Wendell Carter Jr. was having an impressive rookie season — 10.3 points and 7 rebounds a night, playing solid defense, overall looking like a good draft pick by the Bulls — when his season was cut short by a thumb injury that ultimately required surgery.
Now Carter is reportedly going to have another surgery, although this one is fairly minor.
UPDATE: Bulls center Wendell Carter Jr. will undergo a procedure on Tuesday, July 9 to repair a core muscle injury. Carter is expected to be ready for training camp.
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) July 3, 2019
A “core muscle injury” is what we used to call a sports hernia, except medically it’s not actually a hernia, so team doctors stopped calling it that.
The point is it’s not a major injury and it should not impact the promising young player going into next season.
