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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Clippers will be without Brandon Ingram and Yanic Konan Niederhäuser when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said Thursday, according to The Athletic’s Law Murray. Neither player has appeared in a game this season, and the team has not announced a return date for either one.
When they do return, Ingram will be making his Clippers debut after coming over from the Toronto Raptors in September, and Konan Niederhäuser will be playing for the first time since a foot injury ended his rookie season in March.
Brandon Ingram’s Heel And Achilles Recovery
Ingram’s injury dates to the end of last season, when a right heel problem kept him out of the last two games of the Raptors’ first-round loss to Cleveland. He had surgery on the heel in May, and at the Clippers’ Sept. 28 media day, interim president of basketball operations Trent Redden said doctors found and addressed a previously undisclosed partial tear of Ingram’s Achilles tendon during that operation.
Ingram, a two-time All-Star who averaged 21.5 points for Toronto last season, spoke at the same media day, a day before the team opened training camp in Hawaii.
“My recovery has been going good,” Ingram said. “I won’t be participating in training camp much but I will be out there a little bit.”
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser’s Foot Injury
Konan Niederhäuser, the 30th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, made his NBA debut Oct. 22, 2025, at Utah. He came off the bench in 41 games as a rookie, averaging 4.3 points in 10.3 minutes and shooting 64% from the field, before a torn Lisfranc ligament in his right foot ended that season.
Ingram and Konan Niederhäuser had both moved up to five-on-five work at practice by Nov. 8, reporter Justin Russo posted that day, though neither traveled for Tuesday’s 133-110 loss at Phoenix.
Clippers Host Thunder Friday
Friday’s game tips off at 9:30 p.m. CT at Intuit Dome. Oklahoma City won the first meeting between the teams, 108-101, on Oct. 25 in Oklahoma City.
This season the Clippers have started Isaiah Jackson six times and Brook Lopez four times, and they are 2-8. Both wins have come at Intuit Dome, the most recent a 139-123 victory over New Orleans on Nov. 8 that ended a seven-game losing streak. After the Thunder, Los Angeles stays home to face the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday and the Utah Jazz on Tuesday.
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