A basketball source has confirmed that Michael Redd suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee on Sunday night in Los Angeles. The injury will sideline the Bucks shooting guard for the rest of the season.
The injury is the same one that Redd suffered nearly one year ago, on Jan. 24 against Sacramento at the Bradley Center. He suffered a torn ACL and torn MCL in his left knee on that night and was lost for the rest of the season.
On Sunday, Redd planted on his left foot as he made a move in the lane during the Bucks' 95-77 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center. He immediately was helped off the court.
Redd had a magnetic resonance imaging exam done in Phoenix on Monday, and the test revealed the ligament tears.
The 30-year-old Redd has been plagued by injuries in recent years. He missed the final 35 games of last season after being injured, and he was out for 16 games earlier this season due to a left patella tendon strain.
Redd has one year remaining on the six-year, $91 million contract he signed with the Bucks in the summer of 2005. The final year of the deal is a player option worth $18 million.
Redd recently spoke with the Journal Sentinel about the struggles he has endured in coming back from knee surgery in March, and the additional frustration after hurting his left patella in the home opener against the Detroit Pistons.
"I've been in funks before, but this is a little different," Redd said. "I'll find my way out of it.
"I hate to put any excuses on it. We all know what I came back from. I'll keep fighting. I won't dwell on the negative.
"I've just got to keep playing, keep playing, keep playing, and it will click."
Redd had played in 18 games this season, including 12 starts, and was averaging 11.9 points and 3.0 rebounds. Redd was in his 10th season with the Bucks, the franchise that selected him out of Ohio State with the 43rd overall pick in the 2000 draft.
But Redd, who recently passed Bobby Dandridge to move into fourth place on the Bucks' all-time scoring list, has played just 51 games in the last two seasons due to injuries.
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