It could happen.Giannis Antetokounmpo suspended, ramifications on Western Conference playoff raceRussell Westbrook suffers strained quadriceps, out Friday, could miss playoff gamesCeltics sign coach Brad Stevens to contract extensionAnother week, still zero players test positive at NBA restartNate McMillan agrees to contract extension as Pacers coachNBA lays out ground rules for family, friends to enter restart bubbleDamian Lillard motivated at restart by death of cousin, playoffsReport: Paul George reaches out to Damian Lillard to clear the airThree Things to Know: What you need to know about race for West play-inReport: CJ McCollum has been playing through fractured lower backGiannis Antetokounmpo ejected after headbutting Moe WagnerDamian Lillard scores 61 points, win vaults Portland to eight seedWatch Devin Booker score 35, keep Phoenix perfect 7-0 and in play-in huntSpurs playoffs hopes remain alive with 123-105 win over RocketsDonald Trump picks Michael Jordan over LeBron James: Jordan ‘wasn’t political’NBA to name All-Seeding Games Teams, Player of the Seeding GamesKyle Kuzma: ‘Jesus could be in front of me, and I’d probably still shoot’Donald Trump: NBA ‘in big trouble, bigger trouble than they understand’Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell tweets he’s back inside NBA bubbleWho gets in? “Any success we’ve had has been because we’ve had some great players.”“You can’t say enough about the Spurs,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. On Thursday, the NBA released the first-round playoffs schedule for 2020.Those seeding games saw unexpected stars — Indiana’s • The NBA is continuing with the Summer League/AAU style format with four games a day spread out over the course of the day.NBA playoffs schedule 2020, first round, by date (all times are Eastern): “Hoopers say what y’all want. When someone needed a little 1-on-1 instruction, he approached and offered a word or two.It looked just as it always does. He's probably not wrong. But it was the mind and personality of Popovich that brought all those ingredients together and made it work.The Spurs playoff streak is no more. Enter Both Lillard and McCollum played every minute of the second half — and Portland might not have won if they didn’t.Brooklyn’s effort and scrappy style of play has caught teams off-guard all restart long, and it pushed Portland. Reags 6/15/2020 2:25 PM 12. Intel and perspective on why he wasn’t part of Friday’s players call, at Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley tweeted about LeBron on Sunday afternoon.LeBron is the most-influential player in the NBA – by far – so the Clippers guard probably isn’t too far off with his comment here.The NBA is currently scheduled to resume play in late July. Jun 14, 2020. There are some people who think it’s good for the players to get back on the court, while others feel it will take away from the push for social change.Below is just a snippet of the responses Beverley generated.you better than this post. LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 25: Patrick Beverley #21 of the Los Angeles Clippers guards LeBron … It was about using bubble games to grow a young core.

Patrick Beverley Admits LeBron Runs The League And The NBA Will Do Whatever He Wants.

https://sports.yahoo.com/patrick-beverley-lebron-james-said-2305101… As the eighth seed at the end of the eight “seeding games” in the bubble, Portland need only win one of the two to advance. The basis for Beverley’s assertion is that LeBron James, the top player and voice of the league, reportedly believes it is possible Beverley is a polarizing player, and not surprisingly, this tweet has been polarizing. It has elicited a number of different reactions.Some think Beverley is supporting LeBron, while others think he’s offering him a back-handed compliment of sorts. And the smallest distraction for them, can start a trickle down effect that may never stop,” LeBron James, meanwhile, is reportedly on board with resuming the season. that’s wack! He's throwing shade at Lebron, saying the NBA only listens to Lebron and that he is basically a dictator, which is slightly true.It’s selfish AF! In his tweet, Beverly was addressing the reported disagreements between certain players– most notably, Issues surrounding the current political climate and the Black Lives Matter movement have been brought up as a reason to not return to basketball, in an effort to not distract from more important issues by airing NBA games. Except most teams — Sacramento and New Orleans, for example — threw that opportunity to the ground and went fishing. Over the weekend, Patrick Beverley threw some subtle shade regarding his thoughts on basketball’s impending return, asserting that the biggest star in the NBA will ultimately make the decision on whether or not they come back in July. It was the 1996-97 NBA season — which you just relived through “The Last Dance” because it was in the middle of the Bulls’ second three-peat.For 22 straight seasons, Gregg Popovich led the Spurs to the NBA playoffs — and they picked up five titles along the way — but that ended in the bubble. Not personal, only BUSINESS. The NBA season is scheduled to resume on July 30, but some players are having reservations about returning to action. Both are worried about basketball being a distraction from more important issues, namely the ongoing protests and conversation about systemic racism and police brutality.Other players have reportedly expressed concern over the safety of picking things back up while COVID-19 is still an issue. We all know basketball players, good or bad, are role models in our communities.

As a Lakers fan I don’t know about this tweet… it can be meant in multiple different ways Y’all should because it gives y’all a bigger platform and doesn’t set y’all back for the next few years. The 22-year run of playoff spots tied the Philadelphia 76ers’ franchise for the longest in NBA history. "What Patrick Beverley is trying to do is paint LeBron as a villain.

Over the weekend, Patrick Beverley threw some subtle shade regarding his … The Portland Trail Blazers guard missed two … The first game between Portland and Memphis is on Saturday at 2:30 Eastern. Uhhh, yeah no kidding Pat Bev. Pat Riley was still coaching the Los Angeles Lakers.And now, for the first time since 1981, the playoffs will happen without either Riley or Popovich as head coaches.The Spurs won five championships during the streak.