Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks chose to have surgery on his fractured left fibula, a reversal from the earlier plan to let the injury heal without surgery.
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The procedure should allow Burks to place weight on his leg after two weeks and begin rehabbing sooner than if he didn’t have surgery.
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There remains hope that Burks could make his way back to the lineup after the NBA All-Star break in mid-February, league sources said.
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The Jazz announced Tuesday morning he will have surgery on Tuesday at the University of Utah Health Care in Salt Lake City.
Burks also was diagnosed with concussion-like symptoms by the Jazz medical staff at the time of the injury last week. Starting point guard Dante Exum is out for the season with a torn ACL.
In 28 games played this season including three starts, Burks is averaging a career-best in scoring with 14.3 points a game, also tallying 3.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 27.1 minutes played per outing.
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Burks was injured late in the first half of the Jazz’s 109-104 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday as he drove to the basket.
