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Ellie Day is out of the hospital and recovering. That's the important part.After she was plowed over by LeBron James in a completely accidental loose ball foul courtside at Thursday's Cavaliers-Thunder game, the wife of golfer Jason Day was taken to a hospital. She also was bizarrely criticized for not moving, and Jason Day was criticized for not helping Javier Baez Jersey her avoid James.MORE: | So Ellie did what we all do in 2015 and wrote out a me sage to those concerned for her and the haters.This! we good! Ellie Day (@ellielaneday) Here's the full text:Wow!! Its official. More me sages from getting plowed over by Lebron than Jason winning a major. HA.First of all, I am okay!! I am incredibly sore and exhausted. John Lackey Jersey Being tackled by that large man I would compare to a minor car accident. My head and neck hit pretty hard so it was really scary. My whole body feels like it was hit by a truck.Second, it was so fast. I didnt remember until 2am seeing the ball come toward me. It was a blur. To the crazies that think Jason should have protected me if he had time to react, so would have I. Also, I would not Alec Mills Jersey have liked both dudes landing on me. Lebron is huge and had such momentum he could not have stopped!!Third, people are saying its a money grab or some crap which is obviously absurd. Much like attending a golf event and risking getting hit with a ball, sitting court side you risk getting run into. I would never make anything more of it. Theyre huge men doing their job. I was stabilized because I smashed my neck and head and obviously it was with Kendall Graveman Jersey great force.Last, I am truly touched by the insane outpouring of support and those of you covering me in prayer. It could have been so much worse. I am thankful for so many things. One, that I didnt have Lucy on my chest in her carrier, and that I wasnt still pregnant. Also that Dash wasnt with us. Also that Amy had my babies and got them to me at the hospital so I could feed little Lucy. It was my biggest concern when I came out Kyle Schwarber Jersey of it. And thats the end of my story. *^_^*Much love to all of you And here's the collision with James, if you mi sed it:The big news is Day seems to be OK. And she's right; it could have been much worse.
The competitive portion of LeBron James' first season with the Lakers is over (see for the particulars). The final month figures tobe all about the drama.Lakers guard Rajon Rondo added a subplot Wednesday night.Rondo, one of the veterans brought in to be part of King James' court, appeared to openly show di satisfaction with the team's state as it Chris Carpenter Jersey was losing at home to the Nuggets. He separated from his teammates in the final seconds and not for the first time this season and sat in an open courtside seat next to 2 Chainz and his family.MORE: As James, coach Luke Walton and the rest of the squad awaited the final horn together, Rondo stewed on his own island.Rondo's gesture, Marcell Ozuna Jersey on the night on the NBA's all-time points list, prompted a predictable condemnation from former NBA coaches Mark Jackson and Stan Van Gundy during and after ESPN'sbroadcast of the game:Mark Jackson rips Rajon Rondo Carlos Martinez Jersey and Lakers leadership during broadcast gifdsports (@gifdsports) Rondo figures to be a short-timer no matter where he seats himself (he can become a free Blank Jersey agent in July), but the response to his sitdown holds intrigue. The bigger plotlines you already know, but you can't dare to ignore them: Walton's job status. Is the former James teammate one and done as Bron's floor bo s? Who would be next? Jackson's name comes up a lot. James waiting for that second star to join him. AnthonyDavis may or may not be walking through that door. Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka's ability/inability to make such a movehappen. Which young Jose Martinez Jersey players will return? Will they be sacrificed to get that star?All of the above will drive the early portion of this show's next season. The coming month has the potential to be a delightful lead-in.
