Danilo Gallinari Injury

Danilo Gallinari wanted to be clear: He wasn’t off Tuesday. He wasn’t kicking back with this feet up when the Clippers took on the Portland Trail Blazers without him. He was working – on his left foot, which recently had been causing him pain.

9 months ago – via Orange County Register

“My foot was hurting the last week, so I needed to take care of this problem and now it’s going to be fine,” said the Italian forward, whose absence prior to Tuesday’s loss was described by team personnel as “rest,” and afterward by coach Doc Rivers as a “very light” twisted ankle. “I mean, I don’t know about rest,” Gallinari added. “I don’t think that ‘rest’ is in our vocabulary right now. Just so you guys know, I didn’t take any rest the last game. I don’t know what the (physical trainers) told you, or what anybody told you, it wasn’t rest.”

10 months ago – via Twitter MirjamSwanson

Mirjam Swanson: A new-look injury report from the Clippers: Gallo is questionable with the low back spasms; new guy Wilson Chandler is out with a right quad strain (though the new acquisitions might not be with the team just ye anyway?), and, yes, Luc Mbah a Moute remains out with the knee.

10 months ago – via Twitter jovanbuha

Jovan Buha: Danilo Gallinari (lower back spasms) is listed as out tomorrow.

10 months ago – via Twitter AndrewGreif

Andrew Greif: There’s a strong possibility Danilo Gallinari (back spasms) will join the Clippers in Charlotte and return to play either against the Hornets tomorrow or Indiana on Thursday. He’s missed the last nine games.

10 months ago – via Twitter MirjamSwanson

Mirjam Swanson: No surprises: Danilo Gallinari (back spasms) and Luc Mbah a Moute (sore left knee) will be out for the Clippers’ game tomorrow at Detroit.

10 months ago – via Twitter LakersReporter

Mike Trudell: Doc Rivers said he doubts Avery Bradley (sore knee) will play tonight. Danilo Gallinari is also out.

10 months ago – via Twitter AndrewGreif

Andrew Greif: Danilo Gallinari will not play tomorrow, per the Clippers. Avery Bradley is a new addition to the injury report. He is listed as questionable with a sore right knee.

10 months ago – via Twitter jovanbuha

Jovan Buha: Danilo Gallinari (lower back spasms) is predictably out tonight vs. Atlanta. Doc said he’d miss at least 1-2 more games including tonight.

10 months ago – via Twitter AndrewGreif

Andrew Greif: Clippers list Danilo Gallinari as out for tomorrow’s game against the Kings. Fifth consecutive game he’s missed with back spasms.

11 months ago – via Twitter MirjamSwanson

Mirjam Swanson: Clippers injury update heading into Dallas: Lou Williams is questionable (sore right hamstring); Danilo Gallinari (low back spasms) and Luc Mbah a Moute (sore left knee) are out.

11 months ago – via Twitter jovanbuha

Jovan Buha: Lou Williams (sore right hamstring) and Danilo Gallinari (lower back spasms) are out tonight, per Doc Rivers. Rivers did not reveal who’s starting in Gallinari’s spot:

11 months ago – via Twitter jovanbuha

Jovan Buha: Gallinari did not make the road trip and Rivers said there’s a solid chance he misses all four games. Williams made the trip, meaning he’ll possibly return, likely in Miami or Chicago.

11 months ago – via Twitter jovanbuha

Jovan Buha: The Clippers list Lou Williams as questionable and Danilo Gallinari as doubtful for tomorrow’s game against the Spurs. Gotta think the team goes with Tyrone Wallace or Mike Scott to start (assuming Gallo doesn’t play).

1 year ago – via Twitter jovanbuha

Jovan Buha: Danilo Gallinari is playing tonight. Doc is keeping Avery Bradley in the starting lineup and moving Pat Beverley to the bench.

1 year ago – via Twitter AndrewGreif

Andrew Greif: Danilo Gallinari is questionable to play tonight against the Wizards (illness) after missing last night, too.

1 year ago – via Twitter AndrewGreif

Andrew Greif: Danilo Gallinari will not play tonight. Sick, Doc says. Avery Bradley will play and make it a three-guard starting lineup.

