Los Angeles Clippers

The Clippers organization has gone through multiple iterations over the last decade, including the Blake Griffin and Chris Paul led “Lob City Clippers” and the Kawhi Leonard and Paul George fueled teams of recent seasons. Now as they enter a new building, the team finds itself once again in transition as George has left for Philadelphia, leaving Leonard with the recently resigned James Harden. 

One constant in the chaos has been Director of Medical Services and Head Athletic Trainer Jasen Powell. Powell has led the medical team since 1999 and has guided a group that is ranked as a top-10 unit over the past 10 seasons. The team also dropped their injury total for the third straight seasons, helping the Clippers to make the postseason for the eleventh time in the last 13 seasons after having done so just once in the prior 12 seasons.

Leonard’s health remains the biggest task for Powell and his crew. Leonard played in 68 regular season games last year his most since the 2016-17 campaign. Unfortunately, inflammation in his right knee flared up as the season wore on and persisted into the postseason. He attempted to rehab the knee prior to the Summer Olympics but was ultimately sent home by Team USA. He suffered a setback upon his return home and has been ruled out indefinitely.