(AP)

Michael Carter-Williams underwent successful surgery to repair the labrum of his right shoulder, the 76ers announced Tuesday, and there is no timetable for his return.

The surgery was performed by Dr. David Altchek, of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, the team said, and his rehab will be monitored by the team’s head physician, Dr. Brian Sennett of Penn Medicine.

“The health of our players is our primary concern,” Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie said in a statement. “There were a number of healthy discussions between Michael, our medical team, several medical specialists and Michael’s representatives. After careful consideration and thoughtful research, we collectively agreed that it was in Michael’s best interest to move forward with the procedure now and allow maximum recovery time.”

The timing of the surgery would seem to put Carter-Williams’ availability for the Sixers’ summer-league teams in jeopardy. The soonest Carter-Williams, who on Monday was named NBA Rookie of the Year, would have to be medically available is in October for the team’s training camp.

Carter-Williams' durability was a popular talking point during his rookie season, as the Syracuse product missed 12 games with three separate injuries:

• He sat out from Nov. 13-18, missing four games with a left foot bruise.
• He did not play between Dec. 6-16, skipping seven games due to a skin infection on his right knee that required a brief hospitalization.
• And he missed a game Feb. 1 at Detroit with a sore right shoulder.

The Sixers went 1-11 in games in which Carter-Williams was a DNP.

(Associated Press)

Michael Carter-Williams has rejoined the 76ers, though his availability in Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers and their upcoming two-game road trip is uncertain.

Carter-Williams was released from the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania Sunday, after being admitted Thursday with an infection on the front of his right knee. He was treated there by UPenn's infectious disease specialist Neil Fishman and Sixers team physician Brian Sennett. The injury stemmed from contact with another player Dec. 1 at Detroit.

It's unlikely he'd be available Monday against the Clippers.

For now, the 21-year-old Carter-Williams is on oral antibiotics. The Sixers are waiting for the soreness in the knee to go down before they consider re-inserting the point guard into the lineup. 

Carter-Williams, the 11^th overall pick in the 2013 draft, is averaging 17.7 points, 7.3 assists and 5.8 rebounds for the Sixers (7-14), who have lost 10 of 12 games overall and five of the six the rookie has missed this season.

A Sixers spokesman said Carter-Williams, who is with the team at Monday’s shootaround at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, is hoping to travel with the team for Wednesday’s game at Minnesota and Friday’s in Toronto. But no official decision has been made.

Carter-Williams is expected to speak to reporters following shootaround.

 

(Times staff / ERIC HARTLINE)

76ers guard Michael Carter-Williams is hospitalized with an infection in his right knee.

He's being treated at the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, to where he was admitted Thursday, by team physician Brian Sennett and UPenn infectious disease specialist Neil Fishman, the team said Saturday.

There is no timetable for the return of Carter-Williams, the rookie point guard who has missed two straight games. He's averaging 17.7 points, 7.3 assists and 5.8 rebounds in 15 games.

“Michael is at UPenn still and will stay again overnight (for) more precautionary stuff with our team doctors,” coach Brett Brown said, before the Sixers faced visiting Denver. “It’s a right knee infection that’s being monitored closely, but nothing to get too overly concerned with.”

 For more on Carter-Williams, check out the full story at delcotimes.com.

NOTE: Thaddeus Young (sore left glute) was in the starting lineup vs. Denver.