Kyrie Irving will keep rehabbing his right shoulder in hopes of rejoining the BrooklynNets this season, but acknowledges that he may need surgery.
Irving said Saturday he chose to get a cortisone shot late last month instead of having arthroscopic surgery, with the goal of playing for the first time since the middle of November. He said his shoulder problem began with overuse near the end of training camp and got worse early in the regular season.
He said surgery would knock him out for at least a couple months, but he would prefer first to keep working toward playing this season, his first in Brooklyn. He signed with Brooklyn in July but was hurt even before training camp when he was hit in the face while scrimmaging with teammates. He was hit again when he returned for an exhibition game in China, forcing him back to the sidelines."It got to the point where I had overused it," Irving said.
"It really is disheartening when you’re working your tail off to be a certain level and then your shooting shoulder just starts to give out on you a little bit," Irving said.
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