Clippers’ Norman Powell out indefinitely with left foot fracture – Orange County Register

The Clippers received news of a more serious injury on Sunday.

Recently acquired guard Norman Powell suffered a medial sesamoid fracture in his left foot in a 112-105 loss on Thursday in Dallas and will be sidelined indefinitely, the team said in a statement. press report.

In other words, Powell, 28, broke one of the two small round bones at the end of the tarsal bone of the big toe. According to the research team, the current treatment plan is non-surgical. There is no timetable for his return, the Clippers said.

The 6-foot-3 keeper will join the Clippers’ All-Stars with injured Kawhi Leonard (ACL) and Paul George (with a torn right cruciate ligament) on the sidelines, neither of whom have a clear return date. clear.

Ready, Leonard and George’s long-term absence placed the team in the unfortunate position of leading the league in earnings of injured players this season, with $50,913,968 and growing, according to spotrac.com. However, the Clippers, now 28-30 entering the game against Golden State on Monday, have managed to hover around the .500 level for most of the season.

Powell missed Sunday’s 99-97 win in Dallas after he was injured in the third game against the team. He used to acquired with Robert Covington in a deal sent Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, Keon Johnson and second-round picks to Portland.

After injuring himself when Maxi Kleber fouled him during a drive into the basket with 23 seconds left in the third inning, Powell – who says he suffered a chronic ankle sprain – was out of the game. and went to the changing room to check before coming back. and scored nine points in 9:20 of action in the fourth quarter.

“I’ve faced a lot of pain, but you know, I’ve been trying to put that aside,” said Powell after the game. “Focus on trying to win. But it sure is – I’m definitely hurting out there.

“I think they said bruised – I don’t know how – but the bottom of my big toe,” Powell added later that night. “The joint. When he went down, it was like he crashed into it. So it was bruised there. And then I sprained my right ankle, but I sprain my ankle every game. So I live with those things, bow-legged. Nothing. ”

The Clippers are excited about Powell’s prospects. And the San Diego native and former UCLA star is in the first year of a five-year, $90 million contract, and said he’s “really happy” to be playing in LA.

He started his tenure with the team in promising fashion, averaging 21 points on 47.6% shots and four assists in his first competitions as a Clipper.

Jerry West, the Hall of Fame icon who served as a consultant to the Clippers, spoke about Powell last week at an event at the construction site of Intuit Dome, the new team arena scheduled to open in Inglewood 2024.

“I think we took a step the day before yesterday in acquiring Norm Powell, which we thought would pay a dividend because he played with Kawhi (Leonard) when they won the championship (in Toronto) in 2019) and he’s just an outstanding player,” West said.

They will now have a brilliant third player recovering from injury, with a focus on the franchise’s healthier-than-hopeful future.

Here’s a clearer angle on where Maxi Kleber landed on Norman Powell’s foot, which is where he fractured his foot. pic.twitter.com/C6vPaBVvWZ

– Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) February 13, 2022