New York Knicks All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony recently announced he was shutting it down for the season to get surgery on his troublesome left knee.
After having a successful surgery on his left knee a couple of days ago, Anthony was put on a four-to-six month recovery timetable meaning he would miss the rest of the season.
According to the NY Post it was learned that Anthony was playing with partial tear of the left patellar tendon for most of the season, and even some of last season as well when his knee troubles began. When the debridement on Anthony’s left knee took place he also needed to have calcium deposits cleaned out his knee which had developed within the partial tear.
Anthony was lucky to avoid joining the likes of Alonzo Mourning, Caron Butler, and Kelenna Azubuike who are some of the members in the ruptured patellar tendon club a more serious injury.
Knicks fans have to be even more ticked at Anthony for playing on a knee that had partial tear for an All-Star game. Then again Anthony may have just wanted to play a fun basketball game, and with the Knicks this season we can all agree that he’s been lacking in that department.
