The Spurs second-eyed man suffered a finger injury. Can he recover before the start of the regular season?

According to reports from ESPN authoritative reporter Shams Charania, sources revealed that San Antonio Spurs' backcourt rookie Dylan Harper successfully underwent surgery on Friday US time. The purpose of the operation is to repair the injury he suffered from a partial tear of the left thumb ligament he encountered during training on Wednesday. Shams said Harper hopes to be ready for the opening match between the Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks on October 22, US time. But the problem is that Harper's injury caused him to be unable to participate in the upcoming training camp, which is also a major blow to a young player.

Harper was born in March 2006 and is 19 years old. He is a freshman backcourt player from Rutgers University who was selected by the Spurs with the second pick in this year's NBA Draft. According to data from the joint trial physical test session before the draft, Harper's bare feet are 194cm tall, weighs 96.71kg, wingspan is 209.6cm, and standing height is 259.1cm. In the NCAA game last season, Harper played 29 times for Rutgers, who was in his position, and averaged 32.7 minutes per game, averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds (0.8 frontcourt rebounds), 4 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.6 blocks, and 2.4 turnovers and 1.9 fouls. His shooting percentage was 48.4% (6.7/13.8), his three-point shooting percentage was 33.3% (1.7/5.2), and his free throw shooting percentage was 75% (4.3/5.8). With his outstanding performance, Harper was shortlisted for the Big Ten League's All-A-Level 3 and All-Rookie Team this season.

Previously, Harper also represented the Spurs in the NBA Summer League. He played 2 games in the NBA Summer League, averaging 22.1 minutes per game, averaging 16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 0.5 blocks, and had 3.5 turnovers and 2.5 fouls. He shot 35.7%, three-point shooting percentage 12.5%, and free throw shooting percentage 78.6%. Harper's performance in these two NBA summer league games is actually not particularly outstanding. His condition looks very unstable. He cannot always maintain a stable feel on the offensive end, and his performance on the defensive end is not particularly outstanding. It seems that he also needs more game training to accumulate experience and find his own game feeling.

For the Spurs, Harper's injury may also affect the team's rotation roster arrangement. Harper has no way to participate in the next training camp and preseason, which means that the team's other substitute point guard, Jordan McLaughlin, may enter the rotation, and backcourt star Stephon Castle may also get more playing time and performance opportunities. I don’t know how Harper’s recovery will be. Can he quickly get out of the impact of injury and return to the team before the start of the NBA regular season in the new season?