Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe has a stress fracture in his left fibula, Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report tweets. He’ll be reevaluated in approximately 4-to-6 weeks, according to the team, to allow for adequate healing before beginning a progressive return to full basketball activity.
Sharpe hasn’t played since February 6 due to what was originally diagnosed as a left calf strain. The fibula fracture was discovered after follow-up imaging.
Given the timeline provided by the team, it seems likely that Sharpe will miss the remainder of the season. The 2022 lottery pick is averaging a career-high 21.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.4 steals in 30 minutes per game while appearing in 48 contests (42 starts). He’s the team’s second-leading scorer.
Sharpe signed a four-year, $90MM rookie scale extension in October, which kicks in next season.
The loss of Sharpe is a blow to a Portland team that’s currently in ninth place in the West with a 29-30 record. It’s unlikely the Blazers will fall out of the play-in tournament, considering the teams sitting in the bottom five of the conference trail them by at least six games, but the organization may not have Sharpe available this spring as it looks to get back to the playoffs for the first time since 2021.
Durability has been a big issue for him, sad because he was really blossoming this season
Oh well ….. there go’s the Bulls pick. For sure now. Thought Blazers could make a run for playoffs this year.
Realistically, we weren’t expecting to get Blazers pick this year. They aren’t far off though. Fringe playoff team this year and close to 500 after the Billups fiasco is insane.
Time for Blazers to sign Caleb Love to standard deal. Someone has to go amongst the non shooting defenders at wing.
Hopefully they get a disabled players exception and they can give Love a standard deal without having to drop anyone else.
Thybulle or Murray would be let go.
Murray
Looks like I have no choice but to waive him off my fantasy roster! It sucks Shaedon is never healthy
Portland won’t be dropping out of play in. They may just lose the chance of hosting the game. They need Sharpe if they want to win the play in games.