Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell is expected to be out four to six weeks with a left shoulder subluxation, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. 

Powell suffered an injury to his left shoulder in Toronto's Monday night tussle with the Utah Jazz. He left the game and would not return after playing just 13 seconds. He had appeared in all 11 of the Raptors' games this season, but that streak will end on Wednesday night when Toronto travels to Sacramento to take on the Kings.

The Raptors announced via press release that there is no timetable for his return, but that Powell would be out indefinitely.

The Toronto Raptors announced Wednesday that Norman Powell is out indefinitely with a subluxation of the left shoulder. There is no timetable for his return to basketball activity. Powell’s status will be updated as appropriate.

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Wojnarowski's reporting of four to six weeks is not great news for Toronto fans, but it's something the team can overcome. The Raptors are off to a ridiculous start at 10-1 and boast one of the deeper benches in the NBA. Powell was playing around 16 minutes a night for the first-place Raps.

Powell is an important player for Toronto, no doubt. But the next month and a half of basketball is not the time when the Raptors will need to be at their best. They'll need to be 100 percent for the playoffs, first and foremost. For all the disrespect the Eastern Conference received this offseason, the conference might not be as bad as everyone envisioned. The Boston Celtics are for real, the Philadelphia Sixers are still trying to find their way, and the Milwaukee Bucks look like the real deal.

The Raptors and Powell will have their hands full come the springtime.