Lonzo Ball: “I love Kobe Bryant, but he was never the best player to me when I was watching him. Just because he’s got the most misses ever, you know what I’m saying? I don’t know. But back to Curry—his resume, the way he changed the game—he’s the best shooter ever. Carried USA. There ain’t nothing that he hasn’t done, and he’s got the rings to back it up too. So, I don’t know.”
Source: YouTube
Source: YouTube
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Lonzo Ball probable vs #Celtics (wrist). He returned from a 15 game absence yesterday. Patrick Williams (foot) is out, Coby White (wrist), Jalen Smith (ankle) and Dalen Terry (ankle) are questionable. Luke Kornet (hamstring) probable to return from a 2 G absence for BOS. – 7:41 PM
Lonzo Ball probable vs #Celtics (wrist). He returned from a 15 game absence yesterday. Patrick Williams (foot) is out, Coby White (wrist), Jalen Smith (ankle) and Dalen Terry (ankle) are questionable. Luke Kornet (hamstring) probable to return from a 2 G absence for BOS. – 7:41 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Black Friday Clip availability report
Mo Bamba: unlisted
Norman Powell: questionable again
Kobe Brown: out – 5:54 PM
Black Friday Clip availability report
Mo Bamba: unlisted
Norman Powell: questionable again
Kobe Brown: out – 5:54 PM
Nick DePaula @NickDePaula
Jameson Williams is wearing the “Grinch” Kobe 6 cleats today 👀 pic.x.com/cp2PvU7avN – 2:27 PM
Jameson Williams is wearing the “Grinch” Kobe 6 cleats today 👀 pic.x.com/cp2PvU7avN – 2:27 PM
Eric Woodyard @E_Woodyard
#Lions WR Jameson Williams breaks out the Kobe “Grinch” cleats for Thanksgiving. 🔥🔥🔥 (Via @Lions) pic.x.com/GZzKYrngc0 – 11:32 AM
#Lions WR Jameson Williams breaks out the Kobe “Grinch” cleats for Thanksgiving. 🔥🔥🔥 (Via @Lions) pic.x.com/GZzKYrngc0 – 11:32 AM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Draymond Green on Cam Thomas: This is Kobe-like sportando.basketball/en/draymond-gr… – 3:30 AM
Draymond Green on Cam Thomas: This is Kobe-like sportando.basketball/en/draymond-gr… – 3:30 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Players with one hundred 40-point games:
— Wilt
— MJ
— Kobe
And James Harden. pic.x.com/F7MSC1RS87 – 8:44 PM
Players with one hundred 40-point games:
— Wilt
— MJ
— Kobe
And James Harden. pic.x.com/F7MSC1RS87 – 8:44 PM
Michael Grange @michaelgrange
Ja’Kobe Walter gets his first NBA start tonight vs. the Pels, joining Ochai Agbaji, RJ Barrett, Jakob Poeltl and Scottie Barnes. New Orleans starters: Brandon Boston, Javonte Green, Yves Missi, CJ McCollum and Dejounte Murray. – 7:54 PM
Ja’Kobe Walter gets his first NBA start tonight vs. the Pels, joining Ochai Agbaji, RJ Barrett, Jakob Poeltl and Scottie Barnes. New Orleans starters: Brandon Boston, Javonte Green, Yves Missi, CJ McCollum and Dejounte Murray. – 7:54 PM
Evan Dunlap @BQRMagic
Not the type of guy to bet money but if I were I’d say: Magic double-digit win and Lonzo Ball double-digit positive plus/minus – 7:53 PM
Not the type of guy to bet money but if I were I’d say: Magic double-digit win and Lonzo Ball double-digit positive plus/minus – 7:53 PM
Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
Surprise with the Raptors starters tonight!
Ochai Agbaji
RJ Barrett
Jakob Poeltl
Ja’Kobe Walter
Scottie Barnes – 7:36 PM
Surprise with the Raptors starters tonight!
Ochai Agbaji
RJ Barrett
Jakob Poeltl
Ja’Kobe Walter
Scottie Barnes – 7:36 PM
Eric Koreen @ekoreen
I’m hearing Ja’Kobe Walter will make his first NBA start tonight, with Barnes, Barrett, Agbaji and Poeltl. Davion Mitchell back to bench. Likely an effort to get a little more shooting in opening group. – 7:25 PM
I’m hearing Ja’Kobe Walter will make his first NBA start tonight, with Barnes, Barrett, Agbaji and Poeltl. Davion Mitchell back to bench. Likely an effort to get a little more shooting in opening group. – 7:25 PM
Cody Taylor @CodyTaylorNBA
Lonzo Ball is checking into the game for the Bulls. It is his fourth appearance of the season and first since Oct. 28. – 7:16 PM
Lonzo Ball is checking into the game for the Bulls. It is his fourth appearance of the season and first since Oct. 28. – 7:16 PM
Jason Beede @therealBeede
Bulls coach Billy Donovan said Jalen Smith (left ankle sprain) is OUT tonight vs. the #Magic.
Donovan also said Lonzo Ball will play around 15-16 minutes tonight at Orlando in his first game since Oct. 28. – 5:41 PM
Bulls coach Billy Donovan said Jalen Smith (left ankle sprain) is OUT tonight vs. the #Magic.
