{"id":938102,"date":"2026-07-16T04:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/938102\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T04:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:42:12","slug":"spurs-rookie-jayden-quaintance-undergoes-successful-surgery-on-right-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/938102\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs rookie Jayden Quaintance undergoes successful surgery on right knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 San Antonio Spurs first-round pick Jayden Quaintance underwent successful surgery on his right knee to repair meniscus damage, the team announced Wednesday through a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">There is no immediate timeframe for his return. According to the Spurs, it is likely the 6-foot-10 forward will miss all of training camp and potentially a significant portion of the regular season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">It was known before the team selected Quaintance with the 20th-overall pick that he would need a second surgery on his right knee to clean up his meniscus. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The follow-up surgery comes after Quaintance tore his ACL in February 2025 while playing for Arizona State. He played in just four games last season for Kentucky. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">After he was selected on draft night, Quaintance admitted he was still experiencing \u201ca little pain\u201d but expressed confidence in the Spurs\u2019 medical staff to prioritize his long-term health. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Injury concerns were the main reason Quaintance fell in the NBA draft. He was once seen as a future lottery pick following his freshman season with the Sun Devils, where he earned Big 12 All-Defensive honors and set a freshman school record with 63 blocks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Spurs bought low on Quaintance, banking on their medical team\u2019s assessment that he\u2019ll return to full health and sustain a long NBA career. The forward just turned 19 years old on July 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><b>Read more on <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/KSAT_Sports_Now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>KSAT Sports Now<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 San Antonio Spurs first-round pick Jayden Quaintance underwent successful surgery on his right knee to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":938103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[27635,11024,1260,62,7199,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-938102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-jayden-quaintance","tag-ksat-sports-now","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-spurs","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116927826939568931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}