Last year, 2K Sports made a Patrick Corbin Jersey huge splash by and giving them a place . It was the first sign of college basketball in the six years following the cancellation of the standalone video games due to low sales and ongoing litigation.With "NBA 2K17," there will be 10 licensed universities, and their involvement is expanding. Once again they'll play a role in the story mode, but 2K will also be selling "All-Time Great"rosters for those teams to use in Play Now mode. The players will be found in the MyTeam card-collecting/team-building mode Paul Goldschmidt Jersey .MORE: This year the licensed colleges are Arizona, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Kansas,Louisville, Michigan State, Oklahoma, UConnand Wake Forest. Five are returning from "2K16," and the other five are new additions. Current players or even representations of them minus the names will not appear on their rosters.The first opportunity to play the story mode with the colleges will come on Sept.9 with the release of"The Prelude" thatprovides a jump start on the story mode for Chris Owings Jersey free a full week in advance of the game's release. It willbe downloadablefor free onboth Xbox One and PlayStation 4.Additionally, the trailer for "The Prelude"teases the involvement of the Olympics in the mode as the character receives a phone call from coach Mike Krzyzewski. He' Yasmany Tomas Jersey s in the game this yearalong with Team USAand also heads up the new tutorial mode that willbe featured in the downloadable offering.WATCH: Please enable Javascript to watch this video"NBA 2K17" will be the(Sept. 16). Paul George is onthe,and Kobe Bryant is. The game will have anew feature.Amazon Prime memberscan.Bryan Wiedey posts sports gaming news and analysis daily at Pastapadre.com, is co-founder of Deven Marrero Jersey the sports gaming site HitThePa s.com, hosts the Pre s Row Podcast, and be reached on.
Basketball gods smiledupon Draymond Green as he sidestepped a suspensionfor kicking Steven Adams in the groin Nolan Ryan Jersey Sunday, but that doesnt mean hes going to change the way he plays.Emboldened by the NBA's leniency, the Warriors forward said Tuesdayhe doesnt plan on being more careful in Game 4 against the Thunder, even though another technical foul would result in an automatic one-game ban.MORE: Im never Robinson Chirinos Jersey going to be careful," he told reporters, ."Im just going to be me and the game will play out the way it will play out."There was much speculationMonday as to whether Green would be suspended for what he claims was an accident regarding Adamswhen he was a Charlie Morton Jersey se sed a Flagrant 1 foul for the kick.MORE: The NBA declined to suspend Green, but hewas fined and the play was upgraded Anthony Gose Jersey to a Flagrant 2 foul.He has three flagrant points this postseason, meaning he's dangerously close to a suspension anyway,but Green isnt worried about po sibly being baited by Evan Gattis Jersey his opponents in Game 4.They try to bait me every night. Not anybody else can control what I do," Green said,"so it doesnt matter."
Los Angeles is gearing up for a championship run.The Lakers have already traded Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round picks to the Pelicans in exchange for Anthony Davis, but there's still work to be done.Los Angeles is trying to free up enough cap space for a third max player. However, there are other problems that need to be addre sed.Here are three things the Lakers need in 2019:A quality starting point guardThe NBA is a point guard's league.The last six NBA Finals have been won by teams with All-Star point guards, Darin Erstad Jersey and the Western Conference is stacked with talent at the position. Stephen Curry, Ru sell Westbrook and Damian Lillard come to mind, but the Lakers didn't have a floor general close to their caliber in 2018-19.After Los Angeles had a spat with Houston last season, Rajon Rondo served a suspension and was demoted to a reserve role behind Lonzo Ball. But neither Ball nor Rondo were really given the opportunity to be a true point guard because of the Lakers' brand of positionle s basketball. Ball-handling responsibilities were split between them, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram and LeBron James, who led the team in a sists per game (8.3).But now Ingram and Ball have been dealt to New Orleans. If the Lakers are able to acquire an established point guard who can be ball dominant, Julio Teheran Jersey score, and initiate the offense in the second unit as we all know everything will likely run through James when it comes to the starters they could take a huge step forward.Los Angeles has been linked to Chris Paul, D'Angelo Ru sell and Kyrie Irving this offseason and haven't had an All-Star Point guard since Nick Van Exel in 1997-98.Outside shootingThe Lakers flat out weren't good at J. C. Ramirez Jersey shooting the basketball last season.Los Angeles ranked 29th in 3-point shooting percentage in 2018-19 at 33.3 percent and not one starter converted more than 35 percent of their chances from beyond