The Portland Trail Blazers are down their starting small forward against the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday. Casey Holdahl tweeted that Norman Powell will be kept out with left patellar tendinopathy, noting that Tony Snell is still not healthy enough to play due to a right foot sprain.
https://twitter.com/CHold/status/1452393917677068289
Powell averages 15.0 points per game on 52.9% shooting and pulling down 3.5 rebounds for the Blazers this season. Snell sits behind him on the Blazers depth chart, which means that Larry Nance Jr. could get his first start of the season against the Clippers. Nance Jr.