New Orleans Pelicans center Alexis Ajinca is expected to miss four-to-six months after successfully undergoing surgery on his left patellar tendon, the team announced Tuesday:
The New Orleans Pelicans announced today that center Alexis Ajinca underwent successful surgery on his left patellar tendon this morning. The typical timetable to return to play for this type of injury is 4-6 months.
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 27, 2018
This is Ajinca’s left patellar tendon. In December, he underwent surgery on his right patellar tendon. So, yeah. Not great.
Ajinca hasn’t played a game in 2017-18, and that clearly won’t change with this surgery set to keep him out well past this season’s end.
Ajinca, 7-foot-2, would help the Pelicans’ plight in wake of star center DeMarcus Cousins’ season-ending achilles tear.
Ajinca, who will turn 30 in May, has been in the NBA since 2008. He’s been with the Pelicans since 2013. For his career, he’s averaged 5.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 0.6 blocks per game.