the arc.James already draws a ridiculous amount of attention on drives, and the addition of Anthony Davis will only increase the frequency of double teams in the painted area. If neither of these Lakers stars can kick the ball out to reliable snipers, their gravity will be wasted.There are quite a few 3-and-D players hitting the market who could Blake Parker Jersey help Los Angeles with this deficiency.Some e sence of a benchThere are a lot of question marks on the Lakers' roster for 2019-20 and they need to sort things out.Los Angeles signed Rondo, Lance Stephenson and JaVale McGee to one-year deals last summer and none of them appear to be locks to return. Then there's Tyson Chandler, who's also entering unrestricted free agency.When the Lakers traded away a large chunk of the young core, they thinned out their already questionable depth. Los Angeles' bench for next season would likely consist of Isaac Bonga, Alex Caruso, Moritz Wagner, Johnathan Williams and Jemmerio Jones were it to be finalized today. To call that personnel shaky would be Jonathan Lucroy Jersey an understatement, but the Lakers are also reportedly trying to move their contracts in a salary dumping effort.James, Davis and Kuzma are a solid front line, but this Lakers team would probably fall apart if either of its All-Stars mi ses extended time in 2019-20 like they did last year. Los Angeles might be the betting favorites to win the NBA Finals in 2020, but its roster's construction will definitely need some adjustments to make that goal a reality. Related Articles
With all of the buzz surrounding Ru sell Westbrook, Cleveland's Big Three and all the talent theWarriors po se s,Pelicans star Anthony Davis has flown under the radar.Davis is more visible after Thursday, Mike Piazza Jersey when he led the Pelicans to a 102-95 win over thePacers. The All-Star power forward scored 35 points, hauled in 16 rebounds and blocked five shots in another tremendous performance.MORE: Davis became the first player with at least 35 points, 15 rebounds and fiveblocks in a game since Dwight Howard in the 2010-11 season. It was also hisninth 25-point, 15-rebound game of the season (no Steven Matz Jersey other player has accomplished that feat more than five times).Through no fault of his own, the Pelicans have stumbled to a 9-18 record.Maybe Thursday night's win can be a turning point.Stud of the NightDamian Lillard torched the Nuggets for 40 points and 10 a sists, but it wasn't enough. Despite the colo sal stat line, Portland lost 132-120 in Denver. This was Lillard's third game of 40 or more points this season.Dud of the David Wright Jersey NightSuns small forward P.J. Tucker scored just five points with one rebound and zero a sists in his team's 107-92 home lo s to the Spurs. If anything, Tucker proved Kawhi Leonard is indeed the best defender in the game.HighlightsBucks power forward Jabari Parker drives through the lane and throws down a monstrous dunk:Jabari Parker THROWS IT DOWN! NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) Parker finished Nolan Ryan Jersey Milwaukee's 108-97 win over the Bulls with 28 points and five rebounds. TeammateGiannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and hauled in 14 rebounds.MORE: The TNT crew reminisces about Craig Sager's best style choices as they pay tribute to the beloved reporter who died Thursday at age 65 after a long battle with cancer:. and the crew share their favorite Sager fashion stories NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) What's nextHawks (12-13) at Raptors (18-7), 7:30 p.m. ET In his first season as the Hawks' starting Neil Walker Jersey point guard, Dennis Schroder has dazzled at times with his quick first step and pa sing eye. Unfortunately for Atlanta, it's lacking talent at other positions. Toronto, led by DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, will be ready to pounce.
It's been a long time since LeBron James wasn't playing in the Danny Santana Jersey NBA Finals.Exactly how long? Eight years.The Cavs star is headed to his eighth straight Finals series after Cleveland's87-79 win Greg Maddux Jersey over the Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.That got us thinking what was the world like in2010, the last time James wasn't playing for a title?Kobe Hank Aaron Jersey Bryant won his final NBA titleJayson Tatum was VERY youngThis is what Jayson Tatum looked like the last time there was an NBA Finals without LeBron James. Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) James took his talents to "South Beach"The Saints beatthe Colts in Deion Sanders Jersey the Super BowlApple releasedthe iPhone 4 and the iPad"Toy Story 3" was the highest-gro sing movieKeshas "Tik Tok"was the No. 1song of the yearOne Directionformedon"The X Factor"Thevuvuzelatook Babe Ruth Jersey overthe FIFA World CupInstagram officially launchedMattel's Sing-a-ma-jigs were the must-have toy
