Los Angeles Clippers guard Bradley Beal suffered a broken hip and will undergo season-ending surgery, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Wednesday.
Bradley Beal expected to make full recovery
Beal’s agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told Charania that the former first-rounder will “make a full recovery” following surgery.
“Over the past several days, we have worked with the entire Clippers medical staff, met with numerous doctors and experts across the country, and have unanimously determined that surgery will allow Brad to make a full recovery,” Bartelstein told Charania.
Beal left the game in the first half of Saturday’s game against the Phoenix Suns with hip soreness. Head coach Tyronn Lue told reporters on Monday that Beal will undergo imaging studies and is expected to miss several games.
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Beal said Friday in Phoenix that he has been dealing with an unspecified injury since playing for the Suns last season, according to Kellan Olson of ArizonaSports.com.
Beal, 32, has played in just six games for the Clippers this season (all starts). In these games, he averaged 20.2 minutes per game, scored a career-low 8.2 points, 1.7 assists, and shot 37.5/36.8/75.
The Clippers are 1-3 without Beal this season.
Beal signs two-year, $11 million contract with Clippers
During the offseason, the Suns used the waiver and extension clause to complete a buyout of Beal, spreading the $99 million owed to the three-time All-Star over the next five years at $20 million per season.
After clearing waivers, Beal signed a two-year, $11 million contract with the Clippers. His deal includes a 15% trade bonus and a $5.62 million player option for the 2026-27 season.
Bartelstein reportedly told Alex Schiffer of Front Office Sports in July that his client was interested in signing a long-term contract with the Clippers after the 2025-26 season.
If a long-term deal isn’t reached, the 14-year veteran could become one of the top players on the free-agent market next summer.
“Brad doesn’t want to go anywhere that’s a one-year rental, or he’s going to go to a place where they’re recruiting heavily for one year to try to help them win a championship and then move on to somewhere else,” Bartelstein told Schiffer.
“Brad doesn’t like change. That’s one of the reasons he’s been in Washington for so long. So his goal is to go to L.A., have a great season and then re-sign with the Clippers on a long-term contract [next] summer. “
However, a long-term deal is not yet possible.
In two seasons with the Suns, Beal averaged just 17.6 points per game and missed a total of 58 games during that span. He has played in just 106 of a possible 164 games with Phoenix, according to Basketball Reference.
Beal hasn’t played at least 60 games in a season since the 2020-21 season, which saw him play 72 games amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
