The Brooklyn Nets will be without Joe Harris for at least another four-to-eight weeks, as the sharpshooter is set to undergo surgery to address what Nets head coach Steve Nash called "a little bone particle" in his left ankle.
"He is going to have a scope and then we'll see what that means once they've had the procedure," Nash said after Nets practice on Monday. "We think this is a really positive thing that can put this situation behind him long term rather than risking reoccurrences or uncertainty with the injury."
Harris has been out of action since Nov. 14, when he rolled his ankle against the Thunder and was initially diagnosed with a sprain. He averaged 11.3 points and four rebounds over his first 14 games while shooting 46.6 percent from beyond the arc, just a tick below the 47.5 percent mark he led the NBA with last season.
The 30-year-old is in the second year of a four-year, $75 million deal he signed last November after emerging as a star for Brooklyn, but the surgery timeline puts his return at anywhere from Christmas to the All-Star break.
Despite Harris' injury and the absence of Kyrie Irving, the Nets entered play Monday with an Eastern Conference-leading 14-6 record.
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