The Warriors are still expecting to be without DeMarcus Cousins for the rest of the playoffs.The 28-year-old center, who tore his left quadriceps muscle last week, began his rehab program Tuesday, coach Steve Kerr told reporters. But, the team is not optimistic about Cousins return."It was good to see him, and obviously weve been gone the last week or so," Kerr said, . "Its good Walter Payton Jersey for everyone to see him and vice versa. Well see what happens in a few weeks once we have a better sense of his healing and his ability to maybe get on the court.Who knows? But at this point, Id say its highly unlikely (he returns in the playoffs).Cousins suffered the injury when he fell chasing down a loose ball on a fast break in the first quarter of Golden States Game 2 lo s to the Clippers. He was helped back to the locker Eddie Goldman Jersey room and was ruled out shortly after.Boogie went back to the locker room after this play with apparent leg injury. Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) You're probably looking at a couple months' recovery, so it's unlikely, Kerr said shortly after Cousins injury. But (the Warriors' sports medicine staff has) told me that there are occasions Prince Amukamara Jersey where that injury heals faster. So, we're leaving the door open, obviously."The four-time All-Star made his first career playoff appearance in Game 1 of the series, scoring nine points and grabbing nine rebounds in 21 minutes of action.Cousins signed a one-year, $5.3 million deal with the Warriors in July and mi sed the teams first 45 games as he continued to recovery from a torn Achilles."More than anything, I'm just crushed for DeMarcus, Charles Leno Jersey " Kerr said last week. "He's been waiting his whole career for this. Then, the second game, he goes down after putting all that work in to recover from the Achilles. And he's had a great season for us. He's really come along the last month or so. I just feel bad for him."Cousins finished the regular Mitchell Trubisky Jersey season averaging 16.3 points and 8.2 rebounds in 25.7 minutes per game.The Warriors will face the Clippers on Wednesday in Game 5 at Oracle Arena. Theyll enter the matchup with a 3-1 series lead. Related Articles
For the third time in five years, the Grizzlies areheaded to the second round of the NBA playoffs.Memphis bounced back from a disappointing Game 4lo s to put the Trail Blazers away in a 95-90 win on their home floor Wednesday night.MORE: | | Waiting on the Grizzlies will be the well-rested Warriors, who swept the Jaromir Jagr Jersey Pelicans in the first round. The Grizzlies went 1-2 against the Warriors in the regular season, losing the last two matchups. Hawks 107, Nets 97 (Atlanta leads series 3-2)Takeaway:For most of Wednesday night, the Hawks looked like the team that finished with the Eastern Conferences best record. That's not something that could be said for the entire series.Atlanta led by as many as 14 points midway through the third quarter, but the Nets managed to trim the deficitto as little as two points several times in the fourth quarter. Each time they were challenged, the Hawks managed to come up with points T.J. Oshie Jersey , outscoring the Nets 10-2 in the final two minutes to bring themselves one win closer tothe second round.DeMarre Carroll led the way for Atlantawith 24 points, while Al Horford added 20 points, 15 rebounds, five a sists and two blocks in the victory.Highlight: DeMarreCarroll torched Brooklyn with 19 first half points.DeMarre Carroll beats the 1st quarter buzzer Cro sover Chronicles (@cro soverNBA) Quotable:Coaches told us to Jonas Siegenthaler Jersey keep our composure and thats what we did," Hawks center Al Horford told TNT after the game.Next up:Friday at Brooklyn, 8:00 p.m., ESPNGrizzlies 99, Trail Blazers 93(Memphis wins series 4-1)Takeaway: Grizzlies centerMarc Gasol had a brilliant game, scoring 26 points and grabbing 14 rebounds for Memphis. Blazers guardC.J. McCollum scored a playoff career-high 33 points, but the story of the game was Jeff Green. Yes, that Jeff Green.The seventh-year forward from Georgetown scored eight points in the fourth Dale Hunter Jersey quarter to help the Grizzlies grit out a win and end the Trail Blazers' season.Highlight:Zach Randolph puts the moves on his defender.Z-Bo with the dagger. Steven J. Gaither (@stevenjgaither) Quotable:I told the guys in the locker room...it ain't gonna be easy," Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph told TNT after the game.Next up: The Grizzlies advanceto the second round, where they'll face the Warriors beginning Sundayat Golden State (3:30 p.m.,ABC).Thursday's games NHL Washington Capitals Jersey (All times Eastern)Bulls at Bucks, 7:00 p.m., TNTClippers at Spurs, 9:30 p.m., TNT
