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According to Indiana Pacers coach Jim O’Brien, swingman Mike Dunleavy will be out until at least January as he rehabilitates his injured right knee.
“Nothing that I’ve heard has Michael coming back anytime before January,” O’Brien said. “It’s not even on my radar, Michael Dunleavy coming back. I have to approach next year like he’s not coming back because you have to build a team.”
Dunleavy had surgery to remove a bone spur from his right patellar tendon and then had the tendon repaired last month in Colorado. He said there is no timetable on his return.
“We’re going to play two months of our schedule at least, at least, without him,” O’Brien said. “It would not be in my best interest to worry about a timeline for him.”