Month: January 2022

“I’m always keeping my mind into the …

“I’m always keeping my mind into the game no matter what’s going on. Even though yesterday was my birthday we had a day off, I still had my mind on what I can possibly accomplish the day after which is today versus Portland. “Just going out and I’m in a damn good zone right now I just want to stay in it as long as possible. This is who I am and I want to continue to be that, continue to lead this team.”

Suns to sign Bismack Biyombo

Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: The Phoenix Suns plan to sign free agent C Bismack Biyombo on a 10-day hardship deal. Biyombo, who started 41 games for Charlotte last year, brings some size and strength to Suns’ frontline depth. Deal could be …

Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: The Phoenix Suns plan to sign free agent C Bismack Biyombo on a 10-day hardship deal. Biyombo, who started 41 games for Charlotte last year, brings some size and strength to Suns’ frontline depth. Deal could be prelude to a longer stay this season.

Source: Twitter @wojespn

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Bismack Biyombo feels like a pretty solid pickup at this stage of the game, I gotta say – 9:47 PM
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN Sources: The Phoenix Suns plan to sign free agent C Bismack Biyombo on a 10-day hardship deal. Biyombo, who started 41 games for Charlotte last year, brings some size and strength to Suns’ frontline depth. Deal could be prelude to a longer stay this season. – 9:43 PM

More on this storyline

Well, as this newspaper has learned, one of the names that appear on the table of the sports management of Baskonia is Bismack Biyombo , a center currently without a team but with a lustrous past after having played the last ten seasons in the NBA distributed in three different franchises (two spells with the Charlotte Hornets, Toronto Raptors and Orlando Magic). -via noticiasdealava.eus / November 14, 2021

Mario Chalmers on signing with Heat: ‘I thought my agent was playing with me’

Anthony Chiang: Mario Chalmers on the moment he heard about his 10-day opportunity with the Heat: “I thought my agent was playing with me.” Source: Twitter @Anthony_Chiang What’s the buzz on Twitter? Ira Winderman @ IraHeatBeat Five Degrees of Heat …

Anthony Chiang: Mario Chalmers on the moment he heard about his 10-day opportunity with the Heat: “I thought my agent was playing with me.”

