6:49pm: Paul is expected to undergo surgery to repair the torn ligament, according to ESPN.
6:20pm: Superstar guard Chris Paul has torn a ligament in his left thumb, tweets Dan Woike of the Orange County Register, and is expected to miss six to eight weeks of action for the Clippers.
After leaving Monday’s game against the Thunder early, basic X-Rays came back negative. On Tuesday, Paul was sent for an MRI which revealed the damage to the ligament in his left hand.
In 36 games this year, Paul has averaged 17.5 points and 9.7 assists per game. He’s played a characteristically massive role in the Clippers’ bid for a home-court berth in the Western Conference playoff picture. Even without Blake Griffin since mid-December, Los Angeles has managed to compile a 29-14 record.
Paul is signed to a $22.9MM contract this season and has an early termination option for the final year of his contract next season. Should he return within the quote timetable, he’ll be back on the court for Los Angeles between late February and mid-March.
The news that Paul will miss significant time comes on the heels of reports that the team will soon expect Griffin to make his return.
When’s the last time this guy played a whole season?
Exactly. Seems like the whole team gets hurt every year. Reddick Griffin. DeAndre Jordan seems like the only guy with durability.
worst part about this is we play warriors 3 times with him out. Those were gonna be 3 much needed games
Clippers Warriors games have been no contest lately. Haven’t the Warriors won like 10 in a row or something big like that. Two years ago Blake Griffin and said something about it. He said “we’re trying to be like them they’re in a class by themselves.” It’s been about 3 years since it’s been an even match up.
link to landofbasketball.com
I just looked it up. Warriors have won 7 in a row and the last time they split season series was 2014.
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John Paxson? This is Doc Rivers…