Category: NBA Basketball

Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 27, 2022 NBA INjury Report

Brandon King

Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Clint Capela C Apr 26 Day-To-Day Bogdan Bogdanovic SG Apr 26 Day-To-Day Lou Williams SG Apr 25 Out Williams (back) has been ruled out for Tuesday’s Game 5 against the Heat, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Ben Simmons PG Apr 24 Out Simmons is listed as out for Monday’s Game 4 against the Celtics, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. Joe Harris SF Mar 21 Out Harris (ankle) underwent successful left ankle ligament surgery Monday and…

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NBA fines DeMarcus Cousins $15k for towel kick

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Tuesday afternoon the NBA announced the league had fined DenverNuggets center DeMarcus Cousins. The Association relieved the veteran big man of $15,000 for kicking a towel into the stands; the incident occurred in Game 4 of their opening round playoff series against the Golden State. After heading to bench, an unhappy Boogie Morten Andersen’d towel into the stands. It wasn’t a total loss as the Nuggets did win the game 126-121.

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Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 26, 2022: April 26, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Bogdan Bogdanovic SG Apr 25 Day-To-Day Bogdanovic (knee) is questionable for Tuesday’s Game 5 against the Heat, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Clint Capela C Apr 25 Day-To-Day Lou Williams SG Apr 25 Out Williams (back) has been ruled out for Tuesday’s Game 5 against the Heat, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Ben Simmons PG Apr 24 Out Simmons is listed as out for Monday’s Game 4 against the Celtics, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.…

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Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 25, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Lou Williams SG Apr 23 Out Williams (back) is out for Sunday’s Game 4 against the Heat, Kevin Chouinard of the Hawks’ official site reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Ben Simmons PG Apr 24 Out Simmons is listed as out for Monday’s Game 4 against the Celtics, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. Joe Harris SF Mar 21 Out Harris (ankle) underwent successful left ankle ligament surgery Monday and is expected to be ready for the start of next season’s…

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Stephen Curry says why he wouldn’t want to play with Lebron James

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Stephen Curry made some waves a few weeks ago when asked if he wanted to play with Lebron, which was in response to comments the Lakers superstar made on his show in which he said Curry was a player he’d like to play with. In responding to the statement in an interview with 95.7 ”The Game”, Curry, softly poo-pooed the idea of joining forces with Lebron, amongst other things, saying he ”was good”on that ever becoming a reality. In a recent sit-down with Draymond Green, the all-time three point leader…

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April 24, 2022 NBA Playoff StatCap” Nuggets stave off elimination, Pels even it up with Suns

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Who Got It Done Player Spotlight- Grayson Allen Grayson Allen hurt the Bulls, this time just in the game and not literally, in Game 4 with 27 points on 10/12 shooting including a ridiculous 6/7 from three-point land in the Bucks 199-95 donkey-kicking of the Chicago Bulls. After being a non-factor for the for Games 1 and 2 , combining for just 3 points, 4 rebounds an assists and a block on 16% from the floor, Allen has turned it around over the last two games, scoring 49 points on…

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Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 24, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Lou Williams SG Apr 21 Out Williams (back) is out for Friday’s Game 3 against the Heat. Clint Capela C Apr 19 Out General manager Travis Schlenk said Tuesday that Capela (knee) has restarted strength exercises and will be re-evaluated Friday, Mike Conti of the Atlanta Hawks Radio Network reports. Boston Celtics NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Robert Williams III C Apr 22 Out Williams (knee) could play as soon as Saturday’s Game 3 or Monday’s Game 4 in Brooklyn, though he currently…

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April 23, 2022 NBA Playoff StatCap: CP3 takes over in fourth

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Who Got It Done Player Spotlight- Chris Paul In the fourth quarter alone of Game 2 against the Pelicans, Chris Paul had an entire game’s worth of production for most players, scoring 19 points on 7/10 FG, with 3 rebounds and two assists. The Suns needed all of that to stave off the efforts Brandon Ingram (34 points) and CJ McCollum (30 points) and a very competitive New Orleans Pelicans ballclub and get a 114-111 to go up 2-1 in their opening round playoff series. Through the first three games,…

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Who will, Who won’t and Who might: April 22, 2022 NBA Playoff Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Lou Williams SG Apr 21 Out Williams (back) is out for Friday’s Game 3 against the Heat. Clint Capela C Apr 19 Out General manager Travis Schlenk said Tuesday that Capela (knee) has restarted strength exercises and will be re-evaluated Friday, Mike Conti of the Atlanta Hawks Radio Network reports. Boston Celtics NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Robert Williams III C Apr 22 Out Williams (knee) could play as soon as Saturday’s Game 3 or Monday’s Game 4 in Brooklyn, though he currently…

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Hornets run head coach James Borrego after four season

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In a move no one really saw coming, the Charlotte Hornets have fired head coach james Borrego. Despite the team signing him to a multi-year extension back in August, Charlotte still felt the need to make a change. The Hornets seemed to be on the uptick, with a young and developing core, improving their win total by ten games each of the past two seasons, going 43-39 this season, however they have been bounced in the initial play-in game in both of those seasons. In his four seasons in the…

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