I thought he had just tore his ACL, but I just read today that he had Micro-Fracture surgery on top of the ACL repair. The minimum return time from that type of an injury is a full year or more. The problem with this type of surgery is that athletes rush back from the surgery because their knee feels good, and more often then not, they rush back to quick and re-injure themselves, and are never the same again.
In the NFL, I am Giants fan. The only reason I bring this up is because the Giants lost 2 terrific players due to Micro-Fracture Surgery. Kenny Philips, had the surgery going into the 2009 season due to arthritis in the knee, and he has not been the same player since then, and has chronic knee problems throughout the season.
The second player was Steve Smith. He decided to take a guaranteed contract with the Eagles, when the Giants were offering him a 2 year contract, and they were going to let him rehab his knee that year instead of rushing onto the field. The Eagles signed him and he barely played and has recently retired due to not being able to play at that level anymore.
Micro-fracture surgeries are career ending, and I hope Exum thinks long-term, and to be quite honest he probably would be more of a risk on the field over a healthier player.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/virginia-techs-antone-exum...
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