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Anthony Edwards will undergo a procedure on his right knee and miss up to two months, according to reports.<\/p>\n
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 The Minnesota Timberwolves believe Anthony Edwards will be \u201cgood as new\u201d following arthroscopic surgery for a lingering injury to his right knee, president of basketball operations Tim Connelly said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Edwards was scheduled for the cleanup procedure Thursday, after which the Timberwolves will have a clearer timetable for his return later this season, whether that becomes a matter of weeks or months.<\/p>\n
Connelly didn\u2019t specify the diagnosis, but Edwards was bothered by right knee pain last spring and limited to a career-low 61 games last season. He then suffered a hyperextension of his left knee in the first round of the playoffs that caused a deep bone bruise and kept him out for two games.<\/p>\n
Edwards was seen grabbing his knee with a grimace at one point Sunday during Minnesota\u2019s home opener<\/a>. Even after being listed as questionable to play Monday, Edwards scored 47 points<\/a> in an overtime loss at Cleveland. His 133 points through four games is a franchise record. An MRI Tuesday revealed new damage for Edwards that was not detected in previous scans, which were done before training camp and during the playoffs. His condition this summer was not such that a procedure would have been recommended then, Connelly said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re just concerned about his long-term health. We want to make sure we\u2019re putting him in the best position he can be so he can be the best version he\u2019s going to be for a long time,\u201d Connelly said.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s bummed, but Anthony is such a naturally positive and upbeat guy. \u201cHe\u2019s hit all his teammates quickly and said, \u2018You guys got it,\u2019 and we\u2019ll roll from there.\u201d<\/p>\n The Timberwolves are already without guard Donte DiVincenzo, who started all 82 games last season before tearing his right Achilles tendon in the same playoff game against Denver during which Edwards hyperextended his left knee. The acquisition of point guard LaMelo Ball remade the lineup and gave the Timberwolves a fresh spark, moving Edwards back to his natural shooting guard spot.<\/p>\n There\u2019s plenty of backcourt depth with Ayo Dosunmu and Terrence Shannon Jr. coming off the bench so far this season, with one of them likely to start in the absence of Edwards. Another backup, Bones Hyland, will likely have an elevated role as well.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know he brings dynamic scoring, leadership. Tough to fill in his shoes, just from what he does on the floor for us. Nobody can be like Ant, but we\u2019ve got players who can step in and just take over a game as well,\u201d Hyland said. \u201cJust play team basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards will undergo a procedure on his right knee and miss up to two months, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[511586,64,63,590,341624,85],"class_list":["post-944510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards-knee-injury","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-recovery-time","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944510","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=944510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n