Pelicans star Brandon Ingram will be sidelined for approximately six-to-eight weeks after undergoing successful finger surgery on June 7, the team announced (via Twitter).
Since it’s the offseason for New Orleans, the six-to-eight week recovery timeline means that Ingram should be fully healed and ready to go ahead of training camp in late September.
The surgery, which was performed in Los Angeles, was on Ingram’s “right fifth finger to address a flexion contracture.” According to the National Library of Medicine, flexion contracture of fingers are characterized by a “chronic loss of joint motion in a finger due to structural changes in non-bony tissue.”
As Jeff Stotts of InStreetClothes tweets, a flexion contracture essentially means that Ingram’s finger was bent and unable to be straightened without surgery. It can be caused by a “ligament, muscle or tendon injury,” Stotts adds.
Ingram had another strong season for the Pelicans in 2021/22. In 55 regular season games (34 minutes), he averaged 22.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 5.6 assists on .461/.327/.826 shooting.
The 24-year-old was even better in the postseason for New Orleans, averaging 27.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 6.2 assists on .475/.407/.830 shooting in 39.3 minutes per contest. Ingram helped lead the Pelicans to a surprisingly competitive first-round series against the Suns, but they ultimately fell in six games.
Ingram still has three years remaining on the maximum-salary contract extension he signed with the Pelicans in 2020, so he’s locked up until ’24/25. He’ll earn $31.65MM in ’22/23.
He’s out ? Isn’t the season over and everyone just home chillin lol
No, Zion is on track to return for game 5 of the finals, pending verbal agreement on his max contract of course.
Out? The season is over for NO?
Looks like that lighter’s gonna get a little rest these next 2 months
Pre-rolls it is
Ingram really stepped up his play in postseason and showed great promise for the Pelicans future.
Someone said Ingram was bent and cannot be straightened out?
Tell the refs he cannot be called for palming.
Ingram should play on the Raptors with their logo… Somebody said that about big-handed Kawhi once and foreshadowed a trade.