Veteran Nuggets guard Chucky Atkins expected to have surgery for sports hernia
DENVER – Nuggets guard Chucky Atkins was expected to have surgery sometime next week to repair a sports hernia that has bothered him since the preseason.The Nuggets said a timeline for his return won’t be known until after the operation.Atkins, who signed a two-free free agent contract with Denver last summer, has averaged 4.0 points in nine games for the Nuggets this season. He missed the first 24 games with a severely strained right groin he suffered in a preseason game at Phoenix on Oct. 25.
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