Andrea Bargnani’s Calf Injury Considered Minor

Andrea Bargnani will likely play Eurobasket quarterfinals on Wednesday against Lithuania. Il Mago suffered a minor calf injury against Israel on Sunday. The new Nets power forward is game time decision against Lithuania but there are high chances he will be able to play. Source: Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.com  

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Ty Lawson Criticizes Nuggets Owner and GM

lol I wasn’t a disappointment…. I did my job.. Tim Conelly and the kronke are bad owners and gm’s Source: Ty Lawson’s Instagram Account

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Gibson: I Played Through Torn Ligament During Playoffs

(Taj) Gibson, who had left ankle surgery in mid-June, revealed at his City Basketball ProCamp on Saturday in Deerfield that he played through a torn ligament during the playoffs. “The doctor was astounded. He said he never knew anybody who could play through so much pain. I just thought it was normal,” said Gibson who […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Mills: Spurs Had Huge Off-Season; Must ‘Follow Through’ 

(Patty) Mills is finishing his rest period before the Spurs enter pre-season training and a season in which they will likely start as the NBA championship favourites after signing Aldridge and David West. “It was a huge off-season for us but it’s all on paper, now we have to follow through with it,” Mills said.”We […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Wiggins Says Team Canada Loss Worst of His Career

Just about 24 hours later Team Canada was still coming to terms with one of the most heartbreaking defeats in program history and, to make matters worse, they still had a meaningless bronze medal game to play. “This game won’t make up for it,” said (Andrew) Wiggins, who called Friday’s loss the worst of his […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Wolves’ Sam Mitchell Comfortable in Taking Over for Flip

“The good thing is that I’ve played in the system, I’ve used it in Toronto, so I’m very familiar with it,” (Sam) Mitchell said. “I ran a lot of the things I learned from Flip. Obviously, I have my own little ways of doing things, but that’s to be expected and Flip would tell me […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Pau Gasol Risked Health to Remain in FIBA Game?

Pau Gasol was in pain just before the start of the game against Poland and he had to run to the locker rooms in order to get medical treatment. However, this was the start of an amazing story. As Spanish coach Sergio Scariolo revealed in the press conference: “The doctors told me that Pau couldn’t […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Pelicans Invite Corey Webster to Training Camp

Kiwi hooper Corey Webster’s dream of playing in the NBA took a significant step forward today when he was invited to attend training camp for the New Orleans Pelicans. The Breaker and New Zealand representative has clearly made an impression on the Pelicans coaching staff in his three days training with the side, the inclusion […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Luis Scola Named FIBA Americas Championship MVP

Luis Scola (Argentina), who led the tournament averaging 21.1 points, along with 10.1 rebounds per game (2nd best in the tournament), was named Most Valuable Player of the Championship Source: Americas2015.com

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021