Michael Dickerson is probably finished for the season, according to Ron Tillery of the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Dickerson?s latest injury is called a sports hernia.  What?s that?  It can?t be from too much sports, since he?s only played in 10 games total between last season and this season.

Dickerson appeared in four games before suffering an abdominal strain February 21 in New Orleans when Hornets forward Robert Traylor knocked him off balance on a drive to the basket.  

Trainer Scott McCullough says, "He got hit, landed a certain way, it put all of that pressure in a certain area, and he felt it."  The injury then moved from the abdominal area down to the pelvic area.

McCulough says, "Physically, the biggest thing is the pressure in his lower abdominal wall. It takes us back to the start of this year."

Dickerson could require surgery and another three months of rehabilitation.  McCullough said even surgery, albeit a last option, is a simple procedure.