Originally posted on Hoops Rumors | By Eli Cohen | Last updated 6/9/21
Hawks second-year wing De’Andre Hunter missed the first two games of the team’s round two series with the 76ers with right knee swelling. After an MRI, the initial review revealed a small tear of the lateral meniscus, according to a team press release. Hunter is scheduled to fly to Los Angeles for surgery on Tuesday. He will miss the remainder of the postseason.
This will be the second surgery on Hunter’s right knee this season, and marks the end of an injury-ravaged sophomore year in the NBA. Hunter had started the year playing the best basketball of his young career, but was injured just 19 games into the season. He finished the year having only played 23 games.
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Atlanta Hawk s Trae Young shines in first trip to NBA playoffs
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Atlanta s Trae Young shines in first trip to NBA playoffs
by Paul Newberry, The Associated Press
Posted Jun 1, 2021 2:16 pm EDT
Last Updated Jun 1, 2021 at 2:28 pm EDT
ATLANTA (AP) When the Atlanta Hawks were excluded from the bubble last summer, Trae Young stewed at home.
He watched games on television, enviously tweeted about what he was missing, and longingly visualized what it would be like to play a starring role when it really matters in the NBA.
Now, he’s got his chance.
Talk about rising to the occasion.
Young has joined an extremely rare group of point guards and guided the Hawks to a 3-1 lead in their opening-round playoff series against the New York Knicks.