Nets center DeAndre Jordan is set to make his return to the court on Wednesday against Detroit, Malika Andrews of ESPN.com tweets. Jordan has been out since January 20 with a dislocated finger.
Here’s more from out of the Atlantic Division:
- The Celtics could benefit from having one more experienced role player, Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports contends. Boston’s need for an eighth or ninth man could be exposed come playoff time.
- Javonte Green‘s play has made Brad Stevens‘ rotation decisions more difficult, Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald writes. “I’m just here to do what the coach asks. Even if I’m not playing I’m going to do my best to pick up my teammates from the bench. He put me in there to just do my job,” said Green.
- The Sixers paid tribute to Kobe Bryant in multiple ways on Tuesday, as I wrote for Heavy.com. Joel Embiid wore No. 24 in the game against the Warriors, scoring 24 points. The big man hit a fadeaway and yelled “KOBE” during the contest.
For basketball reference can someone just keep Embiids number at 21, instead of having 24? I mean I’m not trying to be mean or anything but it was a tribute not his actual number
Don’t see it up there showing 24.
It’s in the link when you click embiids name
It shows both numbers
It shows a number for you if you appeared in a game wearing it. It even has 12 for Jordan bc of the time his jersey was stolen and that was all they had as a fallback. Trae just took the tip in a #8 jersey and then immediately switched out into his normal 11, and it shows 8 for him. Technically all are correct bc they appeared in an NBA game and box score wearing those numbers. Dumb but cool at the same time.
Lack of depth isn’t Boston’s only problem come playoff time, right?
Everyone keeps talking about Boston and Philly being contenders, but the only teams that can beat the Bucks are Miami and Toronto.
No one said it was their only problem, no one said they could beat Milwaukee. It said they needed more depth, and they do.
Raptors are going to be the heat AND the bucks.
Then hopefully the clippers to end a story book campaign
I guess you weren’t watching Christmas Day when philly manhandled the bucks and were up 27 going into the 4th quarter. Or that they have split the season series over the last 3 years…but yea, Miami and toronto
Trust the process…..
Toronto could possibly beat Bucks but not likely
Said the same thing past 2 years…but Toronto still beat the bucks back to back playoffs
The Raptors team is just a BIT worse this year though.
How is this Raptors team a bit worse,
Imho they are better as a team,
Everything Kawahi did, someone else on the team can do collectively.
He played 35-40 plus minutes in the playoffs
Lowry Siakam and Vanvleet can do that
He Scored 30 a game
Lowry Siakam and Vanvleet will likely rotate doing that
He played stellar D
Name me a Raptors player who isnt above average to great! OG and Norman Powell can lock any G or F down not named Giannis
He facilitates the offense
Lowry Siakam and Vanvleet can do that too. Gasol probably best at it
He drew doubles and got guys wide open shots
Siakam can do that
Is Kawahi amazing? YES
Did he do something anyone else cant? NO
Our team is capable of filling every hole he supposedly left behind
The Raptors being in 2nd with a top 3 record while missing our entire starting unit for like 100 plus man games lost should tell you all you need to know
But keep overlooking the Raptors, plays to our strength
You’re not seriously saying this team is just as good without Kawhi right? C’mon man, be honest with yourself. It’s not close. He’s a beast when he has to be and is one of the best players in the game. If they were just as good without him, they would’ve let him walk without even worrying about paying him money. They got very lucky last year with other teams injuries, not having to play LeBron finally, a great and very lucky bounce, etc. Good for them, they won, but this team is nowhere near winning a championship this season.