The Denver Nuggets today released the latest news on guard Markus Howard and his knee injury: they have stated he will be “re-evaluated in six weeks” for a left knee sprain. This is good news on the ACL front: Howard seems to have avoided the most damaging and longest recovery of any knee injury.
Nuggets guard Markus Howard suffered a sprained left knee in the fourth quarter of Denver’s home game on Wednesday night.
He will be re-evaluated in six weeks. pic.twitter.com/qezEIMa31Q— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) December 17, 2021Now, this sentiment goes around whenever a player gets away without surgery, and I just want to nip this “it’s not a major knee injury” thing in the bud as a former rehab therapist:
As reported yesterday, Markus Howard didn't suffer a major knee injury.