Cleveland Cavaliers guard Shumpert recently picked up the injury, and medical tests revealed he has a ruptured Extensor Carpi Ulnaris.
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Rose missed all of the 2012-13 season after tearing his left ACL during the first round of the 2012 playoffs, and played only 10 games two years ago after tearing the meniscus in his right knee. It is unclear when the injury happened, but it appears Shumpert underwent an MRI on Tuesday to diagnose the issue.
The surgery was performed at the Cleveland Clinic.
“If there’s one place we have depth it’s at the guard spot”, he said. Shumpert battled shoulder and groin injuries, but the 25-year-old was a key contributor as Cleveland on the Eastern Conference title and made it to the finals for the second time.
Thats what a team is about. I’m ready to go. “Even though he won’t be here or on the court physically, he will be there mentally”. He averaged a career-low 36.1 minutes per game during the regular season, but that number skyrocketed to 42.2 in the playoffs, where he openly bristled during the Finals at having to do everything for a shorthanded team.
With Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love on the mend, the Cleveland Cavaliers seemed to be getting healthy. Parker said he was making progress, and he was encouraged by how practice went.
With the Cavs, he stayed within the framework of an offense keyed by LeBron James and proved to be a willing, able defender.
“Monday everything was fine”, Smith said. He played just 25 games past year before tearing his ACL on December. 15. I don’t think so, but I definitely improved.
“Fortunately mentally he’s been in this situation before”, Smith said of his teammate. He was due to make $6.4 million.
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Shumpert signed a deal to remain with the Cavaliers back in July. Next man up. We have a roster we feel is deep enough to withstand one injury like this, and so we’re going to give people a chance to kind of absorb it from within. Fortunately, in the end, thats the way it worked out, Blatt added.