Source: Twitter @Anthony_Chiang

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Five Degrees of Heat from Friday night’s 120-110 victory in Houston: sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h…
1. Having to fight to finish.
2. Butler with a season-high 37.
3. Only five rotation players available.
4. Kyle Guy makes a welcome statement.
5. Mario Chalmers again in a Heat uniform. – 10:09 PM
Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Mario Chalmers on his relationship with Spo:
“Me and Spo have talked back and forth ever since I left the Heat…The conversations never stop between me and Spo.”
“It just felt like old times again.” – 9:58 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Mario Chalmers on the moment he heard about his 10-day opportunity with the Heat: “I thought my agent was playing with me.” – 9:58 PM
Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Mario Chalmers on getting that call from the Heat:
“My immediate reaction I didn’t believe it. I thought my agent was playing with me.” – 9:56 PM
Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Mario Chalmers:
“It’s just another dream come true for me, to be back where it all started.” – 9:55 PM
Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Heat fan behind the Miami bench shouts out “Free Rio, we want Rio.” Chalmers has, after all, been on the team for several hours. And now a “We want, Rio” chant starts. – 8:42 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Kyle Guy ain’t giving up no minutes to Mario Chalmers. – 7:58 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
And now Nik Stauskas, as Mario Chalmers waits. – 7:45 PM
Wes Goldberg @wcgoldberg
Lowry, Herro, Butler, Martin and Yurtseven starting for the Heat.
Coming off the bench: Chalmers (!), Guy, Stauskas, Highsmith, Holman, Silva. – 6:37 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Chalmers not starting. Fire everybody. – 6:36 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
After an eventful few days, the Heat has enough to play tonight vs. the Rockets. Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry are both available miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Spoelstra on a crazy 72 hours and what it has been like to welcome back Chalmers and Silva – 6:20 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, Mario Chalmers and Tyler Herro might be on the floor together tonight. HeatTwitter must be like … pic.twitter.com/Rb2Pdjbb3L – 6:16 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Erik Spoelstra on Heat adding Chris Silva, Mario Chalmers, “It’s like going back in time.” sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… Also: Kyle Lowry and Jimmy Butler back in action. – 6:09 PM
Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Erik Spoelstra on Mario Chalmers:
“He was ready to go and got on a flight pretty quickly. Just having him around today is like going back in time.”
Calls it “an easy decision,” since he stays in contact with him and he worked out down in Miami in August-September – 5:38 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Erik Spoelstra says he has been in touch with Mario Chalmers since the summer and that Chalmers had worked out with Heat before camp, “It’s just like going back in time.” – 5:37 PM
Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Kyle Lowry now available to play tonight in Houston
Jimmy Butler questionable
Tyler Herro obviously ready to go
Mario Chalmers 6th man of the year case starts now
They have enough – 3:33 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Currently available for Heat tonight in Houston:
— Tyler Herro
— Caleb Martin
— Omer Yurtseven
— Mario Chalmers
— Chris Silva
— Nik Stauskas
— Kyle Guy
— Aric Holman
— Haywood Highsmith
(Jimmy Butler, ankle, still questionable. Kyle Lowry might clear protocols.) – 2:13 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Going to be honest, did not expect to receive a Heat press release on Dec. 31, 2021 with this headline, “HEAT SIGN CHALMERS, SILVA AND STAUSKAS.” – 1:53 PM
Wes Goldberg @wcgoldberg
Your Dec. 31 Miami Heat
G: Chalmers / Guy
G: Herro / Stauskas / Highsmith
F: Butler (Q)
F: Martin / Holman
C: Yurtseven / Silva – 1:50 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Heat formally announces the signings of Mario Chalmers and Chris Silva as COVID-19 replacement players. Nik Stauskas signing will be next.
Heat expected to have six COVID-19 replacement players in uniform tonight vs. Rockets. – 1:43 PM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
It is official: The team announces that Mario Chalmers has signed his Heat deal, and will wear No. 15 again. He has his number back. – 1:32 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Heat set to bring back familiar faces Mario Chalmers and Chris Silva as COVID-19 replacements. Also, a Kyle Lowry update ahead of tonight’s game in Houston miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 1:21 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat humbers for the new (and returning):
Mario Chalmers No. 15.
Chris Silva No. 30
Nik Stauskas No. 9 – 11:43 AM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat add another familiar face, Chris Silva signed to emergency deal amid COVID breakout. sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… Silva joins Mario Chalmers, as outbreak forces team back to the future. – 11:27 AM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
NEW: Heat set to bring back familiar faces Mario Chalmers and Chris Silva as COVID-19 replacements. Also, a Kyle Lowry update ahead of tonight’s game in Houston miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 10:51 AM
Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Aside from Mario Chalmers, since we know about him slightly, I look into some of the recent 10-days’ games:
Kyle Guy, Aric Holman, and Haywood Highsmith
Get familiar with Miami’s full bench group over the next few
⁦@5ReasonsSports⁩ fivereasonssports.com/news/breaking-… – 9:20 AM

More on this storyline

Brady Hawk: Erik Spoelstra on Mario Chalmers: “I would’ve liked to have gotten him in tonight. I know he was itching to get in, he’s a competitor. It didn’t happen tonight, but it very well could at some point on this road trip.” -via Twitter @BradyHawk305 / January 1, 2022
Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed guard Mario Chalmers, forward Chris Silva and guard Nik Stauskas to 10-day contracts using the COVID-Related Hardship Allowance. Per club policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed. -via NBA.com / December 31, 2021

Georgia Wins Orange Bowl Over Michigan: Reaction, Analysis, 5 Thoughts

Reaction, Analysis, 5 Thoughts on Georgia’s Orange Bowl win over Michigan

Georgia beat Michigan to win the Orange Bowl. Five thoughts and analysis of the game, and what it all means.

