Tiago Splitter’s season-ending surgery may force him to miss at least the beginning of next season.
The Hawks reserve center will undergo surgery on his sore right hip next Thursday in New York City. Splitter said the recovery will be “eight months, at least.” An eight-month recovery would mean Splitter would not be able to return until near the end of October, the start of the NBA season. It will also force him to miss the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in his native Brazil.
Splitter would not reveal Wednesday what will be done during in the surgical procedure.