1 year ago – via Los Angeles Times

Gallinari plans on showing he’s healthy and ready to prosper while playing for Team World against Team Africa at Sun Arena at Time Square. “Of course I will play. I got to show you some of the Gallo magic,” said Gallinari, laughing, during a conference call Wednesday with reporters. “Yeah, yeah, everything is good. I’m very excited. I’m healthy now, body is good. So I can’t wait to start.”

2 years ago – via Sportando

Danilo Gallinari told Davide Chinellato of Gazzetta.it that his right hand is not healed yet. Gallinari fractured his hand early on March, he returned for the final games of the Clippers but he was not ready yet to play. “My right hand is not healed yet. I visited some specialists in the USA and now I will do the same in Italy.

2 years ago – via Los Angeles Times

The Clippers listed Gallinari’s injury as a sore right hand. Gallinari said he will travel with the Clippers Wednesday for Thursday night’s game at the Utah Jazz. The Clippers, however, don’t see the forward playing the rest of the season with this latest setback. He had returned to play in the last two games for the Clippers after missing the previous 18 with a nondisplaced fracture of his right hand.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Danilo Gallinari out with sore right hand

2 years ago – via Twitter kerryeggers

Kerry Eggers: Clippers will have @Danilo Gallinari available tonight vs #Blazers. 6-10 F has missed last 18 games with broken hand.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Danilo Gallinari is playing tonight

2 years ago – via Twitter

Justin Russo: Danilo Gallinari: “The team asked me to play, so I’ll play.” He doesn’t seem thrilled, at least on the surface.

Danilo Gallinari: "The team asked me to play, so I'll play."

He doesn't seem thrilled, at least on the surface. pic.twitter.com/1cW7fg0Y8O

— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) March 29, 2018

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Danilo Gallinari is with Clippers on 2 game trip to Phoenix and Portland. Doc Rivers says Gallo will not play vs Suns tonight but there’s a “chance” he plays at Portland Friday. Gallo been out with non-displaced fracture of right hand

2 years ago – via Los Angeles Daily News

Clippers forward Danilo Gallinari said Tuesday he “hopes” to be back on the court by the end of the month. He hasn’t played since he was injured during the Clippers’ loss to the Golden State Warriors on Feb. 22 and didn’t join the team for the start of its four-game trip Tuesday at Minnesota. “The hand is better,” Gallinari told a reporter for Sky Sports’ Italian-language website. “I did the last test, positive results, so now I can start again with the rehabilitation.”

2 years ago – via Clutch Points

Gallinari is not on the Clippers’ four-game road trip out East against the Wolves, Bucks, Indiana Pacers, and Toronto Raptors as he rehabs his injured hand in Los Angeles. If he does end up returning on March 27th, he will have missed just under five weeks of action. News was first reported reported by Sky Sports. “I hope to do it on the court before the end of the month,” Gallinari said. “The hand is better, I did the last test today: positive results, so now I can start again with the rehabilitation.”

2 years ago – via Twitter

Surgery possible for Danilo Gallinari?

Tomer Azarly: Danilo Gallinari tells ClutchPoints the swelling and discoloration in his hand has gone down and that in about 7-8 days, he’ll have an examination to determine whether or not he will need surgery. #Clippers

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: Per Clippers, an MRI showed a non-displaced fracture on Danilo Gallinari’s hand. He’s out for at least two weeks.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: After getting MRI on bruised right hand Danilo Gallinari will not play tonight for Clippers vs New York

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: Danilo Gallinari (right hand contusion/sprain) and Avery Bradley (athletic pubalgia) are out tonight against the Rockets.

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: Danilo Gallinari (hand) is out, per Clippers.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Clippers list Danilo Gallinari as questionable for game vs Suns with bruised right hand. Gallo was injured vs Warriors Thursday night.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Clippers list Danilo Gallinari as questionable with left glute injury to play vs Portland tomorrow

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: Danilo Gallinari (left glute injury) is doubtful for Sunday against the Pelicans.

