Rockets guard Gerald Green, who underwent surgery Monday on his broken left foot, likely will miss the season according to a timetable the team announced after the procedure.
Green is expected to be out for roughly six months which would cost him the rest of the regular season.
Surgeons had advised the Rockets that there was a chance for a much shorter timetable, depending on what they found during the procedure, though it was considered much more likely he would miss the remainder of the season.
The Rockets expect to apply for a disabled player exception to replace Green, but that would be of limited use.