Raptors’ Guard Norman Powell Will Miss 4-6 Weeks with a Shoulder Injury

Raptors' guard Norman Powell. Photo by Robert John Herbert/CSM/REX/Shutterstock

Toronto Raptors will face a significant setback in the upcoming weeks, as their guard Norman Powell is looking towards an extended downtime due to an injury. Powell injured his left shoulder during Raptors’ win over Utah Jazz on Wednesday and will be reportedly sidelined for four to six weeks.

The Raptors declined to give a definite timetable for 25-year-old’s return, saying that he will be out “indefinitely.”

This will certainly be a blow for Toronto Raptors bench, which has performed extremely good under Norman Powell’s leadership. Powell is averaging 5.0 points and 2.0 rebounds per game while playing 15 minutes on average.

Raptors are currently the best team in the NBA, having lost only one game this season and sitting at the top of Eastern Conference with 11-1 record.

Norman Powell entered the league in 2015 when Milwaukee Bucks took him in the second round of that year’s NBA draft. He never played a single game for Buck, however, and was traded to the Raptors where he became one of the team’s most valuable bench players.

Powell had a very good year in 2017-18, in which he averaged 8.4 points and 2.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists, which resulted in the Raptors giving him a four-year contract extension worth $42 million. The deal, which started running this season, includes a player option for the fourth year.

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