Report: Paul to undergo knee surgery
January 31, 2010
New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul(notes) will have arthroscopic knee surgery andcould be sidelined for one to two months, Yahoo! Sports reported Sunday night.
Paul first hurt his left knee in a game at Golden State on Wednesday. Then,near the end of regulation Friday night against the Chicago Bulls, the All-Starwent out of bounds to chase an errant pass and struck a camera on the same spotthat bothered him two nights earlier.
Yahoo! Sports, citing unidentified sources close to Paul, reported that testresults revealed a partially torn meniscus.
General manager and coach Jeff Bower did not respond to a text message fromThe Associated Press late Sunday night seeking comment. Hornets spokesman HaroldKaufman said he could not confirm whether Paul needed surgery until afterspeaking with the team’s medical staff following Monday morning’s shootaround.
Paul, who also missed eight games this season because of a sprained leftankle, is averaging 20.4 points and 11.2 assists this season.