2 years ago – via Los Angeles Times

Though he missed his 11th consecutive game with a left glute injury, the Clippers are starting to see some improvement from their small forward. His return to action remains uncertain. “He’s making progress,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “He’s definitely moving better. There’s no update on his return or anything like that. But it’s the best that I’ve seen him move around, sure. And I think that has to be a pretty positive sign.”

2 years ago – via Twitter NotoriousOHM

Ohm Youngmisuk: Doc Rivers also says Danilo Gallinari was on the court today with the Clippers but he wasn’t sure what that means as far as when the forward will return other than that’s a positive sign.

2 years ago – via Sportando

“I have to rest and recover. We hope to treat the injury better than the first time to avoid setbacks. The first time I have missed four weeks, now I will be out six weeks. I hope to return between the end of January and the beginning of February. It is a very frustrating situation” Gallinari said.

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: The Clippers announced Danilo Gallinari has a partial tear in his glute and he will be re-evaluated in January.

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: The Clippers say Austin Rivers (concussion) is questionable and Danilo Gallinari (glute) is out for Monday against the Spurs.

2 years ago – via ESPN

“He’s out for probably a good couple of games,” said Rivers, who was already without opening night starters power forward Blake Griffin due to a left MCL sprain and point guard Patrick Beverley, who is out for the season after undergoing right knee surgery. “I guess he took a pretty hard fall in the fourth quarter,” Rivers added of Gallinari. “I honestly never saw it, then I got a call after the game about it, and then you go and look, and it was a pretty good fall.”

2 years ago – via Twitter DanWoikeSports

Dan Woike: #Clippers will be without Danilo Gallinari tonight – missed 13 games with a glute injury and suffered a setback after just two games

2 years ago – via Twitter jovanbuha

Jovan Buha: Clippers forward Danilo Gallinari (left strained glute) will play and start tonight against the Timberwolves after missing the last 13 games, according to head coach Doc Rivers.

2 years ago – via Twitter espn_macmahon

Tim MacMahon: Clippers SF Danilo Gallinari will play tonight against the Timberwolves after missing the last 13 games with a strained glute. “We’ve got a starter back,” DeAndre Jordan said. “That makes two of us.”

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Danilo Gallinari said “yes” he is playing tonight against the Timberwolves. Gallo had been out with strained left glute

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: The Clippers recalled Danilo Gallinari, Brice Johnson and Milos Teodosic from the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario.

2 years ago – via Twitter sam_amick

Sam Amick: Clippers’ Danilo Gallinari (left glute, 13 games missed) looking likely to return soon, possibly even Wednesday against Minnesota, assuming he keeps feeling good. He’s practicing today with the Clippers’ G-League team, I’m told, as he gets closer.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Danilo Gallinari said he hopes to play for Clippers Wednesday night against Minnesota at Staples Center. Gallinari has been playing two-on-two. Said strained left glute is improving

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: No surprises for the Clippers on the injury report for tomorrow against the Jazz: Danilo Gallinari (strained left glute), Blake Griffin (left MCL sprain) & Milos Teodosic (plantar fascia injury, left foot) are out.

2 years ago – via Twitter ArashMarkazi

Arash Markazi: Danilo Gallinari and Milos Teodosic are improving and are expected to return to the Clippers within the next 5-10 games.

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: Danilo Gallinari (glute) will not play on Monday against the Lakers, per team.

2 years ago – via Los Angeles Times

“Gallo is not coming back until he’s right,” Rivers said. “We’re not going to rush anybody back. I don’t care what situation you’re in. Not only is it going to make it worse, because then he’ll come back and get injured, or any of our guys. That’s one thing we’ll never do.” Gallinari said Monday that he hoped to be back in seven to 10 days. Teodosic is not expected back until after Christmas.

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: Doc Rivers said the team won’t be rushing Danilo Gallinari back because they don’t want him to get hurt again, and he “is not coming back until he’s right.”

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner‏: Danilo Gallinari said he’ll be out a week to 10 days recovering from glute injury.

