Russell Westbrook underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday, September 12th due to stiffness and inflammation in the knee the occurred while getting ready for training camp. Westbrook viewed this knee arthroscopy (“scope’) as a pre-emptive, clean-up procedure rather than potentially having issues creep up during the season. For example, if symptoms worsened toward the end of the season, surgery at that point could mean being out for the playoffs. Although it hasn’t yet been specified, this arthroscopic procedure most likely involved removing loose or fraying cartilage. While the timing is not ideal with Thunder training camp opening on Sept. 25, as mentioned above, better now than in April.

Source: Forbes September 15, 2018 19:30 UTC