Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert has thumb surgery
Friday 15 November 2019 06:43, UK
Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert has undergone surgery in New York to repair ligaments in his right thumb.
LeVert is expected to be sidelined for several weeks.
In nine this season, LeVert has averaged 16.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 31.6 minutes per contest.
The scoring and rebounding averages represent career highs for the fourth-year player, a 2016 first-round pick from Michigan.
LeVert, who missed 42 games last season with a foot injury, signed a three-year, $52.5m extension with the Nets in August.
To make up for his absence, Brooklyn signed veteran guard Iman Shumpert on Wednesday.
