Blake Griffin was diagnosed with a meniscus injury in his left knee and will be submitted to arthroscopic surgery, probably early next week, according to NBA officials who were not authorized to speak publicly about the issue.
Griffin will not play for the U.S. Olympic team in London later this month but will be available for the Clippers training camp, which begins in October.
Griffin is scheduled for around eight weeks of recovery from injury and should be fine and ready to play when the season starts, the executives said.
Dr. Neal ElAttrache of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic perform the surgery.
I 'Griffin suffered a sprained knee in the same Game 5 Western Conference first round of the playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies and the same knee ElAttrache an operation to end the season with a stress fracture of the patella during the season beginner Griffin, 2009-10.
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