Dylan Harper Injury: Spurs Rookie To Miss Multiple Weeks With Calf Strain

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The basking commencement to Dylan Harper’s NBA profession has conscionable been derailed.

ESPN’s Shams Charania is reporting nan Spurs’ rookie defender has suffered a strained near calf and is expected to miss aggregate weeks. Harper had an MRI connected Monday that revealed nan damage. He suffered nan wounded during San Antonio’s nonaccomplishment to nan Suns connected Sunday. Harper entered that crippled disconnected nan bench, had 12 points successful 11 minutes, past near aft appearing to onshore awkwardly while defending a dunk.

Dylan Harper came in, dropped 12 successful 11 minutes, and conscionable for illustration that… gone. Nobody saw what happened. No limp, nary collision. A shade calf injury?#PorVida #Spurs #Suns #NBA pic.twitter.com/gyPsQCW4FR

— SpursRΞPORTΞR (@SpursReporter) November 3, 2025

The Spurs selected Harper pinch nan No. 2 prime successful nan 2025 NBA draught aft he vanished an fantabulous freshman play astatine Rutgers. He is portion of an breathtaking young San Antonio halfway that is led by Victor Wembanyama, and besides features 2025 Rookie of nan Year Stephon Castle and 25-year-old defender Devin Vassell. Point defender De’Aaron Fox tin beryllium thrown successful that operation arsenic well, but nan 27-year-old hasn’t played this play owed to a hamstring injury.

Through six games, Harper has lived up to nan hype that surrounded him entering nan draft. The 6’5” defender is averaging 14.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game, while shooting 50.0% from nan section and 35.7% from three-point range.

Among rookies, Harper is 3rd successful scoring down 76ers defender VJ Edgecombe and Grizzlies defender Cedric Coward. He’s tied for 2nd successful assists pinch Pelicans defender Jeremiah Fears and is down only Edgecombe.

The boy of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper, and nan younger relative of Celtics helping Ron Harper Jr., Dylan Harper was a five-star enlistee retired of Don Bosco Prep successful New Jersey. He landed astatine Rutgers, wherever he and Ace Bailey formed a phenomenal freshman duo.

In 29 assemblage games, Harper averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.0 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. That was capable for nan Spurs to want to drawback him pinch nan 2nd prime successful nan draft.

Hopefully he tin return to nan tribunal sooner than later.