{"id":826900,"date":"2026-08-26T22:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/826900\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:30:10","slug":"clippers-jordan-miller-to-be-sidelined-6-months-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/826900\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers\u2019 Jordan Miller to be sidelined 6 months \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clippers guard Jordan Miller will be out at least six months after having surgery on Wednesday to repair a torn left rotator cuff that he suffered during a workout last week, the team announced.<\/p>\n

Miller averaged 10 points on 53.1% shooting, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 60 games last season. With the anticipated departure of star forward Kawhi Leonard, he was expected to see an increased role in 2026-27.<\/p>\n

Miller, who signed a three-year, $15.3 million contract<\/a>\u00a0to stay with the Clippers in early July, however, was facing significant competition for minutes after the Clippers acquired Max Strus from the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> in a five-team trade. Strus, a proven quality shooter, joined an already crowded field at the wing position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to be a highly competitive team this season and Max will be a big part of it. He is a great shooter with a good feel who can handle and pass,\u201d Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank said last week.<\/p>\n

Miller was viewed as someone who could step in if injuries hit, but he will now move to the back of the pack.<\/p>\n

MATHURIN MOVES ON<\/p>\n

Bennedict Mathurin, who joined the Clippers at last season\u2019s trade deadline<\/a>, has agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, including a player option, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n

Shams Charania reported that Mathurin\u2019s representatives approached the Clippers about withdrawing his $8.8M qualifying offer, but details remain murky.<\/p>\n

Mathurin reportedly wanted a path to unrestricted free agency next summer over a long-term deal for bigger money but greater team control.<\/p>\n

NBA insider Jake Fischer said although the Clippers had not yet withdrawn their qualifying offer, the team appears willing to work with the player and the Pelicans.<\/p>\n

The Clippers received Mathurin, forward Isaiah Jackson, two first-round draft picks and a second-round pick in exchange for center Ivica Zubac and forward Kobe Brown. In his home debut, Mathurin scored a career high-tying 38 points off the bench<\/a> against the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clippers guard Jordan Miller will be out at least six months after having surgery on Wednesday to repair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[7630,355,99],"class_list":["post-826900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-clippers","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}