Новости за 23.12.2022

Drew Hill: Ja Morant was asked about his “I’m fine in the west” comments at shootaround. Ja: “And I’m standing on that. I stamp it,” he said. Reporter: What about the Suns? Ja: “They are in the Western Conference, right? I said I was fine in the Western Conference.”
Source: Twitter @DrewHill_DM

Shams Charania: Lakers say Anthony Davis has been diagnosed with a stress injury in his right foot. He remains out indefinitely.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

Gerald Bourguet: “It was f*cked up on my end.” Mikal Bridges spoke at length about getting into it with Deandre Ayton the other night, saying he apologized to DA because he knew he was out of line for how he reacted to Ayton messing up the play: pic.twitter.com/PcEiTLBiWV
Source: Twitter @GeraldBourguet

The Indiana Pacers and center Myles Turner have opened up contract extension discussions and are exploring a potential new deal, league sources with direct knowledge of the discussions who are unauthorized to speak publicly on the matter tell The Athletic.
Source: Shams Charania @ The Athletic

Rival teams have expressed interest in Turner and Buddy Hield during the season, sources said. Hield, 30, has been a positive locker room figure for these Pacers and is averaging 17.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 39.7 percent 3-point shooting this season.
Source: Shams Charania @ The Athletic

Crowder is on the final year of his deal at $10.2 million and was looking for more of a commitment from Phoenix. It would seem the Suns could use the glue-guy things he provides. They sit at 19-13 after a loss to the wobbly Wizards, but the club insists it’s on board with Crowder sitting out until it can find a trade that works. “He just didn’t show up,” the general manager told Heavy Sports. “He said he’s not playing unless he gets a contract extension that he wants. I think a lot of teams are turned off by that in and of itself. Читать дальше...

According to Chris Haynes, executives around the NBA believe Trae Young could request a trade out of Atlanta.

CJ McCollum: Obviously, you see the highlight plays on offense. But the defense, he’s going to take it personal. He’s guarding. He had a shot block in the corner that was eerily reminiscent of the block he had when he was at Duke. You’re starting to see Zion Williamson unleashed. I’m not going to say it’s his best form because he’s 22, he’s going to get better. But this is him maximizing his potential, his skillset and utilizing everything.
Source: Marc J. Spears @ Andscape

NBA players scouting reports are back on HoopsHype and this time they come with detailed accolades (if any) and draft combine measurements.

Ray Young: This is what sucks about pro ball these days. Although I like Kevin’s stuff, now there’ll be articles on Trae like this👇🏾…just because “rival execs” believe something! Trae doesn’t talk to other teams😂 He’s busy trying to win in Atlanta. Will this ever end?
Source: Twitter @KevinOConnorNBA

“A full rebuild kind of thing, that is not going to happen this year, but they could get started on it,” an Eastern Conference executive told Heavy Sports. “They’re not going to trade away Zach LaVine during the season. They will have an easier time with moving on from DeMar DeRozan if that is where they go but even that, it is something they would wait until the summer to do, rather than try to pull off a move at the deadline. “LaVine wants to go to the Lakers, that has been pretty clear for a while now. Читать дальше...

“It was another pivot,” Durant says of leaving Golden State. “I just wanted to play ball somewhere else. But a lot of people see it as I’m chasing something. And I think it probably stems when I said, ‘I don’t want to be number two no more.’ I was number two in high school, in the draft. But what I had to explain to people was, I had just lost in the Finals. I wanted to go back and win the Finals. It wasn’t about: ‘I want to be the best ever. I want to be better than LeBron or [Michael Jordan].’ I don’t give a s... Читать дальше...

Matt Barnes is now jumping on the bandwagon against Szczerbiak. The former NBA champ went all-in on Szczerbiak as he ripped apart the ex-Minnesota Timberwolves star over his Haliburton slander: “This bum a** motherf**ker Wally Sczcerbiak is just completely disrespecting Tyrese Haliburton, who’s leading the league in assists,” Barnes said. “(Szczerbiak) called him a fake All-Star and fake this and fake that. … I don’t see why former players feel like it’s their spot or does it make them feel better to disrespect these guys. Читать дальше...

“I can’t lie: Watching the Finals, I knew so many people would turn their focus on me once they won. I was like, I hate that they won, because y’all not going to make it about them; it’s going to be all about me,” Durant says. “I think it’s just a childish way of looking at that experience. I feel like you can take it all in and appreciate what they did and not even talk about me. I was just sitting at home. But I get how it is.”
Source: Washington Post

Raptors forward Pascal Siakam scored a career-high 52 points Wednesday night to lead Toronto over New York 113-106. Here’s what you need to know: Siakam’s previous career high was 44, reached three times, most recently in May 2021. He reached the total on 17-of-25 shooting and a career-high 16 free throws on 18 attempts. The Raptors win snaps a six-game losing streak. The Knicks loss snaps an eight-game winning streak, the longest in the NBA.
Source: The Athletic Staff, Eric Koreen, Eric Koreen... Читать дальше...

It’s why he has also never forgotten how it felt to be on the verge of prematurely losing his place in the league, in the fall of 2020, wondering whether he had been finally replaced by the next wave of long-armed, multi-positional wings. Once one of the Hornets’ centerpieces under coach Steve Clifford, Batum had been consigned to the bench as Charlotte underwent a youth movement under new coach James Borrego, and after a career-worst season, he was waived to make room for the signing of Gordon Hayward. Читать дальше...

The Washington Wizards play against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center

The Memphis Grizzlies play against the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center

The Portland Trail Blazers play against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena

The New Orleans Pelicans play against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center

The Dallas Mavericks play against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center

The Indiana Pacers play against the Miami Heat at FTX Arena

The Indiana Pacers are spending $6,121,023 per win while the Miami Heat are spending $9,511,982 per win

Game Time: 8:00 PM EST on Friday December 23, 2022

Broadcast Info

Live Stream: fuboTV (Watch for free)
NBA League Pass: The most live games plus NBA TV. Free trial

National TV: N/A
Home TV: Bally Sports Sun
Away TV: Bally Sports Indiana
Home Radio: WQAM 560 / S: WAQI 710
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The Chicago Bulls play against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden

The Toronto Raptors play against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse

The Milwaukee Bucks play against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center

The Milwaukee Bucks are spending $8,176,641 per win while the Brooklyn Nets are spending $9,406,038 per win

Game Time: 7:30 PM EST on Friday December 23, 2022

Broadcast Info

Live Stream: fuboTV (Watch for free)
NBA League Pass: The most live games plus NBA TV. Free trial

National TV: NBA TV
Home TV: YES
Away TV: Bally Sports WI
Home Radio: WFAN-FM
Away Radio: 620 AM/103.3 FM WTMJ

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