Sources: Chandler Parsons has a torn meniscus in his right knee

Injury prone?

 

Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons is likely to undergo season-ending surgery this week to address a torn meniscus in his right knee, sources told ESPN.com.

Parsons, who sources say will receive a second opinion before scheduling an operation, is expected to be fully recovered in time to resume his regular offseason basketball workout routine.

This would be the second consecutive season that Parsons' season ends prematurely due to surgery on his right knee. However, sources said this injury is not nearly as severe as the cartilage damage he suffered last season that was repaired with a hybrid microfracture procedure on May 1.

The Mavs announced a sore right hamstring as the reason for Parsons leaving Friday's loss to the Golden State Warriors in the third quarter. An MRI on Monday revealed that the pain in Parsons' lower right hamstring was being caused by the torn meniscus, sources said.

Dr. Daniel Worrell, who recently replaced Dr. T.O. Souryal as the Mavs' team physician, gave Parsons the initial diagnosis of a torn meniscus that requires arthroscopic surgery. Parsons plans to get a second opinion from Dr. Neal ElAttrache, a renowned sports medicine surgeon based in Los Angeles who has performed meniscus operations on several prominent NBA players.

Parsons, who averaged 13.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 61 games this season, endured a difficult rehabilitation process after last year's surgery. He missed the entire preseason and sat out the season opener then dealt with strict minutes restrictions for the first six weeks of the season, when he was held out of the second games of back-to-backs and struggled to find his rhythm.

But Parsons, 27, has been playing the best basketball of his career since fully recovering from the hybrid microfracture surgery. He averaged 18.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game in the last two months, shooting 51.9 percent from the floor and 47.7 percent from 3-point range during that span, prompting coach Rick Carlisle to refer to him as a "franchise-caliber player in the making."

The Mavs, who at 35-35 are tied for seventh in the Western Conference and a half-game behind the Trail Blazers entering Wednesday's game in Portland, must continue their push to make the playoffs without Parsons.

Sources described Parsons as distraught Monday because he was so determined to help the Mavs return to the playoffs after being limited to only one game in last season's first-round loss to the Houston Rockets, his former team.

Sources said Parsons is still likely to exercise his right this summer to opt out of the final season of his three-year, $46 million deal. He is expected to receive maximum-contract offers in free agency, with sources considering the Mavs the frontrunners to keep him.

 

I would say that this will hurt his chances of another big payday, but Wesley Matthews tore his achilles last year and got the max. With the rising cap, somebody is going to shell out money for Parsons.

 

I guess no max for him...

 

Sucks for him.

The awesome team that almost-was probably would have been too injury plagued to win it all.

Bev
Harden
Parsons
Bosh
Dwight

 

Maybe wes wathews money.

 

you beat me to it

 

He will opt out...and someone will give him the max. Probably the Mavs.

 

Still better than Ariza in DD's point of view

 

Spoiler

 

I guess the injury is common enough people can have confidence he can fully recover. However, he did have a cartilage surgery in the same right knee last summer. I would label him a risk being injury prone at this stage. Just think about Derek Rose...

 

Reports say that Parsons will be diligently working on his rehab in order to get back on his feet as soon as possible. Parsons has indicated that he has too many pool parties to attend this offseason, this injury is a minor setback.

 

More time for recruiting. Chandler wins again.

 

If only we took RISKS and didn't leave

 

Fixed that for ya

 

So does Parsons opt out this summer after 2 straight years with season-ending knee injuries?

 

There's no doubt in my mind that Morey let the better player walk when they were waiting on Bosh & decided to sign Ariza instead.

However, in the end, we got lucky that we did not match Parsons. Having him on this contract, without being healthy half of the time and moving forward with the issues that will continue to hamper his career likely, would have been detrimental.

 

How Meorai didn't match that offer is beyond me. Kicking cans blah, blah, blah...

DD

 

So it looks like he'll be exercising that option after all. Maybe he'll recruit Dwight to Dallas too