Raptors’ Brandon Ingram undergoes heel surgery, expected back for camp

The Raptors wing underwent surgery to address his ongoing right heel pain by removing a heel spur, the team announced Friday.

Ingram is expected to fully recover and be ready for training camp in September, the team added.

The operation was conducted by Dr. Martin O’Malley in New York.

Ingram missed the final two games of the Raptors’ seven-game series loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the NBA Playoffs because of the recurring heel pain.

He exited early in Game 5 after reaggravating the injury — which had been nagging him near the end of the regular season, causing him to miss three games — and was spotted in a walking boot after Game 6.

In the four full games Ingram played for the Raptors in the first round, the 28-year-old averaged 14.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists while shooting 33.9 per cent from the field and 38.5 per cent from three-point range.

A mid-season acquisition for the Raptors in the 2024-25 season who didn’t debut until this year, Ingram averaged 21.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists while shooting 47.7 per cent from the field and 38.2 per cent from deep in his first campaign in Toronto and earned the second all-star nod of his career. He played 77 games — the most he’s suited up for since his rookie year in 2016-17.