Cleveland Cavaliers guard Collin Sexton underwent season-ending surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, the team announced Friday night.
The surgery was performed at the Emory University Sports Medicine Center in Atlanta on Wednesday.
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Sexton sustained his injury after banging knees with teammate Jarrett Allen in a Nov. 7 game against the Knicks in New York.
In his fourth NBA season, Sexton averaged 16 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists on 45% shooting from the field over 11 games prior to the injury. He was a 20-plus-point scorer in each of the past two seasons, tallying a career-best 24.3 points per game on 47.5% shooting in 2020-21.
Sexton, the eighth overall pick in the 2018 draft, will become a restricted free agent next offseason after he and the Cavaliers failed to reach a rookie-scale extension agreement last month.
The Cavs, who have dropped three straight following a surprising 9-5 start, are currently missing a couple of other key players as well. Third overall pick Evan Mobley is sidelined multiple weeks with a right elbow sprain and Lauri Markkanen is still working his way back conditioning-wise after being in health and safety protocols.