Alec Burks, who has yet to make his Pistons debut, is listed as questionable to play against Boston on Wednesday, Mike Curtis of the Detroit News tweets. The veteran shooting guard was acquired from the Knicks in a draft-night deal. He has been sidelined while recovering from a fractured left navicular bone.
Pistons big man Marvin Bagley III, who has been out since the third preseason game due to a right knee sprain, has been upgraded to doubtful.
We have more from the Central Division:
- Guard Jrue Holiday has been instrumental in the Bucks’ 9-1 start but they’ll likely have to play Oklahoma City on Wednesday without him. The team has listed Holiday as doubtful due to a right ankle sprain, Eric Nehm of The Athletic tweets.
- Milwaukee’s early season success has been fueled by Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s dominant start, a soft schedule, and the team’s top-ranked defense, Jamal Collier of ESPN writes. When Khris Middleton and Pat Connaughton returns from injuries, the Bucks will have reinforcements to deal with a tougher slate.
- Donovan Mitchell quickly became aware of the team-first culture in the Cavaliers’ organization after being traded by Utah and he took steps to make sure he fit right in, according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN. Cleveland players, coaches and front-office members noticed Mitchell showed no ego from preseason workouts through the start of the season.
They need to start calling offensive & defensive fouls on G. Antetokounmpo. Shaq atleast played in a physical era, but even then his no-call offensive fouls were apparent. Other players can’t touch, or breathe on each other at times, but Giannis in every game can plow over people freely, and over the back foul with no call?
So what happens when they start calling all of the defensive fouls when people try to guard him? He gets fouled 2 or 3 times on every drive.
Are you serious? You, and anyone else can look that up for yourselves (laughing) which player has attempted & made the most free throws this season. I know at just shy of 65% it seems like he doesn’t get to the line much. Easy mistake, and No, I am definitely not in favor of awarding even more free throws to G.Antetokounmpo than he is already gifted 12.5 times per game this season.