FEBRUARY 8: Although Sessions had hoped to avoid surgery, he went under the knife to repair his lateral meniscus tear, the Hornets announced today in a press release. According to the team, Sessions is expected to be sidelined for about four to six weeks.
FEBRUARY 3: Ramon Sessions has a meniscus tear in his left knee, Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer reports. Sessions will miss Saturday’s game against Utah and will be reevaluated upon returning to Charlotte, according to Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders.
To this point, Sessions hasn’t missed a game all season; most recently playing against the Warriors on Wednesday. Sessions’ ailment was initially reported as “knee soreness,” preventing the 30-year-old from practicing on Friday. A timetable has yet to be released for the injury, but torn meniscus injuries typically result in multi-week absences.
Now in his 10th NBA season, Sessions has averaged 6.2 points with 2.6 assists through 50 games with the Hornets.
That’s a big blow. Brian Roberts isn’t a viable backup option so let’s see if Rich Cho decided to make another deal for a backup PG before the deadline… Buzz City!
Then Brian Roberts should be dropped…
Wow. That sounds a lot more serious than a multi-week injury, but I guess not.
It can vary pretty significantly depending on whether it’s a full or partial tear, and whether or not a player opts for surgery. But yeah, it’s usually at least a few weeks, and can be multiple months. Reggie Bullock missed about a month and a half earlier this season. We’ll see what the timetable for Sessions looks like.
Oh ok. Thanks.
They signed McCallum earlier, and reportedly had an offer to Briante Weber, so that makes sense