Rookie Jazz shooting guard Keyonte George, the No. 16 pick in this summer’s draft out of Baylor, injured his ankle midway through a Wednesday Summer League contest against the Nuggets, writes Sarah Todd of The Deseret News.
There is no official diagnosis of the ailment as of this writing, but there’s also no indication to suggest it will adversely impact his status for training camp in the fall.
“It’s a gut punch for us, but the absolute biggest gut punch for him, especially with how well he was playing,” Utah’s Summer League team head coach Evan Bradds said. “It’s terrible, it sucks. Whenever you see somebody go down it sucks no matter where you’re at, what you’re doing.”
Sources have informed Todd that George won’t be available for the rest of Summer League.
There’s more out of the Northwest Division:
- The reigning champion Nuggets‘ Summer League run has been a bit of mixed bag. The team has gone 0-3 thus far in Las Vegas, but the performance of Peyton Watson in particular has given president Calvin Booth hope that he can help replace the output of Bruce Brown, who left Denver in free agency, per Parker Gabriel of The Denver Post. “Really excited about Peyton Watson,” Booth said. “I think we have some guys that can come in and try to replace some of what Bruce did.”
- As Damian Lillard trade chatter continues, Pelicans executive David Griffin weighed in on how the Trail Blazers can take advantage of their All-Star’s demand to be moved, as Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald relays. The Heat are known to be Lillard’s preferred destination. “I want people to invent as many different scenarios as they can and put them out into the universe because it gives you leverage,” Griffin told Amin Elhassan and Justin Termine of SiriusXM NBA Radio (Twitter video link). “If there’s actually a chance that you would trade him somewhere other than Miami, you get a much better deal.”
- A right foot surgery postponed Thunder lottery pick Chet Holmgren‘s NBA debut for an entire season. Ahead of 2023/24, the 7’1″ big man seems to be gearing up for an impactful rookie run, says Mark Medina of Sportsnaut.
No rook is replacing a season vet like Brown. He deserves to get paid. Really couldn’t do anything about that. Denver is still the favorite in the West. Someone will step up …….. you hope.
Chet has looked real good. But it’s SL.
He still needs more muscle and weight. 82 gm season is no joke.
I can’t believe no one wants Herro. I would think Jazz or Spurs even Thunder would take a strong look. Seems his value is what’s holding up the Dillard trade.
Suspect the new cba and the timing ⏱ is the hold
Herro stats are fine. He does avg about 30m a year. That’s a lot of a teams cap space. Most teams have that slot filled and many agents are wondering if they will get rostered and paid.
Timing is everything!
The other issue with the jazz or spurs is they may say why not Lillard for us?
Heat offer two picks and some players! Jazz could do that by themselves.
Why aren’t teams pursuing? Dame agent tainted the pool ♀️ oops
Agent did a stupid
Portland knows they just have to wait which is fine. All the new rookie signs will be available and teams can be in or out.
The heat need to get the nets and the jazz involved. Bring portland expectations back down.
I’d bet Lillard ends up somewhere other than Miami.
Business is personal regardless of what the old addage says.
Rudy Gobert, and Donovan Mitchell set this Market last Summer, and Portland is only doing its due diligence to attempt to get the most value.
Lowry and Robinson are atrocious assets in the rumored trade offer, some may call them negative assets. How many draft picks just to offload these guys?
Plus you have to actually pay to get Lillard on top of that. Not seeing a deal between these 2.
The issue is nobody wants Simons, including Portland, which is why they got in this situation with Lillard in the first place, and is also why they now have to make claims about Herro…b/c in reality, they would rather have Herro over Simons, even at slightly more money, 10000%
The Simons and #3 issue is the same as with Lillard.
Nobody offered enough to make the Blazers want to deal.
Not sure how Simons being on the team creates a controversy with Herro? Simons is also a far better ball handler than Herro, so I don’t think there is a problem there with fit, or anything else game, or business related.
I don’t think Portland values Herro as high as Miami is in their offer. Miami needs to offer more picks, and variations there-of, and a deal for Herro is not far away.
Its Robinson, or Lowry as filler that weighs this deal the opposite way for Portland, and in my opinion the current sticking point.
This is where the 3rd team rumors come in, and I think those teams balked at Lowry, or Robinson, and why the deal between these 2 is in a holding pattern.
Portland wants compensation for Lowry, or Robinson, and Miami has said no.
I see Miami changing this course after a while though, and capitulating more draft assets, or a 3rd team falls from heaven, and takes on Robinson, or Lowry, so Portland doesn’t have to, and whatever asset received would also go to Portland. Whatever that would be…
Why so negative? Simons numbers have improved every year. It’s not like he regressed. At 3/$75 his contract seems very reasonable for a guy giving you 20+ efficiently with 4-5 assists per game. Same can be said for Hero’s contact vs performance vs extension market deals
Thunder don’t need him….at least not for what Miami is asking.
Wizards should look to get Herro, backcourt of him and Poole would be great, and than you have Culibaly and Kuzma at forward positions.