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Blazers add Fernandez to injury roll News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City9c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Blazers add Fernandez to injury rollEven the coach is hobbledLast Updated Tuesday December 8 2009 807 PM ET CBC Sports Rudy Fernandez is the latest Portland Trail Blazer on the sidelines after undergoing nerverelated surgery (Don RyanAssociated Press)Portland Trail Blazers forward Rudy Fernandez is expected to miss up to six weeks after undergoing a procedure on Tuesday to alleviate nerve pressure in his back that was causing leg painIt is the latest injury to befall the Blazers who are down to just nine available playersThe team said Fernandez had a microdiscectomy to relieve pressure on a nerve that was causing him pain in his right leg The Blazers put the timetable for his return at anywhere from four to six weeksThe procedure was successful and we can now turn our attention to getting Rudy healthy and back on the court Portland general manager Kevin Pritchard said in a statement Hes been under a lot of pain and we look forward to Rudy returning healthier than everFernandez a secondyear player from Spain was averaging 86 points 22 assists and 27 rebounds in 233 minutes a game this season He missed two games with the injury before having surgeryThe Blazers are on a four gameroad trip which started with a 9384 loss Monday night to the New York KnicksOn Saturday centre Greg Oden fractured his kneecap during a game at home against the Houston Rockets Portlands 7foot No 1 draft pick had surgery on Sunday and is out for the seasonForward Nicolas Batum required shoulder surgery just before the start of the season while forward Travis Outlaw broke his foot in midNovember and required surgeryCoach Nate McMillan had surgery on Monday to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon McMillan injured his right Achilles while practising with the Blazers because the team was so shorthandedAssistant Dean Demopoulos is filling in for McMillan on the Blazers current fourgame road trip Portland visits the Indiana Pacers on WednesdayThe Blazers considered at the start of the season to be talented and deep enough to challenge the Lakers i...