Jalen Smith holds no ill will against the Suns, the team that picked him in the lottery in 2020, Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic reports. Smith was dealt last February to the Pacers after never emerging as a regular rotation player in Phoenix.
“My time here was fun,” Smith said of the Suns. “I had no bad blood here. Obviously, I didn’t play much, but at the end of the day, I was around a great group of guys. Hall of Fame guys. Being able to be a part of that championship run team.”
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- Anthony Davis “looked phenomenal” going through a full contact scrimmage on Saturday, according to Lakers coach Darvin Ham, Lakers sideline reporter Mike Trudell tweets. Davis scrimmaged against the ‘stay ready’ group, which included coaching staffers and low-minute players. Davis has been out since Dec. 16 due to a foot injury.
- Clippers guard John Wall calls his time with the Rockets organization “beyond trash” after what he experienced there, Alex Kennedy of Basketball News relays. Wall described in detail his two years in Houston on the “Run Your Race” podcast. Wall sat out last season after the Rockets told him he would have a limited role. “The coach (Stephen Silas) was like, ‘Man, you don’t deserve that, you should be a starter, but this is what they want to do,'” Wall said. “Well, I’m not doing that. I said I’ll rehab, I’ll work out every day, I’ll stick around the team, I’ll come to meetings, I’ll fly with ya’ll and I’ll mentor the guys. So, that’s what I’m doing. Then, it got to the point where they were like, ‘Don’t come around.’ They didn’t want me around.”
- The Clippers have won their last two games and coach Tyronn Lue believes they can go on an extended run if their defense improves, Andrew Greif of the Los Angeles Times writes. “Offensively, we know we’re going to be able to score the basketball,” Lue said. “That’s very encouraging. Just now defensively we have to do a better job of locking in and understanding our principles.”
Lol John Wall stil thinks he is early Wizards Wall. Youre cooked bruh. Just take that Money Ball scene. The other team is paying you NOT to play for them.
HOU totally sucks!
The only future star they have got is Alperen Sengun… & they can’t even play for his strengths!
They rather pander to a useless guard like KPJ that hasn’t got the level to play in the NBA, trash franchise!
Speaking of the Rockets. Is the rookie Jabari Smith any good? Haven’t seen him play yet.
I remember Porter having a 50 pt game, but he’s not very consistent.
Houston sure has not done well with their drafting. Hopefully they will get something of value for Gordon at the deadline.
Orlando drafted very well, That sucks for Houston.
Houston We Have A Problem
HOU, and other tanking teams, are effectively stealing money from the other teams in the league, by contributing nothing to the product (that’s watchable anyway) while taking their share (or more) of the revenue. The NBA’s response, of course, will be to award them another pick at the top of the draft.
Why is this under the Celtics? Who on this site doesn’t know the divisions?