The county contends it’s the latter and is seeking a court order to compel these medical examinations as part its effort to defend itself from a lawsuit filed by Bryant last year after the NBA legend and their daughter died in that crash with seven others. Vanessa Bryant is suing the county for invasion of privacy and negligence, claiming county employees improperly shared photos of human remains from the crash site. In a court filing Friday, the county noted that Bryant and other surviving family plaintiffs are suing the county for “tens of millions of dollars based solely on their claimed ‘severe emotional distress.’ ” The county’s position is that their distress was not caused by county employees or any accident site photos it says “were never publicly disseminated.”
January 27, 2023 | 9:16 pm EST Update
Nick Nurse on All-Star selection: Players should be given a vote

Doug Smith: Nick Nurse, diplomatically, on some goofiness among NBA player all-star votes: “I feel that the players should be given a vote, I think they feel strongly about who should be in it but I think in just about any kind of voting system, we have issues.”

Casey Holdahl: Josh Hart (hamstring) and Jusuf Nurkic (calf) are questionable and Justise Winslow (ankle) is out for Saturday’s game versus the Raptors
Eric Nehm: Here is the Bucks statement on Tyre Nichols:
January 27, 2023 | 7:57 pm EST Update
NBA Communications: The following was released by the NBA.
Christopher Hine: There’s a guy courtside wearing a Shannon Sharpe Broncos jersey. A+ level trolling.