The Orlando Magic won't have one of their best players for the rest of the season.
Jalen Suggs has been ruled out for the balance of the campaign after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to remove a cartilage fragment in his left knee, the team announced Tuesday.
The team says Suggs is expected to make a full recovery.
Suggs was diagnosed last month with a trochlea injury in the knee, a problem that was discovered after he was experiencing discomfort while trying to return from a bruised left quadriceps.
Suggs averaged 16.2 points this season but was limited to 35 games — all but one of them coming before Jan. 4. The No. 4 pick in the 2021 draft missed 10 games in January with a low back strain and hasn't played since Jan. 25.
Suggs and fellow Orlando cornerstones Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner have started only six games together this season.
The Magic (29-33) are eighth in the Eastern Conference standings. The Magic host the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.
-- with files from AP.
