Spurs center Jakob Poeltl has continued to play limited minutes since returning from a seven-game absence due to a bone bruise in his right knee, Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News notes.
Poeltl hasn’t played more than 24 minutes in five games since suiting up again. He was extremely effective on Monday against Utah, contributing 16 points, nine rebounds, four blocks and two steals during that time frame in the Spurs’ victory.
“It’s just about finding a rhythm again, getting back in shape,” said Poeltl, an unrestricted free agent next summer who could get dealt prior to the trade deadline if the Spurs find the right offer.
We have more Western Conference news:
- Kings big man Domantas Sabonis isn’t considering surgery for the fracture in his right thumb, James Ham of The Kings Beat tweets. He hopes to return to action soon and will be reassessed regularly, depending on effectiveness and pain levels. De’Aaron Fox said it will difficult to go without Sabonis if he needs to miss a stretch of games, Ham adds in another tweet. “It’s going to take everybody, it’s going to take a village to make up for the production that’s going to be missing from him,” Fox said.
- Suns star Devin Booker returned to Phoenix after Sunday’s Christmas game for further evaluation after reaggravating a groin injury during the first quarter of Phoenix’s loss at Denver, Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic reports. Phoenix is currently on a six-game road trip. Booker had missed three games before his early departure against the Nuggets.
- Despite the trade for Rudy Gobert, rebounding remains a major issue for the Timberwolves, Chris Hine of the Star Tribune writes. Minnesota began the week 25th in the league in defensive rebounding percentage. Coach Chris Finch has said the problem is mainly due to a lack of effort from their wings and guards, rather than Gobert and the other bigs.
‘It’s gonna take a village’ lul ok hilldawg
Am I the only one not on the sabonis wagon?? Don’t get me wrong he’s an amazing player, but dude plays the whole game. I would love for Holmes to get back in rhythm , so the minutes can balance out. That will make the kings a better team.
Stars play the whole game. Admittedly, Holmes should get more minutes, but not at the expense of the Kings’ best player.
It’s a long season, and if they’re to make any kind of playoff run they’re going to need Sabonis healthy.
I’d look for Holmes to start to get more of his minutes moving forward as he navigates how to play through with this injury.
Richaun is on the Kings roster but playing for other teams at the moment. He looked good against Joker last night in moments, but he makes too many bonehead plays offensively. I think overall his trade value is going up.
I’d argue that Trey Lyles needs to be on the court through this stretch without Domas. He showed he can be an x factor in back to back games against WAS and DEN. That small ball lineup could have easily toppled the 1 seed Nuggets if Monk/KH were hitting their 3s.
Turnovers also HAVE to slow down.
Orlando Brown, who Miami pretty much picked up off the street due to injuries, completely outplayed Rudy Gobert. This trade is getting more embarrassing every single day. Fire Tim Connelly now!
Orlando Robinson
I was about to say lol, isnt orlando brown the crackhead from thats so raven? Lol
Rudy has to be way better in that dirty dog role first and foremost