The Sixers have certainly experienced more than their fair share of weird injuries to players over the last half decade, particularly to rookies. Even still, the latest news regarding Zhaire Smith is, I think, a new one.
Per team source, Zhaire Smith suffered complications due to food allergy, which setback rehab from Jones fracture. Timetable pushed into 2019.
— Jon Johnson (@jonjohnsonwip) November 10, 2018
Philly.com’s Keith Pompey later shed some additional information on the specific nature of the allergy.
Zhaire Smith won’t return until 2019 at the earliest has to do with his allergic reaction to consuming food with sesame oil or sesame seeds in it back in September was more extensive than originally thought, according to a source.