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New story: After an injury-riddled season derailed the Lakers’ repeat title hopes, the team is searching for a new head athletic trainer https://t.co/XLb0lIHEUP
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) June 19, 2021
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Agree 100%. No cap space on this kind of investment.
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Who had (Michael) Jordan Clarkson going on his own personal 17-0 run on their bingo card? Looks like 3 Game 7’s for the weekend..
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Is it me or is PHX going to the finals? Seems like they’ve been the most consistent team this post season. The effort is always there..
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Ok…who had Terence Mann going HAM to bring the Clips back on their bingo card?
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We gotta find us some “others”…
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Terrence Mann is what the Lakers thought they had in Kyle Kuzma.
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LOL. Nice black cat, Sean.
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…Ben Simmons out here trying to intentionally foul himself out.
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What’s BS’s trade value at this point? They can’t keep this dude on the roster…can they?
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Mike Conley is available to play tonight.
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) June 19, 2021
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Quite the stat from @kpelton here: https://t.co/1KLTEfuhfx pic.twitter.com/vKUWU6qkIq
— Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) June 17, 2021
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The Mavericks let team president Donnie Nelson go after 24 years with the franchise. @MarcJSpears: "Let's just be real: Donnie was fired. And the one guy who is upset about it is the one guy you really don't want to be upset about it. He and Luka Doncic are really close." pic.twitter.com/d8zE0GHPN9
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) June 17, 2021
Luka Doncic, from Slovenia with his national team, on Donnie Nelson's Mavericks exit:
"It was kind of tough to me. I really like Donnie. I know him since I was a kid and he was the one that drafted me. It was tough for me seeing that, but I'm not the one making decisions there."
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 17, 2021
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Washington and coach Scott Brooks couldn't come to an agreement on a new deal and are agreeing to part ways, sources tell ESPN. Brooks' deal expired after the playoffs.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 16, 2021
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Sad that nobody gave Juwan Howard a shot. Now they can’t even get a meeting with him.
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Paul’s status for the start of the Western Conference finals is currently up in the air, sources say.
Noteworthy: Depending on the medical circumstance, an isolation period could be shorter for a vaccinated individual. https://t.co/62r5bWzLOh
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 16, 2021
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Kawhi Leonard is expected to miss Game 5 against the Jazz tonight with a knee injury suffered in game 4, sources tell @ramonashelburne & me. His status for rest of series is in doubt as well.
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) June 16, 2021
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Freaking unbelievable. I wondered about Kawhi when he left the game and didn’t come back. The Covid Bubble Championship. Now the Covid Bubble Tax Championship.
Great job curating news for the blog, Sean. Keep it up!
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ESPN Sources with @_Andrew_Lopez: After one season, Stan Van Gundy is out as the New Orleans Pelicans coach.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 16, 2021
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The west is brutal but you at least gotta get to the play-in game. NBA changed the rules twice to try & get Zion to the post-season..smdh 🤦🏽
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I guess they thought going from nice guy Alvin Gentry to hard-ass SVG would shake things up. Nope. Bet they wish they still had Monty though.
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The injuries to the Superstars continue to mount up and threaten to ruin the post-season. Harden just re-injured that hamstring again and immediately left the building for an MRI. Embiid is day-to-day with that meniscus. LeBron & AD already at home. Steph never even made it with all the injuries to his team. You’ve got about half of the top 10 players being affected. NBA might wanna re think about compressing another season.
Only good thing is that we’re gonna have Champ that ain’t never won it or hasn’t in a loooonng time (especially if the Mavs don’t make it)
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No doubt that the league’s decision to reduce the offseason and shorten and compress the schedule contributed to the major injuries. Not sure if the teams and players who suffered would agree with the move in retrospect but it clearly will be a major factor in determining who will win the title this season.
Might have been smarter to have a normal offseason and then a shorter season but the league wanted all of its TV money so they had to have the 72 game season. Players and owners all agreed because of the money. There may be buyers’ regret from the Lakers but overall, the NBA got what it expected: another covid influenced unpredented odd season. Overall, the Lakers got a break in getting a rested and healthy LeBron and AD last year but paid for it with a tired and broken LeBron and AD this season.
Biggest problem is the Lakers made roster decisions expected of a team that won a championship and didn’t need to make any major moves in the offseason to threaten to threepeat. Unfortunately, they flamed out in the first round and now face a cap situation that will prevent them from being a player in free agency and few trading chips under contract to bring back an upgrade in the form of a third star.
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