Cavs' Garland has toe surgery, out 4-5 months

Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star defender Darius Garland had country Monday to repair the near large toed wounded that troubled him during the playoffs and is expected to miss 4-5 months.

The Cavs said successful a connection they expect Garland to "make a afloat betterment and resume hoops activities by the commencement of grooming camp" successful October. But Garland is apt to miss clip to commencement the regular season, sourced told ESPN.

Garland missed 2 games astatine the extremity of the regular play and past aggravated the wounded during the Cavs' first-round bid against the Miami Heat and ended up missing 4 playoff games.

He returned during the bid against the Indiana Pacers but was slowed astatine times by the nagging injury.

The process was performed by Dr. Nicholas Strasser astatine Vanderbilt University Medical Center successful consultation with Cavs squad doc James Rosneck of the Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Bob Anderson of OrthoCarolina.

Garland was 1 of 2 players to mean 20 points, 5 assists and 40% shooting connected 3-pointers this season, on with Denver Nuggets' prima Nikola Jokic. He made 212 3-pointers this season, third-most successful squad history.