Category: NBA Basketball

Who is, Who ain’t and Who might: February 28, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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NBA Injuries Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT John Collins PF Feb 28 Out Collins (foot) was shooting after practice on Monday but hasn’t progressed to any intense running, Sarah K. Spencer of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Lou Williams SG Feb 26 Day-To-Day Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Kevin Durant PF Feb 28 Out Durant (knee) is officially out for Monday’s game against the Raptors in Brooklyn and is “likely” to sit out Tuesday’s rematch in Toronto, according to Nets head coach Steve Nash, Nick Friedell of…

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February 27, 2022 NBA StatCap

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Who Got It Done top 5 are pictured pt rb ast James HardenPHI @ NYK 29 10 16   Triple-double Joel EmbiidPHI @ NYK 37 9 3   23-27 ft Miles BridgesCHO vs. DET 29 10 5   10-11 ft Terry RozierCHO vs. DET 33 5 2   6-10 3-pt T. HaliburtonIND vs. BOS 22 4 9 Saddiq BeyDET @ CHO 28 8 3 CJ McCollumNOP @ LAL 22 5 8   3 stl  Stephen CurryGSW vs. DAL 27 4 10   2 stl  Devin BookerPHO vs. UTA 30 7 7   2 stl  Cameron JohnsonPHO vs.…

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February 26, 2022 NBA StatCap

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Who Got It Done Player Spotlight- Ja Morant Ja Morant exploded for 46 points helping the Memphis Grizzlies to a 116-110 victory over Chicago Bulls that ended the Bulls six game win streak. On the season the All-Star is averaging 27.1 points , 6.7 assist and 5.9 rebounds. Honourable mention- James Harden’s hamstrings Who knew that relocation therapy was a thing? The same hamstring injury that hampered the All-Star in Brooklyn seemd to have suddenly cleared up once the former MVP got in Philadelphia. In his first game as a…

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February 26, 2022 NBA StatCap: RJ Bucket lights up Heat

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Who Got It Done Player Spotlight- CJ McCollum CJ McCollum turned in another stellar performance for his new team. Against the Phoenix Suns, McCollum put in 32 points on 11/18 from the floor while adding 6 rebounds and assist. top 5 are pictured pt rb ast RJ BarrettNYK vs. MIA 46 9 2   6-11 3-pt Jakob PoeltlSAS @ WAS 28 11 8   12-15 fg Kyle KuzmaWAS vs. SAS 36 8 7   2 stl  Chuma OkekeORL vs. HOU 26 9 4   5-7 3-pt Dejounte MurraySAS @ WAS 31 13 14   Triple-double…

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Who is, Who ain’t and Who might: February 25, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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NBA Injuries Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Gorgui Dieng C Feb 25 Day-To-Day De’Andre Hunter SF Feb 24 Day-To-Day Hunter won’t return to Thursday’s game against Chicago due to illness, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports. John Collins PF Feb 24 Out Collins (foot) is out Thursday against the Bulls, Kevin Chouinard of the Hawks’ official site reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Goran Dragic PG Feb 24 Day-To-Day Kevin Durant PF Feb 24 Out Brooklyn head coach Steve Nash said that Durant (knee) will be…

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Who is really at fault that the Lakers stink

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The Los Angeles Lakers , a franchise that is a paragon for excellence, a crown jewel organization not only in the NBA but around the world is now viewed as a drama-filled laughing stock. This season , the Lakers have fallen flat on their collective faces, hovering at or below .500 for most of the season. The acquisition of Russell Westbrook, who anyone with basketball brain 1 was questionable at best, has been, for a variety of reasons, been an abject failure. Anthony Davis has been playing with the intensity of…

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February 25, 2022 NBA StatCap

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Who Got It Done Player Spotlight DeMar DeRozan was the epitome of getting it done. DeRozan dropped 37 on the Hawks, including a clutch and-1 with under a minute to go that gave the Bulls the lead. It was DeRozan’s eight consecutive contest of scoring at least 35 points, a streak that only trail Michael Jordan’s 10 straight games of similarly prodigious scoring output. top 5 are pictured pt rb ast D. RussellMIN vs. MEM 37 2 9 DeMar DeRozanCHI vs. ATL 37 6 3 Nikola JokićDEN @ SAC 25…

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Who is, Who ain’t and Who might: February 24, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT John Collins PF Feb 24 Out Collins (foot) didn’t participate in Thursday’s morning shootaround, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports. Gorgui Dieng C Feb 23 Out Dieng is out Thursday due to personal reasons, Brad Rowland of PeachtreeHoops.com reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Ben Simmons PG Feb 23 Out Head coach Steve Nash confirmed Wednesday that Simmons remains without a definitive date for making his Nets debut, though the coach said that Kevin Durant (knee) is closer to returning than…

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Who is, Who might and Who ain’t : February 23, 2022 NBA Injury Report

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Atlanta Hawks NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT John Collins PF Feb 23 Out Collins (foot) was a limited participant in Wednesday’s practice, KL Chouinard of Hawks.com reports. Brooklyn Nets NAME POS DATE STATUS COMMENT Goran Dragic PG Feb 23 Out Kyrie Irving PG Feb 23 Out New York City mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday that there is a plan in place to lift the city’s vaccine mandate in the coming weeks, meaning Irving would be cleared to play in Nets home games, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. Joe Harris…

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Kyrie could be back as full-time player sooner rather than later

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There is developing news out of the Big Apple that gives Nets fans hope and could put the Eastern Conference , and possibly the rest of the Association, on notice. As had been previously speculated but now reported by The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania, NYC will get rid of their widely criticized vaccine mandate over the course of the next few weeks, meaning Kyrie Irving would be able to participate in home games. Irving exercised that body autonomy that we are supposed to have ( but some how was…

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