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Georgia beat Michigan 34-11: Orange Bowl 5 Things That Matter

Final Score: Georgia 34, Michigan 11
CFN Prediction: Georgia 30, Michigan 20
Line: Georgia -7.5, o/u: 45.5

5. Georgia returned to 2021 form

Oh were the post-SEC Championship narratives were rich. One rough loss to Alabama, and …

Georgia’s secondary was a weakness.

Georgia was exposed.

Georgia didn’t beat anyone who was all that amazing.

Georgia was playing the wrong quarterback.

Okay, so maybe that last one still sort of holds – more on that in a moment – but it was as if everyone had forgotten just how dominant this team was throughout the regular season.

The offense didn’t get a touchdown in the 10-3 opener against Clemson. No one else came even remotely close to touching this team up until Alabama pulled off the win, and even then the loss could partly be explained away that the Dawgs sort of played like it didn’t need the win – which it didn’t.

So was this a bad performance by Michigan? Yeah, sort of, but Georgia did that to Arkansas, and Florida, and Tennessee, and Kentucky, and everyone else on the slate except for that one team that’s coming up in a rematch a few days from now.

Oh, and …

Orange Bowl College Football Playoff 5 Thoughts 
5; Georgia returned to 2021 form
4. Georgia had more talent. Duh.
3. Stetson Bennett was terrific
2. Nothing takes away from Michigan’s great season
1. Now Georgia gets its chance
– 5 Thoughts: Alabama 27-6 over Cincinnati 

NEXT: Georgia had more talent. Duh.

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Nuggets at Rockets: Saturday’s lineups, injury reports, broadcast and stream info

Denver enters Saturday’s game at Houston with a short-handed roster and coming off a postponement, but they still have MVP Nikola Jokic — which makes them a formidable foe for the Rockets.

The Houston Rockets will begin 2022 on New Year’s Day in a very similar manner to how they ended 2021: Welcoming a health-ravaged opponent to Toyota Center. This time, it’s the Denver Nuggets, who are coming off a postponement due a lack of available players.

Fortunately, barring a late increase in positive COVID-19 test results, the Nuggets have signed enough players to temporary hardship contracts that Saturday’s game should go forward.

Even though the Rockets have superior depth, given current health and injury lists, Denver is likely to be favored for one big reason: Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic is healthy and ready to go.

It also remains to be seen how Stephen Silas will navigate back-to-back considerations, since the Rockets also played on New Year’s Eve in a home loss to Miami. Earlier in the week, Houston rested guards Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green for half of a back-to-back, since each is coming off a leg injury that sidelined them for multiple weeks.

Then again, perhaps this back-to-back is different, since both games are in Houston (meaning no in-between travel) and both young guards have improved their conditioning since making their initial returns. Silas indicated Friday he was hopeful of having Green and Porter available for both ends of this back-to-back, but that a final determination would not be made until evaluating them on Saturday.

Lakers player grades: LeBron James scores 43 in blowout win vs. Trail Blazers

Here is how the Los Angeles Lakers graded individually from a dominant victory against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Los Angeles Lakers dominated through all four quarters to rout the Portland Trail Blazers, 139-106.

Portland entered the game ranked No. 29 in defensive rating, and Los Angeles took advantage of that from the start. The Lakers dropped 43 points in the first quarter and led by 15.

LeBron James, in particular, had the hot hand from the get-go. He made his first four field goals and had put up 27 points at the end of the first half. That dominance persisted in the second half. James finished the game with 43 points to easily lead all scorers.

Los Angeles led by 35 in the fourth quarter to seal the deal.

Here is how the Lakers, now 18-19, graded individually from the victory: