Spurs’ Johnson injures shoulder

San Antonio forward Keldon Johnson suffered a right shoulder posterior dislocation, the team announced Saturday.

Johnson. 22, injured the shoulder during the team’s open gym and has started actively rehabbing.

According to the Spurs, he will miss the start of the preseason schedule, but Johnson is expected to be available for the start of the regular season.

Last season, Johnson averaged a career-high 17.0 points per contest and is one the team’s best players.  During the offseason, the Spurs awarded Johnson as he signed a four-year, $80 million rookie scale contract extension.

In addition, San Antonio announced their training camp roster. which currently stands at 20 players. The Silver and Black return 11 players from last season and features six of San Antonio’s first round draft picks from the last four years, as well as six offseason additions.

Head coach Gregg Popovich returns to lead the Spurs for the 27th straight season. San Antonio’s training camp wil:l run Sept. 27 – Oct. 2 before kicking off the 2022-23 campaign with a preseason matchup at Houston on Sunday, Oct. 2.

The Spurs will open the regular season at home on Wednesday, Oct. 19 against the Charlotte Hornets.

2022-23 SAN ANTONIO SPURS TRAINING CAMP ROSTER:

No.	Player	Pos.	Ht.		Wt.	DOB	Prior to NBA/Home Country		Yrs.
3	Keldon Johnson	G/F	6-6		210	10/11/99	Kentucky/USA		3
7	Josh Richardson	G	6-5		200	09/15/93	Tennessee/USA		7
10	Jeremy Sochan	F	6-8		225	05/20/03	Baylor/Poland-England		R
11	Josh Primo	G	6-5		190	12/24/02	Alabama/Canada		1
14	Blake Wesley	G	6-5		185	03/16/03	Notre Dame/USA		R
15	Joe Wieskamp	G/F	6-6		210	08/03/99	Iowa/USA		1
17	Doug McDermott	F	6-8		225	01/03/92	Creighton/USA		8
18	Isaiah Roby	F	6-8		230	02/03/98	Nebraska/USA		3
19	Alize Johnson	F	6-7		210	04/22/96	Missouri State/USA		4
22	Malaki Branham	G	6-5		195	05/12/03	Ohio State/USA		R
23	Zach Collins	F/C	6-11		250	11/19/97	Gonzaga/USA		4
24	Devin Vassell	G	6-6		195	08/23/00	Florida State/USA		2
25	Jakob Poeltl	C	7-0		240	10/15/95	Utah/Austria		6
26	Dominick Barlow*	F	6-10		220	05/26/03	Overtime Elite/USA		R
27	Tommy Kuhse	G	6-2		185	10/21/96	Saint Mary’s (CA)/USA		R
31	Keita Bates-Diop	F	6-8		230	01/23/96	Ohio State/USA		4
33	Tre Jones	G	6-2		185	01/08/00	Duke/USA		2
35	Romeo Langford	G/F	6-5		215	10/25/99	Nebraska/USA		3
41	Gorgui Dieng	F/C	6-10		250	01/18/90	Louisville/Senegal		9
55	Jordan Hall*	G	6-8		220	01/14/02	St. Joseph’s (PA)/USA		R
*Two-way Contract
Head Coach:				Gregg Popovich (Air Force)
Assistant Coaches:				Brett Brown (Boston University)
				Mitch Johnson (Stanford)
				Matt Nielsen (Australia)
				Darius Songaila (Wake Forest)