Heat's Pittman undergoes minor knee procedure

Miami Heat center Dexter Pittman returned Monday to South Florida from his NBA Development League assignment after sustaining a knee injury with the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Skyforce.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said that the 2010 second-round pick out of the University of Texas underwent a minor arthroscopic procedure Tuesday and should be able to begin rehabilitation almost immediately.

"He had the surgery this morning," Spoelstra said following Tuesday's shootaround at Conseco Fieldhouse in advance of his team's game against the Indiana Pacers. "It was minor, arthroscopic surgery, just to clean out some things. It was really more wear and tear than any one incident.

"These type of things you can come back pretty quickly from."