The Los Angeles Lakers are waiving guard Kobe Bufkin, sources tell ESPN. This opens a roster spot for the Lakers to evaluate a signing over the weekend.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique muscle injury and is out for the remainder of the regular season.
Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic is out indefinitely due to a left hamstring injury, sources tell me and @mcten. He will miss the remainder of the regular season and his status is uncertain beyond that.
Brian Windhorst with a message for people who discredit Kevin Durants ring in 2017 with Warriors and says KD is the best Olympian of all time:
“Nothing gets my backup like when people try to denigrate what he did in the ‘17 finals as if he was riding in the back seat. They don’t win it without him. You know how good those Cavs teams were? 2017 finals LeBron averaged a 34 point triple double! Kyrie averaged 30 in the series. K Love averaged 16 & 12. JR smith shot 58% from 3. It was 4-1 because Durant averaged 35, 8 rebounds and shot like 55%. 2nd thing, he’s the greatest Olympian in the history of basketball.”
(Via @FirstTake)
“Y’all acting like when [KD] was with Golden State he did not have Steph Curry. That was his running mate. Now you are telling me everywhere he’s went he has this crew. No, he has not had that!”
@NoChillGilZero & @SoundbiteKing explode debating if Kevin Durant has championship pressure.