Overview
- The team said Toppin has a partial stress fracture of the right fifth metatarsal and will have a screw inserted to repair the injury.
- Rick Carlisle said surgery is scheduled for Monday in New York and advised reporters not to expect an update before Feb. 1.
- The timeline points to roughly three months on the sideline, with reports indicating he will not practice until early next year.
- Toppin left Sunday’s loss at Minnesota after 17 minutes, with an initial right hamstring issue on the same leg and uncertainty over when the foot fracture occurred.
- Before the setback, he averaged 14.0 points and 6.7 rebounds through three games, as Indiana also deals with injuries to Tyrese Haliburton, T.J. McConnell, Bennedict Mathurin, Andrew Nembhard, Johnny Furphy and Kam Jones.