Former Missouri forward Michael Porter Jr. has undergone his second back surgery in eight months, according to the Denver Nuggets, the team that drafted him No. 14 overall in June’s NBA Draft.
The Nuggets announced that the 6-foot-10 Porter had undergone lumbar spine surgery in Dallas, the same city where he underwent a microdiscectomy in November. There is no timetable for his return.
Lumbar spine surgery involves the lower back and is usually done to relieve nerve root pinching. Porter’s previous surgery involved the L3 and L4 vertebrates, and was to relive pressure on the spinal nerve column.