Clippers lose All-Star guard for rest of season with hip fracture

The Los Angeles Clippers volition beryllium without All-Star defender Bradley Beal for the remainder of the play with a hep fracture, the squad announced connected Wednesday.

Beal is expected to marque a afloat betterment successful six to 9 months.

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Los Angeles Clippers defender Bradley Beal (0) against the Phoenix Suns astatine the Mortgage Matchup Center connected Nov. 6, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

"We met with galore doctors and specialists astir the state successful collaboration with the full Clippers aesculapian unit implicit the past fewer days, and came to the determination unanimously that the country volition let Brad to person a afloat and implicit recovery," Mark Bartelstein of PrioritySports told ESPN.

Beal joined the Clippers connected a two-year, $11 cardinal declaration successful the offseason aft 2 seasons with the Phoenix Suns and 11 years with the Washington Wizards. He was expected to adhd immoderate other extent to the roster with James Harden and Kawhi Leonard.

Los Angeles Clippers defender Bradley Beal (0) warms up anterior to the crippled against the Phoenix Suns astatine Intuit Dome connected Oct. 24, 2025. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Images)

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However, Beal lone played successful six games with the Clippers, averaging 8.2 points and 1.7 assists per crippled earlier the injury. He was already acceptable to miss Wednesday’s crippled against the Denver Nuggets earlier of near hep soreness. He was already missing games due to the fact that of a near genu wounded and little backmost soreness.

Los Angeles is 3-7 this season.

Los Angeles Clippers defender Bradley Beal celebrates a made 3-pointer against the Phoenix Suns during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, successful Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Beal earned 3 All-Star selections successful his 11 seasons with Washington. He played each 82 games for the Wizards successful the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. Since then, he’s lone played astatine slightest 60 games once.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.