Warriors center Kevon Looney, who has missed 18 games with an abdominal strain, is set to return to the lineup tonight in a tilt against the Cavaliers, according to Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Slater reports that Looney will be coming off the bench in his return, and will be restricted to a 20-minute limit. The UCLA alum has averaged 2.6 PPG and 2.9 RPG in just 10.5 minutes over 10 games.
Looney has not appeared in a game for Golden State since a December 23 win against the Timberwolves. The 6’9″ big man signed a three-year, $15MM contract with the Warriors this past summer after having a career-best season in 2018/19. He averaged 6.3 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 1.5 APG and 0.7 BPG in just 18.5 minutes per contest for the Warriors en route to the team’s fifth consecutive Finals appearance (and Looney’s fourth).
The Warriors could use all the help they can get; they currently have the worst record in the NBA, a paltry 10-39.
Rad!
I hope he is 100% healthy this time. When he first came back you could tell he was not feeling right. He couldn’t take any contact.
I hope he is 100% healthy this time. When he first came back you could tell he was not feeling right. He couldn’t take any contact.
Just have him sit out the season, he’s clearly not going to be healthy at all this year.
Why should they sit him out? Now with Looney back and Steph returning soon, they could easily still make the playoffs. Right???