James Harden has left the arena to have imaging done on his right hamstring, a team spokesperson confirms to ESPN.
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Starting to have a 2019 feel. Injuries right and left
The greatest advantage of having three superstars could be that when injury hits, you still have two superstars to carry you. Nets still beating up Bucks by 16 points with 7 minutes left in game, the same pattern that allowed them to weather injuries to all three superstars during the regular season.
Imagine if the Lakers had made the trade for Lowry how much better they would have been as a team with Kyle making plays at the point and shooting 40% on 7.2 attempts per game? Lakers need to find a way to get a third superstar like Kyle Lowry or a player like Myles Turner who can be a superstar in his role for next season.
Lowry shot 32% from 3pt in playoffs last year….a whopping 1% higher than Dennis. He wouldn’t have been a diff maker either without AD.
Not sure when you’re gonna realize that Lowry barely played during the last month of the season. First he had some kinda foot infection then some back issues. Some of the missed time had to do with the Rapts being outta contention but let’s not act like he was guaranteed to play significant minutes either. Coulda easily been “Street Clothes Jr” and we traded away THT for the privilege. And for whatever reason (I never really looked into it), most reports I saw had us not being able to sign him over the summer.
Bottom line…we weren’t beating the Suns with AD out, LBJ hobbled, and whatever condition Lowery was in. Gotta give credit where it’s due…Suns balled out.
Yeah, Lowry had some issues and missed some time but some of that was the Raps not being contenders. And I do agree it probably wouldn’t have been enough to go all the way although it might have helped get past the first round.
Our biggest weapon to upgrade in free agency is the NTMLE for $10M, which also forces the team to be fiscally responsible to avoid getting into the tax and only having the TMLE for $5M. Committing that to Drummond would be a massive mistake in my mind, unless Phil Handy thinks he could transform Drummond into lob finisher and rim protector. That should be used for high percentage, high volume 3-point shooter (McBuckets?) or an elite 3&D point guard (Derek Rose?), not an old school, non-stretch, poor rim protecting, touch fit Andre Drummond.
Credit the Suns? Absolutely. Best player in the series clearly Booker. Best big in the series and apologies for disrespecting him before the series, he was dominant. Book was the superstar but Deandre was the Suns’ anchor in the series and second best player on the floor. And I would love the Lakers to have a back up 3&D point guard like Cameron Payne. What an addition he was. And i was always one who thought CP3 would have been great on the Lakers. Hey, Suns are much better than I and the Lakers expected. Others are going to find that out.
Hate to see Harden go down!