Dwight Howard tried to downplay his altercation with Anthony Davis during the Lakers’ loss to Phoenix on Friday night, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. The two big man had a verbal exchange on the bench during the second quarter.
“We squashed it right then and there,” Howard said. “We just had a disagreement about something that was on the floor. We’re both very passionate about winning.”
Davis said of the spat, “it’s over with.” Howard is one of many Lakers bench players signed to a one-year, veteran’s minimum contract.
We have more from the Western Conference:
- The Kings surprised a lot of people when they drafted a guard, Davion Mitchell, in the lottery for the second straight year, but Mitchell is already making an impression with his ball-hawking defense, Jason Anderson of the Sacramento Bee tweets. Swingman Buddy Hield has high praise for the rookie. “I think he’s the best on-ball defender in the league,” he said. “The way he hawks the ball is different. His lateral movement. The way he closes out is different. It’s just a special gift he has.”
- The Mavericks will play Toronto on Saturday in a matchup of Luka Doncic and Goran Dragic at the point. The Slovenian national team members could soon join forces in the NBA, Callie Caplan of the Dallas Morning News notes. There were rumors swirling during the offseason after Dragic was traded to the Raptors that he could eventually wind up in Dallas. That could happen closer to the trade deadline or perhaps next summer, when Dragic becomes a free agent.
- Patrick Beverley will make his Timberwolves debut on Saturday after serving a one-game league suspension. He’s says his impact on the young Minnesota roster will go beyond the stat sheet, Chris Hine of the Minneapolis Star Tribune writes. “Born leader, came natural for me since I was a kid, very outspoken,” Beverley said. “Even some of my ex-Clippers guards, teammates [Thursday] night after their loss to Golden State, they called me and we chopped it up a little bit. I always have a good positive spirit, positive energy. That just kind of rubs off on people every night.”
Lakers have to exchange or replace some old legs with young legs
Age and leg are different.
Age is only 37, but the legs are 97 years old.
No young legs, no championships
English please
What a douchey comment. Everything he wrote was in English. Perhaps it’s your comprehension skills that are lacking.
Exactly, that was actually one of Sillivan’s more intelligible posts.
I was surprised when Mitchell wasn’t picked by Orlando. The guy has the skills to be a good player for a long time.
I’m only watching 3 draft order
Scottie Barnes ahead of Suggs
Giddey ahead of Kuminga
Primo ahead of many
Do you trust GMs of Raptors, Thunder and Spurs?
Raptors and Spurs have Championship rings. Do you?
Raptors draft and develop good players like every year, Spurs same…bones hyland is gonna make 20 gm’s look bad, that’s how the draft works sometimes
Yes, perhaps the three best GMs in the league, too.
Westbrook is already trying to get triple double instead of wins. He will never change.
As long as he gets triple double, losses dont bother him as much. Haha.
Russ had 38 triple-doubles last season, while the Wizards went 34-38.
Daivon Mitchell could win DPOY in his rookie year which has never been done.
He would also be only the second Point guard to ever win the award.
However beside his great defence he isn’t very good. He’s shot 2/14 so far in two games (14%), including 0/6 from three (0%). He’s only 6 foot and in 56 minutes has 4 rebounds.
So he can’t shoot or score and isn’t a rebounder.
No matter how good his defence is he’s going to need to learn to not be a complete liability on offence
Umm…What? Wait a minute? He has only played two games. Slow down Trigger. Every player has had a bad game or two, especially at the beginning of a career. Give him at least half a season.