MY ACCOUNT
Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue says there is no timeframe for Kawhi Leonard’s return to play as he continues to struggle with stiffness in his surgically repaired right knee.
Leonard has only played twice this season and not since October 24, having missed all of last season after rupturing his ACL during the 2021 playoffs.
The two-time NBA Finals MVP missed a seventh straight game on Sunday when the Clippers took on the Utah Jazz, with Lue offering an update prior to tip-off amid ongoing uncertainty about Leonard’s return.
“There’s really not a timeframe of when he is going to be back,” Lue told reporters.
“The biggest thing is just the testing that he has to go through with the medical and the slow progression of just getting better every single day. So we’re just taking it day by day right now, not really a timetable.”
Lue insisted that five-time All-Star Leonard was making progress, having been managed with 21 minutes off the bench in each of his two games early in the season.
“He is progressing well,” Lue said. “We knew coming off an ACL, it wasn’t going to be a straight line. We talked about it before the season.
“The biggest thing is he’s progressing well. We are going to follow the lead of our medical staff, we got to be smart about the situation, but he is progressing.
“He is in a good place, he is progressing and he is getting better so that is the most important thing.”
