Frustrations may be boiling over for Wizards guard Russell Westbrook, who was involved in his second on-court incident of the week Friday night, writes Chris Cwik of Yahoo Sports. Westbrook was ejected from the loss to the Hawks after a game-long battle with Rajon Rondo. They both received technicals for a second-quarter altercation, then Westbrook picked up another one after shoving Rondo in the fourth quarter.
Westbrook was also involved in a double-technical incident Tuesday in Houston during an exchange with John Wall, the player he was traded for in December. The combination of losing and a sub-par shooting year are undoubtedly contributing to Westbrook’s short fuse.
“Honestly, it’s more on me,” he responded when asked about the dispute with Rondo. “I cannot allow myself to stoop down to anybody’s level. That’s not my character, who I am.”
There’s more from the Southeast Division:
- The Heat may have another looming COVID-19 problem, according to an ESPN story. Tyler Herro learned at halftime Saturday night that someone he lives with has tested positive for the virus. He’s not sure yet if he’ll have to quarantine. Kendrick Nunn didn’t play Saturday because the team was awaiting his test results, but he was cleared by the second quarter. Jimmy Butler returned after missing 10 games due to health and safety protocols.
- The Magic are being patient with first-round pick Cole Anthony as he goes through the ups and downs of being a rookie, notes Josh Robbins of The Athletic. Anthony, who has moved into the starting lineup for the past 12 games, has impressed teammates with his desire to improve. “He’s hard on himself,” said James Ennis, who serves as a mentor to Anthony. “He doesn’t like making mistakes. I give him credit. He’s tough. It’s hard to find young guys like that. He listens, also. So it’s hard to find young guys that come in and listen and want to compete and just want to be perfect.”
- The Magic aren’t likely to re-sign Evan Fournier when he becomes a free agent after this season, Robbins adds in the same piece. Although Fournier is only 28, Orlando has some cap concerns after giving extensions to Jonathan Isaac and Markelle Fultz. Robbins expects the team to explore trade offers for Fournier if it falls out of the playoff race before the March 25 deadline.
- De’Andre Hunter‘s condition will be reviewed this week after an MRI Saturday showed articular wear and tear in his right knee, the Hawks announced in a press release. Hunter will be held out of Monday’s game against the Lakers.
Every team plan to retool with young players, 28 is considered as old?
Rockets retool with 4 top picks
Wall 1st overall pick
Oladipo 2nd
Cousins 5th
Exum 5th
Every team has 7 years plan?
Warriors retool with
Wiggins 1
Wiseman 2
Wolves pick projected 6
It’s very unlikely that Exum will ever play for the Rockets, even once he recovers from his most recent injury. Their best option is to give him a buy out to free up a roster spot, possibly for Mason Jones. Then covert his two-way deal to a regular contract like they did with Danuel House.
you couldn’t be more wrong.
Magic should re-sign Fournier. Who are the Magic going to replace Fournier with between March 25 & next season?
Retool with young player like Lonzo
Fournier for Ball and Melli
WSB
Poor Hunter kids having a solid season.
Huge improvements from last year. He’s up in points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals plus all three shooting percentages have improved. He’s also reduced his turnovers and fouls per game. Hopefully he can come back strong and healthy and continue to get better
The Wizards are the ones who should be frustrated since they’re 1-10 this season with Westbrook in their starting lineup. The situation there looks explosive.
They gonna lose Beal because of Russ …
Probably. It’s funny though that the Wizards are 2-0 against Brooklyn when Westbrook starts but 0-10 against everyone else.
Maybe Harden rubbed off on Westbrook
Lol I wonder how much guys like Westbrook, Pat Bev, Rondo, Draymond, Marcus Smart feel about each other. Are they like “damn i hate that guy” even though they do the same thing or are they like “they do the same thing as me, respect”