The Boston Celtics have announced that rookie shooting guard Romeo Langford has had successful surgery to repair the scapholunate ligament in his right wrist.
Langford will miss the rest of the 2019-20 NBA season after having had the surgery, an injury he sustained at the end of the Celtics series of seeding games in the Disney bubble restart, versus the Washington Wizards on August 13th.
The Indiana product hadn’t been playing much since the first round series against the Philadelphia 76ers, but recently injured himself just seconds into his first minutes against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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That injury — an adductor strain — may have been the deciding factor in shutting down the first-year player, whose rookie season was plagued with a host of minor injuries.
Despite the litany of dings, the Indiana native managed to put together a solid rookie season, demonstrating he is already capable of contributing as a rotation player with strong defensive skills, averaging 2.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
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