Pendergraph to have Surgery - Miss Majority of 2009-10 Season

The crew over at Rip City Project just dropped this bomb on a wonderful Labor Day afternoon...

We’ve heard from a reliable source that power forward Jeff Pendergraph, the 31st pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, will have hip surgery this week and is expected to be out for the majority of the 2009-10 season. Pendergraph is said to have injured his hip participating in NBA assistant coach Tim Grgurich’s summer camp in Las Vegas this past August. The Blazers have neither confirmed nor denied this story. The team has yet to sign Pendergraph to a rookie contract.

Pretty interesting stuff actually and possibly the sole reason as to why Portland had not signed Pendergraph to his rookie contract yet. I guess we'll all just stay tuned until we get confirmation from the team.

Thanks for the tip RCP.

**Update**

Jason Quick is also reporting that Pendergraph will undergo surgery and that he will sign his rookie contract shortly.

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