<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">ORLANDO, Fla. -- All-Star forward Grant Hill was expected to miss three to six weeks after he has surgery for a sports hernia. Hill, the Orlando Magic's second-leading scorer last season, saw several specialists after he was pulled from the lineup Oct. 19. The club said Thursday that Dr. William Myers would operate next week in Philadelphia. "It's better than three to six months or three to six years," Hill said. He told reporters earlier this week that he sustained the lower abdominal injury a few weeks before training camp began Oct. 4. A sports hernia is different from a true hernia. A sports hernia is a pulled groin muscle that worsens over time and affects the abdominal wall. "I've often sort of joked with you all that when I sneeze it's big news," he said. "I'm not equating this with a sneeze -- but it's something that, for a short period of time it bothered me." Coach Brian Hill initially said he was benching Hill as a precautionary measure. Last season was Grant Hill's best for the Magic. Finally healed from an ankle injury that kept him off the court most of the previous four seasons, he hit a career-best 50 percent and averaged 19.7 points -- good enough for sixth All-Star game appearance. He averaged 11.5 points and 3 assists in the four preseason games he was able to play this year. Hill could be out until the middle of December -- more bad news for a club trying to improve on a 36-46 record that kept it out of the postseason for the second straight year.</div> source
It could be worse. I would honestly prefer to sit him out more towards the 6 weeks just to make sure he can come back and make sure he's healed. We need him more towards the end of the year rather than early.
Thank goodness it is not three months like early reports indicated, but now concern arises again can we really count on Hill as a key part of the team? Every year he seems t injured with something although last year he came back from the ankle injury he still missed a bundle of games due to other health issues. Hopefully when he comes back he can get in the grove of things quickly so the Magic are not in a huge whole before all star break.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Ice:</div><div class="quote_post">Is anyone surprised by this?</div>Not me. It's been a good eight years since he's played a full season.
