NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Baron Davis, the second-leading scorer for the New Orleans Hornets, underwent knee surgery Tuesday.
He is expected to be sidelined six weeks.
An ESPN report Monday said he would be out at least a month. The six-week assessment was made after the surgery.
"I'm optimistic," Davis said Monday. "I didn't want this to happen. Nobody wanted this to happen, and nobody expected it to happen, but I look at it as a blessing in disguise because it gives me the opportunity to rehab my back as well as get my knee stronger. I probably needed the time off anyway to get my back to 100 percent, so I feel when I come back this time, I'm really going to be at 100 percent."
Davis, 23, tore cartilage in his left knee during Friday's 97-96 overtime loss to Portland. He is averaging 16.8 points and 6.9 assists in 36 games this season, but missed eight with back spasms.
He was officially placed on the injured list Monday.
To shore up the guard position the Hornets have signed Randy Livingston to a 10-day contract. The New Orleans native has played with five different NBA teams over the past six years, averaging 4.1 points and 2.1 assists in 171 contests.
Livingston had been with Sioux Falls Skyforce of the CBA, where he was averaging 14.0 points, 8.2 assists, and 5.3 rebounds in 12 games this season.
New Orleans also waived forward Matt Bullard, who had spent the entire season on the injured list because of a degenerative disc disease.
