Nets' James has foot surgery, out up to 8 weeks

CBSsports.com—December 12, 2010

New Jersey Nets rookie forward Damion James is expected to be sidelined up to two months after having surgery to repair a broken right foot.

Nets general manager Billy King says James had surgery on Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Surgeons repaired a broken fifth metatarsal by inserting a screw in James' foot.

James will be on crutches for two weeks and out 6-to-8 weeks.

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