7:45pm: The surgery to repair a ligament in the second finger of Robinson’s right hand was successful, the Heat announced. He will begin the rehabilitation process next week.
1:45pm: Heat forward Duncan Robinson is undergoing surgery on his right hand to address a finger injury, according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald (Twitter links).
Robinson will be sidelined for at least four weeks before being reevaluated, Chiang adds. The procedure is taking place today in Los Angeles.
Robinson initially injured the finger back in November in Washington when it got caught in another player’s jersey during the Heat’s shootaround (Twitter link via Chiang). He has missed 10 games since then, though most of those absences were simply DNP-CDs or were attributed to a left ankle sprain rather than the finger injury, which he has attempted to play through.
A second opinion on Tuesday helped convince Robinson to take the surgical route, he said today, clarifying that he has a ligament tear in the finger (Twitter link via Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel).
A starter from 2019-22, Robinson has seen his role cut back this season. He’s coming off the bench and is averaging just 17.9 minutes per night, his lowest mark since he was a rookie in 2018/19.
The 28-year-old is still a valuable floor spacer for Miami and recently became the franchise’s all-time leader in threes, but his 3PT% has slipped to .331 this season. He’s a career 40.1% shooter from beyond the arc.
With Robinson out for at least four weeks, the Heat now have three players on the shelf with longer-term injuries. Nikola Jovic (back) and Omer Yurtseven (ankle) are also expected to remain unavailable until at least February.
They’re gonna miss his 6ppg and horrible defense
Damn. Really need his spacing. Him not playing, or playing less, or not in the right spot in the rotation, has really hurt them, and is a significant reason their shooting numbers are so low
Maybe he’ll shoot better after the surgery?
With him, shooting is mental so I’m afraid it might get worse with him thinking about his finger now on top of all the other stuff that psychologically affected his stroke.
This might be good for Miami because even if they are tempted, they can’t play him. I haven’t seen shooting fall off like Robinson’s from 1 season to the next without a significant injury ever.
Davis Bertans. This is why you shouldn’t pay a “specialist” 80 million.