SG/F FA
Tue 3/20/12 5:33 PM

Josh Howard needs left knee surgery and is out for the season. The left knee is the same one that Howard tore the ACL in back in 2010. A Monday MRI revealed a chip in the cartilage and surgery was deemed necessary. Howard's first season in Utah ends with averages of 8.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 assists, but he had established himself as the clear starting small forward over the last month. Gordon Hayward and C.J. Miles are set for a bump in minutes the rest of the way.