Storm forward Lauren Jackson says her career could have ended without surgery in Australia

Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson says her basketball career could have ended if she had not undergone surgery this week on her knee and Achilles tendon.

The three-time WNBA Most Valuable player had surgery Monday night to repair a torn meniscus in her right knee and an ongoing problem in her left Achilles tendon.

Jackson, 32, faces a four-month recovery program and will almost certainly miss the start of the WNBA season.

On her Twitter page, the Australian forward posted Wednesday: "I was told last night this knee injury would have been career ending if I had of left it, so I am just lucky that I had the right people and the right advice around me to come home and get it fixed."