One of the biggest stars of the Cleveland Cavaliers will rehabilitate the offseason after toe surgery. Darius Garland will miss 4-5 months after suffering “Large toe surgery“Monday, the team announced.
The riders expect Garland “to recover completely and resume basketball activities at the start of the training camp”. Although he expected to participate in activities during the camp, there is a chance that the injury The shooting out of the field At the start of the NBA 2025-26 season, by Shams Charania.
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Garland, 25, raised an average of 20.6 points and 6.7 assists for riders this season. This performance earned Garland its second star sign.
Garland played a key role in the riders going 64-18 and winning the seeded n ° 1 at the Eastern Conference. While the regular season was coming to an end, Garland faced the injury, which was revealed after the team’s March 23 match in Utah. Garland managed to manage the injury in the section, but rehabilitated it during the playoffs. After playing in the first two games in the playoff series, Garland missed matches 3 and 4 against Miami Heat due to the injury.
The riders advanced in four games and played the Indiana Pacers in the second round. Garland missed the first two games in this series – that Cleveland lost – before returning for match 3.
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Garland has played in the last three games in the series. His presence could not, however, raise the riders who fell to the Pacers in five games. Garland collected an average of 14 points and four assists in the series.
Garland spent his entire career in six years of the NBA with the riders after the team made him the overall choice n ° 5 during the draft of the 2019 NBA. He collected on average 18.9 points and 6.7 assists during his career.
Garland would be a candidate exchanged during the offseasonBut the injury probably guarantees that he will stay with the riders next year.