slug":"jazzs-jaren-jackson-jr-to-have-surgery-for-growth-in-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/476197\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz’s Jaren Jackson Jr. to have surgery for growth in knee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tim MacMahonFeb 13, 2026, 03:25 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas MavericksAppears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM<\/p>\n

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Utah Jazz<\/a> forward Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/a> will have surgery to remove a growth in his left knee, the team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

Jackson, a two-time All-Star acquired from the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> in a blockbuster deal at the trade deadline<\/a>, will miss the remainder of the season, sources told ESPN. He is expected to be cleared well in advance of training camp, sources said.<\/p>\n

The growth — a pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) — was discovered in an MRI during a physical after he was traded to the Jazz from the Grizzlies on Feb. 3.<\/p>\n

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Jackson, the 2022-23 Defensive Player of the Year who is averaging 19.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game this season, will have the procedure during the All-Star break.<\/p>\n

A source said Jackson is not feeling pain in the knee, but doctors deemed it necessary to remove the growth soon because it would otherwise expand.<\/p>\n

In his three games with the Jazz, Jackson, 26, averaged 22.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists while playing 24 minutes, sitting out fourth quarters.<\/p>\n

His playing time has been a controversial topic due to concerns about tanking in the NBA, but sources said he was on a minutes limit with the Jazz due to medical reasons.<\/p>\n

He was acquired by Utah as part of an eight-player deal, with Memphis receiving three first-round draft picks along with rookie guard Walter Clayton Jr.<\/a> and forwards Kyle Anderson<\/a>, Taylor Hendricks<\/a> and Georges Niang<\/a>. In addition to Jackson, the Jazz also acquired center Jock Landale<\/a> and guards John Konchar<\/a> and Vince Williams Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n

Jackson renegotiated and extended his contract last summer and has four seasons and $205 million remaining on the deal, including a $53.5 million player option for 2029-30.<\/p>\n

Utah (18-37) is 13th in the Western Conference, eight games back of the final play-in spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim MacMahonFeb 13, 2026, 03:25 AM CloseJoined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas MavericksAppears regularly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-476197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}