Ben Golliver: James Harden on the new-look Clippers’ style of play this season: “It’s definitely going to involve a lot of me. There was talk when I was in Houston… ‘You can’t win like that.’ You just saw a guy [Luka Doncic] last season make the Finals playing the same exact way I played.”
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Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
📰 @TheAthletic
Kawhi Leonard (knee) describes what the last few months have been like, why LA Clippers training camp is the first step of injury management, and his determination to finish a postseason.
Also, Harden and “the right style of play”
nytimes.com/athletic/58070… – 6:05 PM
📰 @TheAthletic
Kawhi Leonard (knee) describes what the last few months have been like, why LA Clippers training camp is the first step of injury management, and his determination to finish a postseason.
Also, Harden and “the right style of play”
nytimes.com/athletic/58070… – 6:05 PM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
“Playing with Luka the past few days in the pick and roll has been like the best I’ve ever seen.” pic.x.com/j9ylubidyr – 3:22 PM
“Playing with Luka the past few days in the pick and roll has been like the best I’ve ever seen.” pic.x.com/j9ylubidyr – 3:22 PM
Mark Giannotto @mgiannotto
NBA MEDIA DAY LIVE BLOG: Knicks and TWolves react to KAT trade, Luka welcomes Klay, injury updates for Kawhi Leonard and Lonzo Ball, weight updates for Victor Wembanyama and Joel Embiid, reaction to Dikembe Mutombo’s death and MORE
usatoday.com/story/sports/n… – 2:47 PM
NBA MEDIA DAY LIVE BLOG: Knicks and TWolves react to KAT trade, Luka welcomes Klay, injury updates for Kawhi Leonard and Lonzo Ball, weight updates for Victor Wembanyama and Joel Embiid, reaction to Dikembe Mutombo’s death and MORE
usatoday.com/story/sports/n… – 2:47 PM
Tim MacMahon @espn_macmahon
A lean Luka Doncic on the high expectations coming off his first Finals appearance: “I love it.” pic.x.com/ralc6zotci – 1:14 PM
A lean Luka Doncic on the high expectations coming off his first Finals appearance: “I love it.” pic.x.com/ralc6zotci – 1:14 PM
Brad Townsend @townbrad
Doncic on higher expectations, for himself and the team, coming off the NBA Finals run. pic.x.com/3iphusc6cs – 1:11 PM
Doncic on higher expectations, for himself and the team, coming off the NBA Finals run. pic.x.com/3iphusc6cs – 1:11 PM
More on this storyline
Ohm Youngmisuk: James Harden calls Dikembe Mutombo’s passing “a tragedy and devastating” and that so many people will miss him. -via x.com / September 30, 2024
Ohm Youngmisuk: James Harden is asked if patience will be a key this season. He says he doesn’t have time for patience and Clips need to get off to fast start, even if Kawhi is eased back. “Kawhi just needs to take his time. We need Kawhi later in the year.” -via x.com / September 30, 2024
Daniel House: “People talk about the Rockets and James Harden, and they criticize us for not getting it done in the playoffs. But they don’t realize how hard it was. Harden had three defenders on him every night. Name another player who had to deal with that on a regular basis. Teams would throw everything at him—double teams, triple teams, even weird defenses like having a guy stand behind him to stop the step-back. It was crazy. But despite all that, he still got his numbers. People want to blame him for not winning, but it wasn’t just on him. We all played a part. The game plan was to make sure Harden got his shots, and the rest of us just had to be ready. And that’s what we did, night in and night out. But people don’t see the work that went into it. They just see the result.” -via YouTube / September 15, 2024
Tim MacMahon: Jason Kidd, asked who in the Mavs’ starting lineup will get the toughest defensive assignment: “Luka. Why not?” Kidd says it will be “a committee,” but he adds “in all seriousness, there will be nights that Luka has to guard somebody.” -via x.com / September 30, 2024
nikolaesthetic: Mark Cuban talks Nikola Jokic “Him and Luka are like twins in a lot of respects.” -via Twitter / September 26, 2024
Did you not think Fox and Doncic could play together, like Doncic and Kyrie Irving do today? VLADE DIVAC: No. Irving is a classic scorer, just like Luka. Fox isn’t; he’s a playmaker who needs the ball, just like Luka. I could’ve taken Luka, but then I’d have had to trade Fox. Interestingly, Phoenix also passed on Luka, and at the time, their coach was Igor Kokoškov, who had coached Luka in Slovenia. Atlanta drafted Luka, but they traded him away. It was Dallas that eventually took him. I love watching Luka; I really enjoy his style of basketball. I had my own reasons for making that decision. Maybe I made a mistake, but time will tell. -via Index / September 21, 2024