As is tradition with Sixers first round picks, Zhaire Smith suffered an injury this offseason. The rookie fractured a bone in his left foot (the fifth metatarsal) while training, with the diagnosis being an acute Jones fracture. According to a press release from the Sixers, Smith successfully underwent surgery to repair the fractured metatarsal:
AUG. 10, 2018 — Rookie guard Zhaire Smith underwent successful surgery Thursday evening to repair an acute Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. Smith suffered the injury during Tim Grgurich’s development camp in Las Vegas on Monday, Aug.