Jordan Clarkson Injury: Updates on Lakers Guard’s Shoulder and Return

Clarkson said he first began to have problems with his shoulder after the Lakers played the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.

Clarkson will be re-evaluated Friday, at which point a clearer timetable for his injury should be revealed.

As odd as it seems that Lakers’ legend and National Basketball Association logo Jerry West is an executive on the Golden State Warriors, it seems even more odd for the revered Lakers’ guard to be calling out fans of his former team. They don’t ever leave the game.

Clarkson said he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, but was unsure how he suffered the injury. “I came to the bench and coach got me right out”.

It’s a three-way tie, as Curry, Thompson and Barnes spent the entire evening at or near the top of their respective games.

Right now, Bass is the better option to start for the Los Angeles Lakers from an on-court perspective. The Warriors led by 22 points at that stage.

The first half, however, did not only feature doom and gloom for the purple and gold.

The Lakers defense, which has been miserable over the last couple years, was unable to contain the hot shooting of the Warriors, allowing the champs to shoot almost 60 percent for most of the game. Kelly, once again, looked comfortable attacking the basket from the power forward position.

Lakers coach Byron Scott said he delivered two messages to his team Thursday. While this could be due in part to the fact that they are playing against the opposition’s second unit, the ball movement is noticeably better with Marcelo Huertas running the point. However, the defense did not improve, as the Lakers allowed another 40 points in the period. If he’s unavailable for the game, Louis Williams, Nick Young and Metta World Peace could all see added minutes in his place. Scott obliged, and World Peace did feature for the final 5:46 of the blowout defeat. “So like I said, he’ll get an MRI tomorrow and we’ll find out what’s going on”, said Scott, who also said he was “absolutely” concerned there was a chance that Clarkson could miss the team’s regular season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves next Wednesday.