The devastating knee injury suffered by Indiana Pacers guard Jeremy Lamb may sideline him for the 2020-21 season, according to Jeff Stotts of In Street Clothes.
On Monday, the Pacers announced that Lamb tore his left ACL and lateral meniscus, and fractured his lateral femoral condyle. Lamb went down after a dunk attempt in Sunday's loss to the Toronto Raptors. Despite the injury, Lamb channeled his inner-Kobe and took his free throws before exiting the game.
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Lamb's injury is particularly complicated because he damaged a ligament (ACL), cartilage (meniscus) and bone (femoral condyle). According to Stotts, a typical torn ACL recovery in the NBA takes 342 days. However, the complex nature of Lamb's injury could certainly elongate the process.
Fortunately, as Stotts noted, the Pacers' medical staff “has established itself as one of the top units in the NBA…the group has finished the year as a top-five staff in seven of the past nine seasons and surrendered the sixth fewest number of games lost to injury or illness since the 2005-2006 season.”
Jeremy Lamb, 27, is in the first year of the threee-year, $31.5 million deal he signed with Indiana last summer. He had started in 42 of the team's 46 games this season, averaging 12.5 points per game.
The struggling Pacers (33-24) have lost seven of their last 10 games and moved down to the East's no. 6 seed.
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