After Spurs guard Derrick White returned on January 30 from his second major toe injury since August, he quickly returned to the impressive level he had been displaying during last summer’s restart in Orlando, according to Jeff McDonald of The San Antonio Express-News.
The Spurs have been the beneficiaries of White’s improvement. The club is 3-2 since White’s return, as of this writing, and has won three games in a row. At 14-10, San Antonio is the No. 5 seed in a crowded Western Conference field.
There’s more out of the Lone Star State:
- Despite having recovered from a bout with COVID-19, Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber continues to adjust to life on an NBA court, according to Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News. “I still feel slow,” Kleber said.
- The Rockets will be using a strict load management-style maintenance plan for their three core guards for the indefinite future, according to Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle. Houston’s starting back court tandem of John Wall and Victor Oladipo, plus sixth man Eric Gordon, will all sit for at least one game in the team’s upcoming back-to-back sets. “It’s something we’ve talked about the last three weeks or so, four weeks maybe,” head coach Stephen Silas said of the plan. “With John and Vic being primary ballhandlers, that makes it a little harder. Now, you add Eric to the mix [of players sitting], it makes it really hard.”
- The Mavericks brought 1,500 first responder fans back into their home arena, the American Airlines Center, for the first time this season during a 127-122 victory over the Timberwolves yesterday, according to Eddie Sefko of Mavs.com. “The atmosphere was obviously better,” Dallas wing Tim Hardaway Jr. said. The fans were socially distanced within the 19,200-capacity arena.
I believe that Rockets will be successful on load management, especially 3 guard rotations
Whoa that arena holds 19,2000 fans? Is that a real number?
Seems like a Dallas thing, since their stadiums are usually huge lol
Everything’s bigger in Texas
Rockets should move Gordon to Warriors for Obrue. He’ll fit better here. Gordon fits better in GS.
Oubre has been terrible this year, why would the Rockets want him?
Rockets only need one thing – salary dump
If my team is top 4 team in the nba, I can pay 100 million luxury tax in a single season
If my teams ceiling is the 9th seed, I don’t pay 130 million team salary, I pay team minimum salary at 100 million
I am cheap
Except the Warriors aren’t top 4 in the West, let alone the NBA.
And if the Rockets need to dump any salary this summer all they have to do is let Oladipo, PJ Tucker, and Exum walk in free agency.
That’s over $38M right there, Gordon only makes $18M next year.
maxi kleber “i feel slow.” are you comparing yourself to your teammate boban?
I made the comment a couple days ago that he was giving his ankles a workout trying to keep up with a dribbling opponent changing directions… he didn’t look in bad shape, but stats are slightly down, except in that GSW game.
Spurs need to trade LaMarcus