The Paul Millsap news went from bad to worse for the Atlanta Hawks.
A week after reports indicated the four-time NBA All-Star would indeed decline his $21.4 million player option for 2017-18 and enter free agency this summer, the Hawks announced Millsap will miss at least three more games with swelling in his left knee after undergoing a non-surgical procedure on Monday.
The team’s press release began with the five most dreaded words in sports: “After visiting Dr. James Andrews.” He was diagnosed with left knee synovitis, or swelling of the membrane that lines the knee joint, and underwent the procedure at Atlanta’s Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center.