Indiana Pacers wing Jeremy Lamb will miss the remainder of the season due a torn ACL, a torn meniscus and a fracture in his left knee, according to the team.
Lamb suffered the gruesome injury during the second quarter of his team's loss to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
In 46 games this season, Lamb averaged 12.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals over 28.1 minutes per game while shooting 45.1 percent from the floor, 33.5 percent from e-point range and 83.6 percent from the free-throw line.
The 27-year-old, who played his collegiate basketball at the University of Connecticut, was originally selected by the Houston Rockets with the 12th overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft, but was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the James Harden deal later that offseason.
Lamb spent the first three seasons of his career with Thunder, developing into a solid 3-and-D threat off the bench.
Then, during the summer of 2016, Lamb was dealt to the Charlotte Hornets and proceeded to spend his next four seasons there.
Lamb had a quiet first couple of seasons with the Hornets, struggling with his perimeter shot in the process. But during the 2017-18 campaign, he registered 12.9 points, 4.1 boards and 2.3 assists across 24.6 minutes a night while making 45.7 percent of his field goal attempts, 37.0 percent of his long-distance tries and 86.1 percent of his foul shots.
The Henrico, Va. native then had a breakout year of sorts last season, recording 15.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.1 steals through 28.5 minutes per game while connecting on 44.0 percent of his shots, 34.8 percent of his triples and 88.8 percent of his free throws.
The Pacers signed Lamb to a three-year deal over the summer. Indiana has been scuffling since Victor Oladipo initially returned from his own devastating knee injury, and this injury to Jeremy Lamb won't help matters.
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