Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee this week, the team announced Thursday.
The procedure was necessary, according to the Pistons, to relieve discomfort, and Ivey will begin a rehab program immediately and be re-evaluated in four weeks. The team pointed out in its news release this knee issue is not related to the broken fibula the guard suffered in January.
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Ivey missed two of the Pistons’ preseason games with what head coach J.B. Bickerstaff described as “discomfort.”
“We’re still working through it,” Bickerstaff said Monday, via the Detroit Free Press. “Every single day he comes in, we do more and more with him. We just want to get him to a place where he’s comfortable enough to go out and play in a position of confidence and not doubt by thinking about it.”
Prior to the broken leg, Ivey had been averaging career highs nearly across the board, including in points (17.4 per game), rebounds (4.2), steals (0.9), field-goal percentage (45.3%) and 3-point percentage (39.2%).
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Ivey, 23, was the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by Detroit. Through parts of three seasons he’s averaged 16.1 points, 4.4 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game while shooting 42.9% from the field.
The Pistons open the 2025-26 season on Oct. 22 against the Chicago Bulls.