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: Clippers injury report vs. Cavs: OUT: Patrick Beverley (sore right knee) OUT: Danilo Gallinari (strained left glute) OUT: Milos Teodosic (plantar fascia injury, left foot)

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Clippers injury report says Patrick Beverley doubtful for Cavs game with sore right knee. Gallinari is out with glute injury

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: Doc Rivers said Danilo Gallinari and Pat Beverley will be out “for at least one or two of these games” on the upcoming road trip.

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: CLIPPERS INJURY REPORT at OKC: OUT: Patrick Beverley (sore right knee), Danilo Gallinari (strained left glute), Milos Teodosic (plantar fascia injury)

2 years ago – via Twitter PaulGarciaNBA

Paul Garcia: Doc Rivers says Danilo Gallinari is out tonight vs the Spurs.

2 years ago – via Twitter PaulGarciaNBA

Paul Garcia: Clippers injury report for tonight’s game vs the Spurs: Milos Teodosic – OUT Danilo Gallinari (strained left glute) – DOUBTFUL

2 years ago – via Twitter Anthony_Chiang

Anthony Chiang: Gallinari is out for the rest of the game with a left hip contusion.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Danilo Gallinari, Austin Rivers, Sam Dekker all practiced. Pat Beverley, Sindarius didn’t. But Beverley expects to practice Tuesday

2 years ago – via Twitter MikeSGallagher

Michael Gallagher: LAC Friday injury report: Doubtful: Gallo (foot), Dekker (oblique), Rivers (glute), Wilson (back) Out: Beverley (knee), Thornwell (shoulder)

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Danilo Gallinari out left foot sprain. Austin Rivers strained right flute. Dekker out left oblique

2 years ago – via Twitter EricPincus

Eric Pincus: Good news for Clippers fans, I hear that Danilo Gallinari is just days away from a return – should be ready to go for training camp

2 years ago – via TMZ.com

The good news … Gallinari says the thumb is “very good” — and he expects to use it to help the Clippers win a championship this year!

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Danilo Gallinari, who injured right thumb in exhibition game Sunday playing for Italy, expected back in LA next Thursday, per source.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Original time line had Gallinario out 3-4 weeks hasn’t changed. Expected back on court in 4-6 weeks though, per source

2 years ago – via Twitter Sportando

Emiliano Carchia: Messina on Gallinari’s punch and injury: He did something unacceptable. He apologized, he was mortified, but I did not want to talk to him

2 years ago – via Twitter Sportando

Emiliano Carchia: Ettore Messina on Gallo’s injury: It’s difficult to explain to a 30-year old man concepts like loyalty and responsibility

2 years ago – via EuroHoops.net

“It was just a mistake, especially since I end up hurting myself, unfortunately. I’m extra sorry for my teammates to whom I apologize,” Gallinari said to Italian news agency ANSA. I repeat, my teammates didn’t deserve all this. Now I have to keep my hand steady for a while and stay home. Then when the rehabilitation ends I’ll head back to L.A.”

2 years ago – via Twitter wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: Sources: LAC’s specialists will examine MRI on Danilo Gallinari’s right thumb today. Gallo is still in Italy, where he slugged a player.

2 years ago – via Twitter markbritball

Mark Woods: Italy’s Danilo Gallinari to miss EuroBasket due to fractured right hand from on-court scrap vs Netherlands. Apologises to team-mates.

2 years ago – via Twitter BA_Turner

Brad Turner: Clippers say Danilo Gallinari has minor right thumb injury, expected to be out 3-4 weeks. Gallinari injured throwing a punch at EuroBasket.

2 years ago – via EuroHoops.net

The Italian Basketball Federation officially announced that Danilo Gallinari suffered a fracture on the base of his right-hand metacarpal tonight during the game against the Dutch national team. His estimated recovery time will take 40 days and he’s essentially ruled out of the EuroBasket that begins on August 31.

2 years ago – via EuroHoops.net

Gallinari sustained the injury following a punch he threw on Jito Kok of the Dutch team. The two players were involved in a fight during the game which started when Kok held the Clippers forward back way too aggressively to get a better position for a rebound. Gallinari reacted by hitting his opponent and throwing a full swing at him which was the punch that caused the injury.

