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Lakers guard Austin Reaves explains how he plans to lead his team in the post-LeBron era.

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The Sixers provided several injury updates before their second game of the preseason.

Max Strus doesn’t need the ball to keep a defense occupied. That’s a big part of what the Clippers will be missing while he recovers from a foot injury. Coach Ty Lue outlined the challenge when asked how Strus’ absence changes the offense. “A lot of movement, ATO’s, coming off screens, pindowns… another guy that […] The post Clippers’ Ty Lue on losing Max Strus: ‘We are going to miss that tremendously’ appeared first on Hoops Wire.

Golden State basketball is on the way! Come join our game thread and chat about tonight’s matchup here.

The Toronto Raptors got training camp underway this past week with a heavy dose of optimism amid the return of All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard. During Leonard’s lone season with the Raptors in 2018-19, he lead the franchise to its only NBA championship. He’s back after a tumultuous six seasons with the Clippers in which he […] The post Darko Rajakovic’s Kawhi Leonard training camp update will make Clippers fans ache appeared first on ClutchPoints.

These training camp battles across the NBA could help the Sixers fill their open two-way spot in the wake of Ariel Hukporti’s Achilles injury.

If the Indiana Pacers want to be competitive this season and capitalize on a returning Tyrese Haliburton, they need to make big plans surrounding a key date.

Here are three realistic outcomes for the new-look Clippers, from a surprise playoff run to a rough season that could trigger another reset.

Obviously it’s just an open practice and a very small sample, but Hezonja looked pretty lively in the clips from the Cavs’ scrimmage. SI thinks he could already have a real rotation role, possibly around 15-20 minutes a night, because he gives Cleveland a bigger wing who can actually create some offense and play both forward spots. he hasn’t played an NBA game since 2019-20. submitted by /u/Left_Dance_8954 [link] [comments]

Sean Sweeney on Switching being the Magic’s main defensive identity or one of many options: “One of many options. We got… Fastball, Changeup, Curveball, Slurve, Knuckle Curve, Fernando Valenzuela’s Screw Ball. All of ’em.” (via Ryan Kaminski, Magic On SI) submitted by /u/Papermariosays [link] [comments]