Michigan State Basketball: Gabe Brown’s knee injury won’t require surgery

Michigan State basketball’s four-star 2018 forward commit Gabe Brown suffered a knee injury recently, but it won’t require surgery.

Tom Izzo and four-star 2018 commit Gabe Brown received some positive news on Wednesday. After visiting with a doctor regarding a recent knee injury, Brown, a Belleville-native, was told that his injury won’t require any surgery and the recovery time is relatively short.

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Although the young star is being forced to miss the rest of his AAU season, he should be ready in time for his senior year at Belleville. It’s tough to have to sit and watch friends play, but this is a good learning experience for the forward — just ask Miles Bridges how much he learned when he was injured as a freshman.

This is great news for both Brown and Izzo as his future star forward will move forward without a devastating knee injury to worry about. No surgery means that it’s not serious enough and will heal on its own with some physical therapy, most likely.

Every time a player gets surgery, it becomes that much more likely that it gets re-injured during a career. The knee is also one of the most injured body parts on the human body, and it seems like Brown dodged a major bullet, because it could have been much worse — like an ACL tear.

With the 2-3 month recovery time, it seems more likely that he had a slight tear in his meniscus or even MCL. As long as it avoided the ACL, everything should be good.

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The Spartans will look to get a fully healthy Brown by the start of the 2018-19 season and he comes in with an impressive 2018 class of stars.