Full vid of Gallinari fight pic.twitter.com/21lDeZyZmO

— Alexander Chernykh (@chernykh) July 30, 2017

2 years ago – via ESPN

Gallinari will miss the rest of Eurobasket play for Italy, but the expectation is that he’ll be ready for Clippers training camp in September. He’s expected to need a month of rest and rehabilitation. The Clippers will follow up soon with their own examination.

2 years ago – via Twitter paxer89

Orazio Cauchi: Danilo Gallinari announced that he suffered a right hand fracture. He’s out for Eurobasket. Devastating loss for Italian NT

2 years ago – via Twitter wojespn

Adrian Wojnarowski: Sources: Clippers forward Danilo Gallinari has suffered right thumb injury, but expected to be ready for training camp. No surgery expected.

2 years ago – via EuroHoops.net

As the Italian Federation announced, Gallinari suffered a right hand fractured. The estimated time of recovery is 40 days and he’s ruled out of the EuroBasket.

3 years ago – via Twitter NickKosmider

Nick Kosmider: Malone: “I give (Gallo) so much credit because he’s not close to 100 percent. He’s tried to come back, help this team in this playoff race.”

3 years ago – via Twitter chrisadempsey

Chris Dempsey: Danilo Gallinari (knee) said he is IN tonight vs. the Pacers. The #Nuggets will be at full strength for the first time in a while.

3 years ago – via Twitter chrisadempsey

Chris Dempsey: Gallo had missed four straight games with a bone bruise in his left knee. He says it’s “not perfect, but good enough to play.” #Nuggets

3 years ago – via Twitter BSN_McBride

TJ McBride: Wilson Chandler and Darrell Arthur are officially ACTIVE tonight against the Cavs. Danilo Gallinari is OUT.

3 years ago – via Twitter Jonathan_Feigen

Jonathan Feigen: Nuggets forwards Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari both out vs. Rockets tonight. Both had been upgraded to questionable. Arthur also out.

3 years ago – via Twitter chrisadempsey

Chris Dempsey: There are no timetables for the injuries Danilo Gallinari (knee) and Wilson Chandler (groin) are rehabbing. Both are day-to-day. #Nuggets

3 years ago – via Twitter chrisadempsey

Chris Dempsey: Danilo Gallinari (knee) is out of tomorrow’s game vs. the Clippers. Also out: Darrell Arthur (rest) and Wilson Chandler (groin) #Nuggets

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LeBron James: Imagine doing your job at the highest level to where you’re not needed anymore, giving your shoes to a lil girl and boy who you inspire and hoped you made proud that night, then cheering on your teammates cause you love seeing them succeed more than yourself only to be criticized while doing it.

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Imagine doing your job at the highest level to where you’re not needed anymore, giving your shoes to a lil girl and boy who you inspire and hoped you made proud that night, then cheering on your teammates cause you love seeing them succeed more than yourself only to be criticized while doing it. People it’s the world we live in and you can’t let it ever stop you from your purpose in life. Negativity, bad energy, hate, envy, etc etc will try to bring you down throughout your journey and it’s up to you on how you handle it. I handle it by simply saying “Thank You” with a 😁 on my face and continue to push forward while doing it! LIVE.LAUGH.LOVE 🙏🏾❤️👑

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Dobbins was a little incredulous at first. Immediately after the season, players are encouraged to let their bodies heal from the day-to-day grind of an 82-game-plus-playoffs season. “We just finished the other day,” Dobbins told Brown. “You sure you don’t want to take a step away, take some time?” Brown’s answer: “Nah. Let’s get it. Let’s get after it.”

5 hours ago – via Tom Westerholm @ Booth Newspapers

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Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics

Part of Brown’s urgency was due to his schedule. He had a trip to Egypt planned, and he wanted to make sure he got in the gym before he left in case finding a gym overseas proved difficult (ultimately, a basketball star doesn’t have much trouble finding a place to workout, even in a foreign country). But one thing was clear: After enduring one of the strangest seasons in recent NBA memory, Brown didn’t want to waste time.

