The list of Timberwolves players on the injury list is growing. Point guards Jeff Teague and Derrick Rose are both sidelined with ankle injuries and now forward Robert Covington will also miss the team’s contest against the Boston Celtics with a knee injury, according to the Timberwolves ‘ injury report.
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Earlier today the Boston Celtics announced that star point guard will miss the team’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves due to irritation in his right eye. Irving stuffed the injury when Marco Belinelli hit him in the eye Monday night in the Celtics’ 120-111 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. ESPN’s Micheal C. Wright reports that Irving rocked sunglasses during his postgame media address following Monday night’s game and apparently it was not to be cool. At the time he provided an update on his condition and he had this…
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Ricky Rubio and Jae Crowder are both available for the Utah Jazz for their game tonight against the Toronto Raptors, as reported by Eric Woodyard of the Deseret News. Rubio has been sidelined with a back injury and Crowder was dealing with a thumb issue.
Read MorePelicans forward Anthony Davis will miss tonight’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves due to illness. Jahlil Okafor will start in his place. Not the way I wanted to start 2019: Starting lineup change:Jahlil Okafor will start in place of Anthony Davis (illness). This bug going through the @PelicansNBA locker room — Jennifer Hale (@JenHale504) January 1, 2019 According to Jennifer Hale, Pelicans sideline reporter, there is a bug going through the New Orleans locker room. It seems Davis is its latest victim.
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The Washington Wizards’efforts to right the ship this season just took another kick in the nether region. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst have reported that Washington Wizards guard John Wall is plannning to have surgery on his injured left heel. Shams Charania of the Athletic reported that Wall “tried to battle through the pain in his injured heel” to try to help reroute the Wizards’ derailed season. Charania adds that Wall will be out for six to eight months. The Washington Post’s Candace Buckner reported that this has been…
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Today the NBA sent a message to its teams about tampering…..literally. The comments of LeBron James ( and those of Giannis Antetokounmpo, though they aren’t getting near the amount of pub) in regards to Pelicans forward/center Anthony Davis were, much to the delight of several NBA GM’s, the impetus for the NBA sending out a memorandum to teams to remind them of tampering rules. More from the NBA memo: This principle is particularly important in today’s media environment, where any actions or comments relating to potential player movement receive immediate…
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The strange journey of Patrick McCaw and the Golden State Warriors has taken a new direction. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that McCaw is signing an offer sheet with the Cleveland Cavaliers today that is for two years and worth $6 million. The second year is non-guaranteed. Wojnarowski adds the Warriors are waiting the arrival of the signed offer sheet before the team decides to match or not. According to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, should the Warriors choose to match, it will cost them $11.3 million against the luxury tax. Last year…
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Here is the latest live breakdown from RBtheBreakThrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRhoduAPJGg&app=desktop
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When Lebron James left in the third quarter of the Lakers 127-101 Christmas Day beat down of the defending champion Golden State Warriors, there was certainly cause for concern in Lakerland. However it appears there is a collective sigh breathed in Los Angeles. That is because according to a report form Shams Charania of The Athletic, the MRI came back showing no structural damage and that Lebron will be day-to-day. Even Lebron himself was relieved with the news from the MRI, considering he told ESPN, “With injuries, I’m never too…
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Here is RBtheBreakthrough’s livestream breakdown of tonight’s Warriors/Mavericks game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L49FfIgQoQw&feature=share
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