Avery Bradley hasn’t done too terribly much for the Los Angeles Clippers. Bradley was acquired by Los Angeles in the trade that sent Blake Griffin to Detroit, and was expected to be a contributor in the team’s backcourt. Instead, Bradley has been dealing with injuries, and according to a report on Tuesday evening, won’t get the chance to play again during the regular season.
Bradley is expected to miss the next 6-8 weeks after undergoing surgery, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The procedure was performed on Bradley’s repair adductor and rectus abdominis muscles.
Los Angeles Clippers guard Avery Bradley underwent surgery to repair adductor and rectus abdominis muscles on Tuesday and will miss the rest of the regular season, league sources tell ESPN. Six weeks to eight weeks is the recovery time on the surgery.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 13, 2018
While his tenure with the Pistons didn’t go especially well, Bradley looked to turn things around in Los Angeles. Instead, he only played in six games due to a sports hernia, and hasn’t taken the floor since the team’s Feb. 14 win over the Boston Celtics.
From Bradley’s perspective, this is the latest in what has been as bad of a contract year as you can imagine. He’s an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year, and has averaged 14.3 points per game on 41.4 percent shooting from the field and 36.9 percent shooting from three.
As for the Clippers, losing any additional firepower while making a postseason push hurts. The team is 36-29 on the year and sitting in seventh place, but it is tied with three other squads for the final two spots in the playoffs.
