Yikes, Melo reportedly played a majority of the playoffs with a partially torn labrum in his shoulder. Will he need surgery?! Find out what they’re saying after the jump…
Via Ian Begley at ESPN:
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony suffered a small left shoulder tear late in the regular season that was revealed during an MRI on Wednesday, a league source confirmed.
The Knicks are hopeful Anthony will not need surgery, according to the source, who added the team plans to allow its All-Star to rest for the next three-to-four weeks in an attempt to allow the injury to heal.
If it is not healed at that point, then surgery will be considered, the source said.
Dr. Neil Roth, an orthopedic surgeon at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital who specializes in sports medicine, estimates surgery could sideline Anthony for four months. Roth has not treated the Knicks’ forward.
The New York Daily News earlier reported Anthony’s injury.
Anthony said Monday that the injury, suffered on April 14 against the Indiana Pacers, hampered him throughout the postseason.
“It was bothering me since it happened,” said Anthony, who added that the shoulder “popped in and out” after the Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett tugged on his arm during the teams’ first-round series.
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