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DENVER—Denver Nuggets guard Anthony Carter had successful surgery on his right hand Wednesday and is expected to return in about six weeks.
Team officials said Carter had three screws inserted into his third metacrapal, which he fractured during practice on Saturday.
Carter, 6-foot-2, averaged three points, 5.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds in two games for the Nuggets last season. In eight years in the NBA, Carter’s average is 4.7 points, 4.7 assists and two rebounds in 364 games for Miami, San Antonio, Minnesota and Denver.
