Around the NBA - March 2018

Huh? WTF are you talking about?

 

Tony Parker: 'At Some Point It Makes No Sense' for Kawhi Leonard Injury Return



San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker suggested on Thursday that time may be running out this season on a Kawhi Leonard return.

According to Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News, Parker is hopeful that Leonard will return from injury, but he added, "At some point, it makes no sense [to bring him back]."

Leonard has missed all but nine games this season with a nagging quad injury.

ESPN's Lisa Salters reported that Leonard was expected to return as early as Thursday against the New Orleans Pelicans, but he will not play in Thursday's game.

A source indicated to ESPN.com's Ramona Shelburne that Leonard could instead return to action next week.

The Spurs have dropped 11 of their past 15 games, and they are outside the playoffs in the Western Conference at 38-30.

San Antonio is technically tied with the Utah Jazz for eighth, but it would miss the playoffs if they started today based on tiebreakers.

The Spurs haven't missed the playoffs since 1996-97, which was the year Gregg Popovich replaced Bob Hill as head coach after a 3-15 start.

San Antonio also hasn't won less than 61 percent of its games in a single season since then, but it currently has a winning percentage of just 55.9 percent.

Leonard, who finished third in MVP voting last season, would undoubtedly provide a huge boost to the Spurs' playoff efforts down the stretch if he can get healthy.

LaMarcus Aldridge is San Antonio's only other player averaging better than 11.3 points per game, and it can be argued that the Spurs simply aren't a playoff-quality team in the competitive Western Conference without Leonard in the fold.

 

What's the Spurs Forum saying about the whole Kawhi issue?

 

Why is he still out? He's not even training with the team.

 

I would wager to say the answer to that is not because "he's a bitch"...

 

Cunt, pussy, bitch all it whatever you want. He's healthy and not playing.

 

Excuse you... we’d never lose to the Trash Bros in the playoffs

 

New Orleans Pelicans and Saints owner Tom Benson dead at 90:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...w-orleans-saints-new-orleans-pelicans-dies-90

Tom Benson, owner of the NFL's New Orleans Saints and NBA's New Orleans Pelicans, died Thursday in New Orleans with his wife at his side, the teams announced. He was 90.

Benson was one of only three owners of both an NFL and NBA franchise at the time of his death. He was widely credited with keeping both teams in his native New Orleans when their futures were in doubt, first when he purchased the Saints in 1985, and then when he purchased the former New Orleans Hornets in 2012.

Benson had been hospitalized since Feb. 16 in New Orleans with flu-like symptoms.

BNM

 

Pacers up 9 on Raptors right now. Very impressive.

 

I have to say, props to Nate McMillan. He's grown so much as a coach.

 

Man, the Simmons/Embiid combo is so much fun to watch.

 

He was successful for us too. The only time we've had HCA in a playoff series since 2000.

 

I think I want Spurs to win tonight. Let them and Utah win to move into 8th and 7th. Then have Clippers lose to fall to 9th and Denver to lose to be farther down. A Pelicans loss gives us more breathing room. It also gives Dame more consideration for MVP over Anthony Davis.

 

He’s still the same guy man... just coaching guys with more advanced shooting skill.

Oladipo - Roy
Turner - LA
Thad Young - Gerald Wallace
Bojan - Batum
Stephenson - Outlaw
CoJo - Blake
Joe Young - Rudy
Collison - Miller

The outliers would be Sabonis and Camby

 

Outlaw never played with Gerald Wallace, I don't think. Nor did Rudy. I get your point though.

 

I feel bad for Porzingis. He was having an All NBA season which ended up being totally derailed by an injury. Sucks.

 

But, his team now runs and plays at a fast pace.

 

If you google 'Kawhi Leonard family issue Spurs'.
Searches turn up denied reports about a family issue between the Spurs and Leonard's family which ESPN reported on.

Who knows if it's true or not.

 

Toronto did it again

 

Come on Rockets