Jeff Pendergraph to Undergo Hip Surgery

Jeff Pendergraph, the Portland Trail Blazers rookie who was selected in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft, will undergo hip surgery on Wednesday. The surgery is to repair an impingement. It won’t be known until after his surgery when he could return to the basketball court.
Despite that bad news for Pendergraph, he received good news on Tuesday when the Blazers signed him to a contract. The surgery will likely be much easier to swallow with the contract in hand.
The 6-foot-9 power forward played his college basketball at Arizona State. As a senior, he averaged 14.5 points per contest.
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