Dariq Whitehead, the 22nd overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, will undergo surgery to treat a stress reaction in his left shin. As a result, he’ll miss the remainder of the season.
Whitehead, one of Brooklyn’s two first-round picks last June, along with Noah Clowney, is now facing his third lower-leg surgery in the last year-and-a-half. During his lone season as a Duke Blue Devil, Whitehead missed four games after undergoing surgery on the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot before the season.
However, the bone did not heal properly, and Whitehead went under the knife again just prior to the draft.