HOUSTON — When Pau Gasol walked into the locker room early Thursday evening, he noticed that Kawhi Leonard was not going through his usual pre-game routine. “Once I saw that I thought, ‘OK, he’s not playing,’ ” Gasol said. ‘We’ll just go out there and do what we do.’ ” Move on. Never mind that…
* Recap: Heat 97, Bucks 79 Injury issues continue to cloud the view on Miami Heat swingman Justise Winslow. A lottery pick considered one of the keys to the Heat’s future during his impressive rookie season, Winslow has seen his momentum interrupted since then; he played just 18 games last season and has missed Miami’s…
Giannis Antetokounmpo arguably possesses the longest reach and stride in the NBA. Oklahoma City’s Paul George thought the latter should have twice disqualified his game-winning basket on Friday night. Milwaukee’s young star forward drove baseline in the final seconds, squeezed past Thunder swingman Josh Huestis and dunked over Russell Westbrook with 0.9 seconds remaining to…
* Recap: Heat 97, Bucks 79 Injury issues continue to cloud the view on Miami Heat swingman Justise Winslow. A lottery pick considered one of the keys to the Heat’s future during his impressive rookie season, Winslow has seen his momentum interrupted since then; he played just 18 games last season and has missed Miami’s…
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and forward LaMarcus Aldridge had a well-publicized heart-to-heart meeting over the summer that helped Aldridge feel more comfortable with his role on the team. Since then, whatever Aldridge and Popovich talked about has worked — Aldridge leads the Spurs (and ranks ninth among starting NBA forwards) in scoring (22.9…
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and forward LaMarcus Aldridge had a well-publicized heart-to-heart meeting over the summer that helped Aldridge feel more comfortable with his role on the team. Since then, whatever Aldridge and Popovich talked about has worked — Aldridge leads the Spurs (and ranks ninth among starting NBA forwards) in scoring (22.9…
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and forward LaMarcus Aldridge had a well-publicized heart-to-heart meeting over the summer that helped Aldridge feel more comfortable with his role on the team. Since then, whatever Aldridge and Popovich talked about has worked — Aldridge leads the Spurs (and ranks ninth among starting NBA forwards) in scoring (22.9…
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and forward LaMarcus Aldridge had a well-publicized heart-to-heart meeting over the summer that helped Aldridge feel more comfortable with his role on the team. Since then, whatever Aldridge and Popovich talked about has worked — Aldridge leads the Spurs (and ranks ninth among starting NBA forwards) in scoring (22.9…
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and forward LaMarcus Aldridge had a well-publicized heart-to-heart meeting over the summer that helped Aldridge feel more comfortable with his role on the team. Since then, whatever Aldridge and Popovich talked about has worked — Aldridge leads the Spurs (and ranks ninth among starting NBA forwards) in scoring (22.9…
But the pony doesn’t shoot glitter out of its nose. From Jan Indra: I have a question regarding the Timberwolves: ESPN ran a piece detailing the team’s financial situation going forward in the case of trying to maintain the Big three of Butler, Towns and Wiggins (having very little to no flexibility regarding the rest…
