It was recently revealed that the Boston Celtics will be without star point guard Kemba Walker for at least until January as the four-time All-Star continues to deal with lingering knee issues. Celtics general manager and President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge was asked to comment about Waker's health moving forward, and the 61-year-old team executive provided quite an intriguing response about the matter.

Ainge seemed uncertain about what kind of long-term effect, if any, this current injury will have on Walker in the years to come. According to C's GM, a lot will be determined this coming season:

“This next year will tell us a lot more,” Ainge said, via Keith Smith of Yahoo Sports. “He saw a lot of doctors who gave him the same opinion. That gave him peace of mind.”

Ainge also threw in the idea that Boston may have rushed Walker's return during the season restart, and that this time around, the team will take a more cautious approach:

While Ainge's comments here do not seem to imply that Walker is dealing with an overly serious knee injury, his remarks are not very reassuring as well.

For what it's worth, Kemba Walker did not miss a single game for Boston last season, which included 56 regular season games and 17 playoff games. He's been one of the most robust players in the NBA in the first nine seasons of his career, and it's hard not to think that at this point, injuries may slowly be catching up to the 30-year-old.