Mavericks guard suffers same injury for fourth time this season against Clippers

There's bad luck, and then there's whatever injury luck the Mavericks have had.

Mar 3, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy (1) grabs his leg after suffering an apparent injury during the second half against the Sacramento Kings at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

The Dallas Mavericks have had a season out of hell this year in more ways than one, but especially with injuries. They've come close to forfeiting games because of injuries, played small forwards at center, and lost two-way players to ineligibility after they hit their limit for games they can play. That injury luck took another hit late Friday night/Saturday morning against the LA Clippers.

With just a few minutes remaining, guard Jaden Hardy rolled his ankle after getting into the paint and passing the ball out, and he'd have to be helped back to the locker room immediately after. Once he went down with the injury, he basically scooted all the way to the sideline while he rolled around in pain. He'd finish the game with 16 points on 5/14 shooting.

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Mar 31, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy (1) in action during the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Brooklyn Nets at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

This is now the fourth time this SEASON that Hardy has sprained his right ankle, doing it on December 5th against the Washington Wizards, January 17th against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and March 3rd against the Sacramento Kings. Ankle injuries can be finicky, but this is some insanely bad luck.

The Mavericks are now down to one healthy point guard: Spencer Dinwiddie. Kyrie Irving tore his ACL in March, Dante Exum broke his left hand, Brandon Williams is one of the two-way players who ran out of eligibility, and Hardy hurt his ankle again. Williams could be signed to a standard NBA contract, but due to cap constraints, the soonest that can happen is April 10th. The team could really use a ball-handler like Luka Doncic right about now.

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