depending upon severity of tear sometimes they do not need surgery, just take 2-3 months to heal if on minor side
Nice to know that he won't be included in any deals. Of course, I'll be surprised if we make any deals anyway. I'm conditioned to expect disappointment.
Mine was a SLAP tear which was a complete tearing away of the shoulder socket from the shoulder blade. As explained to me, even a small tear without surgery can heal improperly, if at all. The torn part can reattach at the wrong place and cause instability, pain and constant shoulder slipping out of socket. More than likely it will not reattach at all and will cause chronic pain. For me, I lost most of my strength in my arm as my bicep tendon was also ruptured when it pulled away from my shoulder. Naz will probably need surgery as he'll need stability in that off-shoulder to play at his high level. He's in good hands but it's still so sad seeing him go down.
Report: Trail Blazers forward Nassir Little likely to miss rest of season with shoulder injury (yahoo.com)