Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart has undergone a procedure on his right knee patellar tendon, now expected to return to full activities in 12 weeks, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

As our own Ryan Ward pointed out promptly, Hart is the penultimate in the Lakers young core to have his season end prematurely due to injury, joining Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram in the injury list, making Kyle Kuzma the lone man standing.

Ingram played only 52 games while Ball made only 47 appearances for the Lakers, while Hart averaged 7.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists through 67 games — numbers that mirrored last season's numbers, but in a much less-efficient fashion.

Hart's averages plummeted this season, playing alongside LeBron James, going from a sparkling 46.9 percent from the field in his rookie season to a mere 40.7 percent. His 3-point shooting also took a nosedive, dipping from a sharp 39.6 percent from deep to a less-effective 33.6 percent this season.

All in all, it's been an injury-marred season for the Lakers, starting with losing LeBron James for 17 games due to a groin injury, to several other setbacks throughout the season. This disjointed roster has hardly had any consistent stretch of time playing together since mustering the fourth seed in the West in late December, now mired out of the playoff race and awaiting the offseason for a change.