Wizards point guard John Wall will undergo a clean-up procedure on his persistently sore left knee and be sidelined for six weeks, including All-Star Weekend, The Washington Post reported Tuesday morning.

The knee, initially injured in early November, had been intermittently sore and was bothersome enough Monday that Wall met with team doctors, underwent an MRI and traveled to Cleveland to seek more medical advice, the Post reported.

Presumably it was after his visit with Dr. Richard D. Parker, the Cleveland Clinic Marymount orthopedic surgeon who performed Wall’s two knee surgeries in May 2016 and also consulted with him in November, that the decision was made to undergo the clean-up procedure.

“It’s a concern but we have to trust that the doctors and everybody is going to have the best game plan for him going forward and it’s always about him going forward, not about us going forward,” coach Scott Brooks told reporters Monday, before news that Wall, 27, would have the procedure.

The intermittent nature of Wall's pain had given him and the team some hope. When the knee feels good, Wall looks like the five-time All-Star he is. The problem: When the knee is sore, he is, according to the Post, "a pedestrian point guard who routinely struggles to stay in front of his matchups and settles for jump shots."

And right now, the knee is sore. Brooks revealed that Wall needed to have it drained “a few times,” most recently “maybe a few weeks ago.” Wall thus far has missed 10 games because of the knee and 12 overall this season.

And while Brooks had hoped for the best, he said Monday that he could be ready for another extended stretch without Wall.

“We’ve done it before, so I know what it looks like," the coach said.

In 37 games, Wall is averaging 19.4 points and 9.3 assists in 34.3 minutes. In his absence, the Wizards likely will split the lead guard's minutes between second-year player Tomas Satoransky and Tim Frazier, the Post reported, and lean on shooting guard Bradley Beal (23.9 ppg) for more offense.