Washington Wizards point guard John Wall is slated to undergo a “clean-up” knee procedure, which will sideline him for the next six-to-eight weeks, according to Candace Buckner of The Washington Post.
The dime maestro traveled to Cleveland yesterday for a second opinion on his bothersome knee, missing his second game in a row, and possibly many more as he goes under the knife once again.
A knee scope operation is scheduled for Wednesday, performed by the same surgeon who did his knee surgeries in May 2016, Richard D. Parker of the Cleveland Clinic Marymount.
This timeline will cause Wall to miss this year's All-Star Game, after being named a reserve last week along with teammate Bradley Beal. This marks the second All-Star injury after DeMarcus Cousins' season-ending ruptured Achilles injury last week.
Wall had been bothered from a sore left knee ever since first sustaining the injury in early November, causing him to miss early stretches, and now nagging him again past the midway point of this 2017-18 season.
The Wizards signed an insurance policy in Tim Frazier this offseason, who will likely handle duties as the starting point guard in the wake of Wall's surgery.
Tomas Satoransky filled in as the starter in Monday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks, logging seven assists in 21 minutes, but it was Frazier who led the game with 14 assists coming off the bench, making the most of his 27 minutes on the floor.
Frazier has proven a quality starter and an above-average distributor when on the floor, but it'll sure be a different transition without an athletic coast-to-coast tornado in Wall, as the majority of scoring duties will now fall upon his backcourt mate Beal.
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