The atmosphere inside the Kings locker room, one source with knowledge of the team said, can be best described aspoisonous.It is under that cloud that coach George Karl is surviving, if barely. thatKarl has staved off firing once again,but another go at this tenuous relationshipis not really going to change that dynamic, which has been present in one form or another through the long line of coaches eight in total the Kings have gone through in the last decade.MORE: |Its no secret that however the problems in the Kings locker room are described, the epicenter is All-Star big man DeMarcus Cousins, and no matter what happens with Karl in the coming days, the Kings apparently still have no answers to their Cousins conundrum. He is among the most talented players in the league (averaging 26.8 points and 11.1 rebounds per game), but he Sheldrick Redwine Jersey s struggled to rein in his attitude, emotions and inclination toward insubordination.Despite those i sues, he would have plenty of trade value based on his talent. But sources told Sporting News that a trade of Cousins has not been seriously considered by general manager Vlade Divac or owner Vivek Ranadiveand that it would take a mega-offer for that to change before next weeks deadline. Even then, its a tremendous longshot.Coming out of the All-Star break and into March, though, the team is expected to make a determination on whether to use the coming months to lay the groundwork for a trade of Cousins. If it happens, it could take a while, the way the Timberwolves extended the negotiating period for Kevin Love in 2014.All of this is not to say that Karl bears no burden for the fracture of his relationship with Cousins, whose reputation for a short fuse and anti-coaching tendencies Ozzie Newsome Jersey goes back to his high school daysand was confirmed by his rotten relationship with his first NBA coach, Paul Westphal, who lasted only seven games into his second season coaching Cousins. Over the previous two years, Cousins got on well with new coach Mike Malone, who gave Cousins a certain amount of leeway but reeled him in when nece sary.What Mike understood is that DeMarcus is a smart guy who lets his emotions get away from him but then cools off and is OK after that, one source told SN. So he would let him vent and not come back at him when that was happening, but would talk to him once things settled down and everything would be fine.MORE: Alas, Malone was fired after starting 11-13 last season because Ranadive a former minority owner of the Warriors wanted to see his team play up-tempo, like Golden State. That eventually led to the hiring of Karl. Unlike Malone, Karl has not been one for giving Cousins leeway or cool-down time, and that set the relationship on a bad path from the get-go.In the offseason, of course, word got out that Karl had been personally calling other teams to gauge po sible Cousins trades. Cousins tweeted out emoji images of a snake in Ricardo Louis Jersey the gra s, and it was clear his target was Karl. If there was a chance to get the Karl-Cousins combo on a good footing, it ended then. In November, Karl and Cousins had it out in the locker room, with Cousins reportedly cu sing out Karl. An uneasy dtente followed.Such is the state of the Kings that it has been new point guard Rajon Rondo who has done the most to hold the bunch together. As a formerly hard-headed young player from Kentucky himself, Rondo has befriended Cousins and offered guidance. Rondo likes playing in Karls up-tempo system and has not been a headache for the coach, but the two have no special bond. Karl (without naming names) has been critical of his perimeter defenders, of which Rondo is the most visible.Thats a symptom of a bigger problem. Karl has been unable to get his team to make very basic adjustments. The Kings have now lost seven of their last eight games, and in that span, opponents have shot an incredible 45.9 percent from the 3-point line against them. They allowed a season-high 54.2 percent on 3s to the Celtics in their lo s on Sunday, after allowing a season-high to Brooklyn (64.3) in the previous game and the second-highest percentage of the year to Chicago (52.4).MORE: When he was asked about the way teams have been making 3-pointers against the Kings, Karl was vague, pointing out that the way the NBA is going these days is to Anthony Zettel Jersey shoot 3s in transition, and protecting the paint means you cant guard the 3-point line.Karl was asked Sundaywhether his team had become, over the years, too comfortable with losing. He responded by explaining that teams are running off transition opportunities too often.I think the proce s in the NBA is that teams study each other at a high, high level, Karl said. I think teams are figuring out that we might over-penetrate. We turn the ball over on the short pa s in the lane. I definitely think teams are hyped to run on our turnovers. Ten years ago, you could turn the ball over and teams Genard Avery Jersey didnt even run on you. Now, the way the game is going, everybody is running on everybody. The fast game, the open-court game, the 3-ball game is becoming a huge personality and we just have got to learn and get better.That should be Karls domain. The Kings are getting beaten not only with their sour attitude, which falls to the players, but with plain old with Xs and Os, which falls to the coach. Cousins is not going anywhere, at least not in the short term, and Karl probablywill be gone at some point. But the problems in Sacramento are not going away.
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