Rookie Eric Gordon might be out two weeks
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Top draft choice has a high sprain in right ankle, but he's not worried about it.
Missing the heart of his first NBA training camp is one thing, but, for Clippers rookie guard Eric Gordon, there are other critical concerns.
"It takes three stories to get up to my room," he said.
Not easy on a bad ankle.
Gordon suffered a sprained right ankle on the opening day of camp and the team said today that it was a high sprain and he could be out for as long as two weeks.
"I mean, the good thing is it's not broke or anything," Gordon said. "I'll be back for sure next week. It's only going to be a couple of days. I'm really not worried about it.
"I was in shape before training camp. Whenever I get back, I'll be just fine. . . . I got a rebound and I just came down on somebody's foot. Stuff happens like that all the time."
Although Gordon he thinks he'll be back as early next week, that sounded overly optimistic. Gordon needed crutches to get around Wednesday, although they were gone by today. He is closely watching practice and said he is "not really missing anything."
The good news? A reprieve from fetching coffee for teammate Baron Davis.
"He's not making us do anything now," Gordon said.
lisa.dillman@latimes.com
