Max Strus was downgraded from questionable to out on October 5, with Hoops Rumors and ESPN's Anthony Slater both reporting a foot injury that will cost him at least four weeks and pushes his target return to November 2. That breaks what had briefly looked like a shared timeline with Bradley Beal and Kobe Sanders, who are still ticketed for October 10.
Strus's new diagnosis splits him off from Beal and Sanders.
Strus moved from questionable to ruled out on October 5, a day after Hoops Rumors and ESPN's Anthony Slater each reported the foot injury would keep him out for a month or more. His new target is November 2, three weeks past the regular-season opener, while Beal's knee and Sanders' left hip issues still point to October 10. Ingram remains out separately, still working back from a partial tear in his Achilles, targeted for November 1.
The next game arrives before any of the three are back.
The Clippers play at Toronto on October 10, the same date both Beal and Sanders are targeted to return, before a home preseason finale October 14 against Denver on NBA TV. The regular season opens October 21 against the Kings, with the Lakers next on October 23.
Lopez and Miller are both playing bigger roles.
Brook Lopez has added eight minutes a night across his last three games, and Jordan Miller has seen the same bump with a teammate sidelined. Sanders, before his hip injury, had posted a 73.8 percent true shooting mark over his last 10 games, the most efficient stretch of his season.
Will Max Strus play in the Clippers' season opener?
No. He was ruled out October 5 with a foot injury and is targeted to return November 2, almost two weeks after the October 21 opener against the Kings.
When is the Clippers' next game?
October 10 at Toronto in preseason, the same date Bradley Beal and Kobe Sanders are both targeted to return from injury.
