Los Angeles Lakers’ guard Josh Hart will miss the rest of the season after undergoing a procedure on his right knee patellar tendon, the team announced Thursday morning. The team also announced that Hart will be able to return to full activities in 12 weeks.
BREAKING: Josh Hart underwent a successful ultrasonic debridement procedure on his right knee patellar tendon this morning.
?Hart is expected to make a full recovery and return to basketball activities in approximately 12 weeks. pic.twitter.com/Q5FzDmrYjO
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 28, 2019
After the surgery, Hart seems to be staying on the positive side of things.
Road to recovery ??
— Josh Hart (@joshhart) March 28, 2019
Hart has now become the third member of the Lakers to be shut down for the rest of the season due to injury. Lonzo Ball hasn’t played for the team since January 19 after sustaining an ankle injury. Brandon Ingram’s season ended in early March after discovering a blood clot in his right shoulder.
In late January, Hart exited a game early with knee tendinitis in the same knee. When asked about the flare-up, he blamed the problem on his lack of rest in the offseason, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Tania Ganguli.
“I think it was just everything this summer,” Hart said. “Didn’t really take too much time off this summer — did summer league and I took like a week off and I was right back in the gym — so I didn’t really let my body rest too much during the summer when you’re supposed to let your body rest.”
This season, the second-year guard averaged 7.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game while shooting 40.7 percent from the field.
