{"id":803099,"date":"2026-07-16T03:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/803099\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T03:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:11:11","slug":"spurs-hit-with-brutal-injury-problem-ahead-of-next-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/803099\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs hit with brutal injury problem ahead of next NBA season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spurs rookie big man Jayden Quaintance has undergone successful right knee surgery. No timetable has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Three months away from the next NBA season, the San Antonio Spurs have already endured a gut-wrenching injury blow for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"article-widget__photo\" href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/players\/23743-victor-wembanyama.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-396415-plsm.jpg\" alt=\"Victor  Wembanyama\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                Position<br \/>\n                C\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Age<br \/>\n                22\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Height<br \/>\n                224 cm\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Weight<br \/>\n                107 kg\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Birth place<br \/>\n                Le Chesnay, France\n            <\/p>\n<p>The franchise announced Wednesday that Jayden Quaintance has undergone successful right knee surgery. No timetable has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs&#8217; rookie big man and their No. 20th pick of this year&#8217;s NBA Draft will likely miss the start of the 2026-27 season, where the early expectation is that he won&#8217;t be ready to return until some point in 2027, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrettSiegelNBA\/status\/2077521322901708823?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">according<\/a> to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a\/status\/2077515290489827824\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">  Jayden Quaintance to miss start of 2026-27 season after knee surgery <\/p>\n<p>Jayden Quaintance has been touted as a highly talented big man, but unfortunately suffered injuries during his college career. He mainly suffered from a torn ACL injury back in 2024-25 during his freshman season at Arizona State.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old only appeared for four games last season in Kentucky amid persisting leg and knee issues, averaging 5.0 points in 57.1 percent shooting with five rebounds in 17 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs drafted Quaintance with the full understanding that the big man would still need more time to recover. While they can afford to wait for his full healing, it is still a huge and unfortunate development that the franchise can only embrace.<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio can only hope that Quaintance will finally recover to kickstart his young NBA career as Victor Wembanyama&#8217;s future backup.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_1\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for being with us! 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