5 hours ago – via Tom Westerholm @ Booth Newspapers

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Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics

December 5, 2019 | 4:37 pm UTC Update

Nikos Varlas: Vincent Poirier assigned to the G-League

6 hours ago – via Twitter Eurohoopsnet

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G League, Vincent Poirier, Boston Celtics

Matt Velazquez: Giannis finished with 0 assists last night vs. the Pistons. I thought that was odd and indeed it is. The last time that happened — regular season or playoffs — was Feb. 5, 2016. It’s been nearly 1400 days and he’s played 278 reg-season games and 28 playoff games since then.

6 hours ago – via Twitter Matt_Velazquez

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Statistics, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks

Justin Kubatko: The @Milwaukee Bucks have outscored their opponents by 109 points over the last three games, tying the fourth-largest differential over a three-game, single-season span in NBA history: +134 – SAC, 1992-93, +130 – SAC, 1992-93, +127 – PHX, 1988-89, +109 – PHX, 1988-89, +109 – MIL, 2019-20

6 hours ago – via Twitter jkubatko

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Statistics, Milwaukee Bucks

Basketball-Reference: Luka Doncic isn’t the only 2nd year player having a big scoring season. Trae Young is averaging 28.7 PPG. In the last 50 years, the only players with more PPG in their first or second NBA season than Doncic or Young are Kareem, Bob McAdoo, and Shaq bkref.com/tiny/jzl7z pic.twitter.com/wUcJKNrfBi

6 hours ago – via Twitter bball_ref

Bob McAdoo, Statistics, Uncategorized

Bob McAdoo, Statistics, Luka Doncic, Shaquille O'Neal, Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks

Keith Pompey: #Sixers reserve G Shake Milton will be available tonight vs. #WasshingtonWizards.

6 hours ago – via Twitter PompeyOnSixers

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Shake Milton, Philadelphia 76ers

Albert Nahmad: It’s December 5. Which means, by my unofficial count: – In exactly 10 days, 120+ players will become trade eligible (for a total of around 91% of the league). – In exactly 1 month, all NBA teams (including the hard-capped ones) will be eligible to sign 10-day contracts.

6 hours ago – via Twitter AlbertNahmad

Trade, Uncategorized

Trade

December 5, 2019 | 2:18 pm UTC Update

Welcome to the opening weeks of the NBA’s coach’s challenge. ESPN asked head coaches from almost half the league’s 30 teams for their input on the challenge system. The views ranged from hostile to constructive, but there wasn’t an endorsement to be found. But for all the frustration and bewilderment the new rule has created across the league, don’t expect it to go the way of the NBA’s synthetic basketball.

9 hours ago – via Brian Windhorst, Tim Bontemps @ ESPN

Coaching, Uncategorized

Coaching

Storyline: Officiating Complaints

“We’re very pleased with how a very difficult concept and rule has been implemented,” said Monty McCutchen, the NBA’s vice president of referee development and training. “There have been some growing pains, but overall we’re very happy.” Translation: Get used to it, coaches.

9 hours ago – via Brian Windhorst, Tim Bontemps @ ESPN

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Coaching, Monty McCutchen

Even still, Ellis is fine with all that. Those who remember and appreciate how good he was, what he meant to the organization, they remember. Those who don’t, that’s fine, too. Peace won’t let that bother him. Because he remembers. “Everything, even through my bad times, I still enjoyed it,” Ellis said in a phone interview this week of his time with the Warriors. “Because at the end of the day, they gave me my shot. They took a chance on drafting a high schooler, 152 pounds of out Jackson, Mississippi. … So I was always grateful and thankful for that. It went down the way it went down. I guess that’s part of the business. And it just happened the way it happened. But my whole experience, the time that I was there for seven and a half years, I loved every bit of it.”

9 hours ago – via Marcus Thompson II @ The Athletic

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Monta Ellis

When the Warriors drafted Curry, a player just as slight as him, Ellis didn’t think it could work. And he said so, which created controversy. He laughs about it now, that character trait of his that stirred that pot. Ellis doesn’t talk much. But when he does, he says what he believes. And the straight-talking young man from the Dirty South only knew one way to tell it. “I ain’t gon’ lie,” he said over the phone. “I’ve done some things when I was young that bite me in my butt. But it is what it is, a part of life. “Just some people didn’t take, when they ask me an opinion, they didn’t really want to accept the reality of it, the truth. Because, you know, I don’t know how to be fake with nobody.”

