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Bradley Beal Out For Season With Hip Surgery

Bradley Beal has suffered a fractured hip and will undergo season-ending surgery. Beal joined the Los Angeles Clippers in the offseason on a two-year, $11 million deal with a player option for Year 2.

Beal appeared in six games with the Clippers, averaging 8.2 points and 1.7 assists in 20.2 minutes. Beal shot 37.5 percent from the floor and 36.8 percent on three-pointers.

Beal has been limited to no more than 53 games in each of the past four seasons.

“We met with numerous doctors and specialists around the country in collaboration with the entire Clippers medical staff over the last few days, and came to the decision unanimously that the surgery will allow Brad to have a full and complete recovery,” said agent Mark Bartelstein.

Clippers guard Bradley Beal has hip fracture, will undergo season-ending surgery

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Bradley Beal’s season is over.

The Los Angeles Clippers guard has a fracture in his hip and will now undergo season-ending surgery, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Beal played in just six games with the Clippers this season, his first with the franchise after landing their in the offseason.

Beal was listed as questionable for Monday’s game with the Atlanta Hawks due to left hip soreness, but specifics of the injury weren’t yet known. He had already missed time due to a left knee injury and lower back soreness, but it’s unclear when the hip injury occurred.

While specifics of the fracture aren’t known, Beal’s team opted for surgery.

“We met with numerous doctors and specialists around the country in collaboration with the entire Clippers medical staff over the last few days, and came to the decision unanimously that the surgery will allow Brad to have a full and complete recovery,” his agent, Mark Bartelstein, told ESPN.

Beal will finish the 2025-26 campaign having averaged 8.2 points and 1.7 assists over six games. It is by far the least amount of games he’s played in a season throughout his 14-year career, though Beal hasn’t hit the 60-game mark in a single season since the 2020-21 campaign when he was with the Washington Wizards. That was the last time he earned an All-Star nod, too.

Beal averaged 17 points and 3.7 assists per game last season, but he was relegated from the starting role midway through the year in Phoenix. He was the subject of trade rumors ahead of the deadline, too, but those never materialized. Beal signed a two-year, $10.9 million deal with the Clippers.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.