Robert Williams’s first season in Portland will end just a couple of weeks into the regular season.
The former Celtics center will undergo season-ending knee surgery to repair his kneecap and ligaments, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday.
Williams, now with the Trail Blazers, faced the possibility of a season-ending operation after suffering a right knee injury during the team’s loss to the Grizzlies on Sunday. In the fourth quarter of that game, he banged his right knee in a collision with Grizzlies big Jaren Jackson Jr., causing his kneecap to move out of place and damaging a ligament, according to The Athletic.