Most players would be concerned about undergoing knee surgery just a month out from the regular season, especially after coming back from an accolade-filled, record-shattering debut campaign the year before. Oscar Tshiebwe, though, isn’t like most players.
Shocker, right?
The reigning National Player of the Year felt discomfort in his knee after Kentucky basketball’s Pro Day. Then the swelling started. There was some pain, sure, but Tshiebwe planned to fight through and play, no matter how stiff or uncomfortable he was.
Team doctors decided against it.
“After the Pro Day, I was running and it was swelling a little bit,” Tshiebwe said at Media Day on Tuesday.