The Los Angeles Clippers announced Oct. 5 that Max Strus suffered a partial tear of the plantar fascia in his right foot. The team said it would reevaluate Strus in four weeks. He was injured during the Oct. 4 preseason opener against the Golden State Warriors in Hawaii.
The numbers behind the result
Reuters reported that the injury would keep Strus out for the start of the regular season. The Clippers open their season at home against the Sacramento Kings on Oct. 21. A four-week reassessment sets the timing of another medical review, rather than a guaranteed return to game action.
Strus played 4 minutes, 50 seconds in the preseason opener, according to the full-game box score. Los Angeles won that game 104–101. The Clippers acquired Strus from the Cleveland Cavaliers in an August five-team trade, Reuters reported.
CSB Take
The injury gives Los Angeles another reason to use its remaining preseason minutes carefully. Coaches can evaluate available perimeter combinations while the team waits for a further medical update. Any discussion of Strus’s return should follow the club’s next announcement, with the reassessment treated as a checkpoint rather than a fixed comeback date.
