By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Kawhi Leonard has a “significant rehab” from his ACL injury and “no one knows” the time frame for when the LA Clippers star will return and whether he will play this season.
Leonard underwent surgery to repair a partial tear in his right ACL on July 13 and is expected to be out for an extended period of time.
“Oh, we don’t even breach that,” Lawrence Frank, the team’s president of basketball operations, said when asked if he anticipates Leonard playing this season.
“I think at this point, it’s just no one knows when you’re dealing with a recovery from an ACL [injury], the time frame. Even just to save you guys [from asking] throughout the year, is no one knows. You just attack it day by day, he has a very detailed plan with a great group and we’ll just let his body and the doctors tell us when it’s the right time.”
Leonard injured his knee during the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Utah Jazz on June 14. He missed Los Angeles’ final eight playoff games with what the team called a sprained right knee.