Miami Heat center Omer Yurtseven is expected be out an “extended period of time” with the possibility of missing the entire 2022-23 season, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Thursday.
Yurtseven has yet to play this season after appearing in 56 games last season. The reason was an ankle injury suffered in the preseason. Winderman reported that ankle surgery could be on the table for Yurtseven, which would push back the timetable for return. Though even without surgery, he is expected to be out indefinitely:
“Out since the first exhibition with what the Heat have been listing as an ankle impingement, Yurtseven is facing the possibility of surgery that would not have him back until well after the turn of the calendar,” Winderman wrote.