His former Cavaliers teammates mobbed Lakers center Timofey Mozgov as he received his championship ring tonight in a visit to Cleveland, relays Dane Carbaugh of NBC Sports. Mozgov played 76 games with the Cavs last season before signing a four-year, $64MM deal with the Lakers in July.
Here’s more news out of the Central Division:
- The Pistons held a team meeting after tonight’s home loss to the Pacers, tweets Rod Beard of The Detroit News. “We put a lot of stuff on the table,” said Marcus Morris, “and everybody cleared their mind of what they needed to say.” The 105-90 defeat was Detroit’s third in its past four games and it dropped the team back under .500 at 14-15. “I did a lot of the talking — we have to make a decision,” Morris added. “Everybody go home tonight and decide what you want to do.” (Twitter link.)
- The Pistons are just 3-5 since Reggie Jackson‘s return and coach Stan Van Gundy suggests that changes may be coming to the starting lineup., according to Aaron McMann of MLive. Van Gundy’s assessment of the team right now is that it isn’t in a good place.
- Lack of development and athleticism in their young core has been the Bulls‘ biggest issue this season, contends K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune. Chicago expected Nikola Mirotic to be a starter by now. but instead he is falling out of the rotation. Doug McDermott is an effective shooter, but not an athletic presence. The same is true of rookie Denzel Valentine, and Bobby Portis has been established as a below-the-rim player.
Is this a trade or debate who’s going and who’s staying don’t bore me with the cinematics
Denzel seems to be lost just run the tapes back and watch him run up and down the court send him back to D League
So Ken Williams is running the Bulls also! He’s done the same thing w the white sox. NO PLAYER DEVELOPMENT!
I hope you know that the reason both the Sox and Bulls suck, is because of Reinsdorf. No one else.
As the face of the franchise, it’s disconcerting to me that Andre Drummond wasn’t the man to initiate and dominate the players’ meeting. While I love and appreciate Marcus Morris being a quality leader, it would be nice to see Drummond demonstrate that type of leadership ability by now