Magic Assistant General Manager Otis Smith doesn't expect forward Grant Hill -- recovering from hernia surgery -- to play again until mid-December.

Hill had surgery Monday. The prognosis was for 3-6 weeks, and Smith said, "I was always thinking six all along.

"It's not one of those things we want to hurry and rush him back. It will be six weeks before he's able to do what he's used to doing."

Smith said there were no complications or surprises in Hill's latest medical drama, adding, "They found just a small tear."