Donovan also said Lonzo Ball will play around 15-16 minutes tonight at Orlando in his first game since Oct. 28. – 5:41 PM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Clippers personnel updates in Washington:
Norman Powell: out
Mo Bamba: in
Kobe Brown: out – 5:36 PM
Clippers personnel updates in Washington:
Norman Powell: out
Mo Bamba: in
Kobe Brown: out – 5:36 PM
Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
The latest on Lonzo, PWill and “Mr. First Half” all in one click …
Read it:
chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2024/11/… – 8:38 PM
The latest on Lonzo, PWill and “Mr. First Half” all in one click …
Read it:
chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2024/11/… – 8:38 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Lonzo Ball is on track to play 15-16 minutes vs. Orlando, per Donovan, barring any setback. – 5:34 PM
Lonzo Ball is on track to play 15-16 minutes vs. Orlando, per Donovan, barring any setback. – 5:34 PM
Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
According to Bulls coach Billy Donovan, strong possibility Lonzo Ball plays tomorrow in Orlando. – 5:32 PM
According to Bulls coach Billy Donovan, strong possibility Lonzo Ball plays tomorrow in Orlando. – 5:32 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, out since Oct. 28 with a wrist sprain, is targeting his return to action on Wednesday against the Magic in Orlando, sources tell me and @ramonashelburne. pic.x.com/z39ZHQYhgm – 2:44 PM
Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, out since Oct. 28 with a wrist sprain, is targeting his return to action on Wednesday against the Magic in Orlando, sources tell me and @ramonashelburne. pic.x.com/z39ZHQYhgm – 2:44 PM
Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
Bulls-Wizards Tuesday from DC 5:45CT Pre @670TheScore @Audacy app Wizards have dropped 11 straight. Lonzo Ball upgraded to doubtful (wrist) . Jordan Poole questionable. Join @34billy42 @AlyssaBergamini and me on the call. Fired up! – 10:14 PM
Bulls-Wizards Tuesday from DC 5:45CT Pre @670TheScore @Audacy app Wizards have dropped 11 straight. Lonzo Ball upgraded to doubtful (wrist) . Jordan Poole questionable. Join @34billy42 @AlyssaBergamini and me on the call. Fired up! – 10:14 PM
More on this storyline
Lou Williams:”We were building up to Kobe’s last game, and we’re in practice, and Kobe is just bragging. He’s saying, “Yeah, my last game, I’m going out guns blazing. I ain’t leaving nothing in the chamber. I’m gonna take 60 shots, and I’m gonna go out with 50.” He kept saying it, hyping himself up. Then he’s like, “I’m taking 60 shots; I’m going out blazing!” We told him, “Man, it’s your last game; you don’t need us to play. We just want to watch!” Like, seriously, what were we supposed to do? Run around while he’s shooting all game? We were all like, “Nah, man, I want to sit courtside and watch this like everybody else!” -via YouTube / November 28, 2024
Draymond Green says Cam Thomas reminded him of Kobe Bryant during the Warriors-Nets game. On his podcast, Green explained that Thomas reminded him of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant at a specific moment during the match. “The strategy was, we were gonna double him no matter where he went on the floor,” Green said. “We were double-teamin’ him. He came off a handoff, we was double-teamin’ him. If he came off a ball screen, we was double-teamin’ him. And when I realized the strategy wasn’t gon’ work…I was in a full-out trap, me and Moses Moody. -via Sportando / November 28, 2024
Fox scored 49 points. This comes just one game — and one night — after scoring 60 points. “I was a little tired coming in today, but I feel like when the game started, I was fine,” Fox said. “I’m not going to say I’m not tired … but I can’t say this back-to-back has made me more tired than any other back-to-back.” He became the second Sacramento player to score at least 100 points in a two-game span, with the other being DeMarcus Cousins in 2016 when he scored 104. Fox is just the third player in NBA history to score at least 109 over two days, joining Kobe Bryant (2007) and Wilt Chamberlain (17 different times). “Woah,” Kings coach Mike Brown said when he heard that stat, a big grin spreading across his face. “The back-to-back, the overtime game, him playing 75 minutes last night … for him to come with us missing three of our top six guys, that’s what says OK, he’s DeAaron Fox and he did his job. Wilt, Kobe, Foxy.” -via ESPN / November 17, 2024
Jason Beede: Bulls coach Billy Donovan said Jalen Smith (left ankle sprain) is OUT tonight vs. the #Magic. Donovan also said Lonzo Ball will play around 15-16 minutes tonight at Orlando in his first game since Oct. 28. -via Twitter @therealBeede / November 27, 2024
Cody Taylor: The Bulls-Magic injury report tonight: Bulls: Lonzo Ball (wrist) and Jalen Smith (ankle) are questionable. Adama Sanogo (knee), DJ Steward (two-way) and Patrick Williams (foot) are out. Magic: Paolo Banchero (oblique), Gary Harris (hamstring), Mac McClung (2W) and Trevelin -via Twitter @CodyTaylorNBA / November 27, 2024
Shams Charania: Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, out since Oct. 28 with a wrist sprain, is targeting his return to action on Wednesday against the Magic in Orlando, sources tell me and @ramonashelburne. -via Twitter @ShamsCharania / November 26, 2024