9 hours ago – via Marcus Thompson II @ The Athletic

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Monta Ellis

He was getting dressed in the visiting locker room at Arco Arena, ready to take on the Kings, when Dominic McGuire broke the news to him. He saw it on the ESPN ticker on the locker room TV. Ellis was traded to Milwaukee. Just like that, he was no longer a Warrior. He was pissed. “Not only so much that they traded me,” Ellis remembered, “just how they went about trading me. If they would’ve traded me and let me know the process of everything that was going down, it would’ve been a whole lot better. I mean, that was a career-changing experience right there. ‘Cause when I went to Milwaukee, it was totally different.”

9 hours ago – via Marcus Thompson II @ The Athletic

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Monta Ellis

Matt Babcock, owner of Babcock Hoops and a former NBA agent, told The Commercial Appeal that Wiseman having to sit out one-third of Memphis’ regular season isn’t all that significant from an NBA draft standpoint. “It’s not like he’s a guy that just has a lot of upside with a lot of polishing to do. He’s ready to play in the NBA right now,” Babcock said. “Not that he doesn’t have room for growth. He does. (But) I think it’s more of just he’s being robbed of the experience.” Babcock believes Wiseman (who is tied with North Carolina’s Cole Anthony as FanDuel Sportsbook’s odds-on favorite to be picked first) is worthy of No. 1-pick status. But the games he will miss could also cost him the opportunity to cement himself as such.

9 hours ago – via Jason Munz @ Memphis Commercial Appeal

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Draft, James Wiseman

Storyline: No. 1 pick

December 5, 2019 | 10:43 am UTC Update

The Nets have been about as transparent as a brick wall when it comes to Kyrie Irving’s shoulder injury. But the star’s absence is approaching three weeks, and multiple sources told The Post he could need a few more — if he’s lucky.

12 hours ago – via Brian Lewis @ New York Post

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Injuries, Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets

Storyline: Kyrie Irving Injury

Two specialists told The Post that Irving is likely to be out a few more weeks. One medical source not affiliated with the team intimated there’s more under the surface and that this injury could be even more long term. “That’s a very, very broad term,” said Dr. Andrew S. Rokito, chief of shoulder surgery at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital. “Impingement typically does not refer to an acute injury. [It] refers to more of a long-standing, chronic issue with the rotator cuff.

12 hours ago – via Brian Lewis @ New York Post

Injuries, Uncategorized

Injuries, Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets

Kyle Goon: I asked a super important question about LeBron’s first half travel. “I really had a malfunction. I feel bad for the refs on that one because they’ll probably get a writeup on that or something. That was pretty bad.”

12 hours ago – via Twitter kylegoon

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LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers

This will be the sixth consecutive season with fewer post-ups than the last, and 2019-20 is on pace for the largest post-up drop-off in more than a decade. The reasons for the play’s excision are all tied together, a result of both rule and strategic changes that have encouraged the rise of Moreyball. (Another fun excerpt from that 2015 Lowe column: He wrote that the post-up death “evokes both wistfulness for the past and a fear that the NBA is heading toward a homogeneity in which every team drives for corner 3s, layups, and free throws. What happens if we all play Rocketball?” Welcome to the NBA in 2019!)

12 hours ago – via Zach Kram @ The Ringer

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Plays

Jared Weiss: Jaylen Brown said he blew a kiss for Kelly Olynyk after hitting a shot. Q: “Did he see it?” A: “I don’t know, but he felt it.”

12 hours ago – via Twitter JaredWeissNBA

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Frivolities, Jaylen Brown, Kelly Olynyk, Boston Celtics, Miami Heat

USA Basketball named former NBA head coach Mike Fratello as USA’s head coach for the 2021 FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers. Andy Greer and Othella Harrington will be his assistants. Fratello holds previous experience at the international level with Ukraine between 2011 and 2014. From 1984 to 2006 made it to the playoffs 11 times in 15 full-season attempts with various NBA teams.

