The Hornets longest-tenured player was forced to exit their season-opening loss to Cleveland.
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Cody Zeller had career-high averages of 11.1 points and 7.1. rebounds last season.
The Charlotte Hornets announced Thursday that center Cody Zeller underwent successful surgery on the fourth metacarpal of his left hand. The surgery was performed by Dr. Michelle Carlson of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Zeller suffered the fractured left hand in the fourth quarter of Charlotte’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Dec. 23. Zeller will be listed as out and will be reevaluated in four weeks.
Zeller is in his eighth year out of Indiana and holds career averages with the Hornets of 8.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 22.9 minutes per game over the course of 420 career appearances (253 starts). The 7-0 center is coming off a 2019-20 season in which he averaged career-highs in points (11.1) and rebounds (7.1) per game over the course
Buddy Valastro promised his medical team cake for life as he healed from a gruesome hand impalement injury during a special episode Wednesday on TLC.
The 43-year-old Cake Boss star documented his treatment after getting his dominant right hand stuck in his home bowling alley in September while hosting family at his home in Montville, New Jersey.
The two-hour episode titled Buddy Valastro: Road To Recovery opened with a warning to viewers that read: This program includes graphic images of an injury and the treatments that followed. Viewer discretion is advised .
Cake boss: Buddy Valastro promised his medical team cake for life as he healed from a gruesome hand impalement injury during a special episode Wednesday on TLC
Nets dedicate season opener to New York’s essential workers
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As the long anticipated 2020-21 season kicks off Tuesday, the Nets are dedicating their opening night at Barclays Center to the city’s essential workers “who have shown the world what it means to be ‘New York Tough.’”
Throughout the evening, the Nets will highlight and thank “local heroes who have helped lead New York through the early days of the coronavirus pandemic and have continued to serve on the frontlines over the past nine months,” the team announced Tuesday morning.
Those who’ll be honored include medical personnel, nursing home attendants, MTA employees, sanitation workers and others.
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Seeing is Believing: Hospital for Special Surgery First in U.S. to Use Augmented Reality Platform for Knee Replacement
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NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ An orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has performed the first augmented reality (AR) knee replacement in the United States. The new technology was designed and engineered with artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Augmented reality refers to digital information that is superimposed on a user’s view of the physical environment. An example would be a design app that allows you to visualize a 3D model of furniture or décor in your home before you buy it.