Training camp is right around the corner and the Clippers just got hit with a nasty piece of news on one of their young guards. Shams Charania reported Wednesday that Jordan Miller underwent surgery to repair a torn left rotator cuff, an injury he suffered during an offseason workout, and he won't be reevaluated for 6 months.
Clippers guard Jordan Miller underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a torn left rotator cuff sustained during an offseason workout and will be reevaluated in six months, sources tell ESPN.
A six-month reevaluation window pushed from an August surgery date lands right around the All-Star break, meaning this is a season-long absence, not a nagging preseason tweak. That's a brutal break for a guy who was still trying to lock down a real rotation spot.
Miller was the No. 48 pick out of Miami back in the 2023 draft, arriving in LA off a Final Four run where he was an All-ACC second-team pick averaging 15.3 points and 6.2 rebounds in his final college season. The pedigree was there, the fit was still a work in progress — he logged 37 appearances for the Clippers last season, averaging just 4.1 points and 1.6 rebounds a night as a depth piece more than a rotation fixture.
Jordan Miller suffered a torn left rotator cuff during a recent workout and will undergo surgery today, per @ShamsCharania. The Clippers guard will be reevaluated in 6 months.
That's the tricky part here. Miller was never a star, but he was cheap, young, and versatile depth at a position group the Clippers can't really afford to thin out given how banged-up this roster has been in recent years. Losing a body for 6 months, even a fringe rotation one, matters when the injury report starts piling up in April.
For now it's a wait-and-see situation. The Clippers will lean on their other wings and guards to soak up the minutes Miller would've been chasing, and his own timeline points toward a late-season or playoff-push return at the earliest — assuming the shoulder cooperates.