Isaiah Jackson Cleared to Play as the Clippers Try to Salvage Their Season

The Los Angeles Clippers are getting some reinforcements on Wednesday, which is great news for a team that currently looks like a social experiment gone wrong. According to Underdog NBA, forward Isaiah Jackson is officially available to play after dealing with a groin injury.

Jackson being cleared is the kind of late-afternoon injury update that sends fantasy managers and prop bettors scrambling to adjust their lineups. When a guy who can eat up frontcourt minutes suddenly gets the green light, it shifts the rebounding math and the betting lines for everyone else on the floor.

"Underdog NBA reported: 'Isaiah Jackson (groin) available to play Wednesday.'"

To say the Clippers need warm bodies right now is an understatement. Los Angeles is sitting at a brutal 1-6 on the season and just got done shipping Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, and a pile of draft picks.

Jackson will make his return against the Miami Heat, a team dealing with its own existential dread at 2-5. The Heat just gave up 138 points to the Los Angeles Lakers, meaning defense is currently optional for whoever is visiting Southern California.

Before his recent trade from the Indiana Pacers, Jackson was putting up modest numbers, logging six points and six rebounds in 19 minutes during a loss to Toronto. He is not going to drop 40 points, but he provides actual NBA size for a roster that desperately needs it.

Celebrating the return of a rotational big man while your franchise player is packing his bags for Canada is objectively hilarious. It is like finding a twenty-dollar bill in the glovebox of a car that is currently on fire.

We will see how many minutes Jackson actually gets in his return to the rotation on Wednesday night. If he can just grab a few boards and avoid aggravating the groin, it counts as a massive win for a Clippers season that is already looking toward the lottery.