12 hours ago – via EuroHoops.net

Andy Greer, Coaching, FIBA, Mike Fratello, USA Basketball, Uncategorized

Andy Greer, Coaching, FIBA, Mike Fratello, USA Basketball

But a year from now, things could drastically change and that has the rest of the NBA in a panic according to NBC Sports NBA Insider Tom Haberstroh. “The people I talk to around the league are really worried they are going to trade that first-round pick, the 2020 pick, because if they load up with an All-Star-type player with that pick, they are terrified,” Haberstroh said during the Warriors-Hornets telecast on NBC Sports Bay Area on Wednesday. “Or if they land a Luka Doncic in the draft, they’re terrified. So that 2020 pick, adding to the group they have established here with [Eric] Paschall stepping in right away, man, I think every team is going to try to do a gap year.”

12 hours ago – via Ali Thanawalla @ NBC Sports

Draft, Uncategorized

Draft, Golden State Warriors

Sitting alongside Sandler at a Manhattan hotel this week was a cackling Kevin Garnett, who plays himself in a new movie, “Uncut Gems,” co-directed by the Safdie brothers, Josh and Benny, New Yorkers who also count themselves among the legion of long-tortured Knicks die-hards. Garnett was known as the Big Ticket during his playing days, mostly in Minnesota and Boston, where in 2008 he helped secure championship banner No. 17. But Sandler is the box office star in the film — which opens this month — as Howard Ratner, a wheeler, dealer and degenerate gambler in midtown Manhattan’s diamond district who is increasingly desperate to settle his debts with one massive score.

12 hours ago – via Harvey Araton @ New York Times

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Showbusiness, Kevin Garnett

December 5, 2019 | 3:14 am UTC Update

The Houston Rockets will likely file an official protest regarding James Harden’s dunk that wasn’t counted in Tuesday’s 135-133 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, sources told ESPN.

20 hours ago – via Tim MacMahon @ ESPN

Referees, Top Rumors

Top Rumors, Referees, James Harden, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs

Storyline: Officiating Complaints

Houston had been optimistic in the wake of the loss that the NBA office would take action without a protest being necessary. However, sources said the Rockets are leaning toward filing a protest to ensure that the NBA office will have to make a ruling.

20 hours ago – via Tim MacMahon @ ESPN

Referees, Top Rumors

Top Rumors, Referees, James Harden, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs

NBA rules require a protest to be filed within 48 hours after a game. Sources said the NBA office has started conducting an investigation that could take longer than the 48-hour window. The Rockets contend that they should either be awarded the win — because they actually outscored the Spurs in regulation — or that the final seven minutes, 50 seconds of the game be replayed at a later date. League sources, however, scoffed at the suggestion that the Rockets would be awarded the victory.

20 hours ago – via Tim MacMahon @ ESPN

Referees, Top Rumors

Top Rumors, Referees, James Harden, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs

Rod Beard: FINAL: #Bucks 127, #Pistons 103 Drummond: 23 pts, 14 rebs, 5 assts Galloway: 20 pts Griffin: 16 pts, 10 rebs #Bucks get 35 pts, 9 rebs from Giannis and win their 13th straight.

20 hours ago – via Twitter detnewsRodBeard

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Statistics, Andre Drummond, Blake Griffin, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Langston Galloway, Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks

1.	Stephen Curry	$40,231,758
2.	Russell Westbrook	$38,506,482
2.	Chris Paul	$38,506,482
4.	James Harden	$38,199,000
4.	John Wall	$38,199,000
6.	LeBron James	$37,436,858
7.	Kevin Durant	$37,199,000
8.	Blake Griffin	$34,449,964
9.	Kyle Lowry	$33,296,296
10.	Paul George	$33,005,556

1.	Portland	$147,966,862
2.	Houston	$145,311,547
3.	Golden State	$139,734,684
4.	Miami	$136,873,823
5.	Oklahoma City	$133,798,690
6.	Detroit	$132,782,467
7.	LA Clippers	$131,636,911
8.	Cleveland	$131,515,996
9.	Denver	$131,457,368
10.	Milwaukee	$130,728,711

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