Tag: Fans

But on Wednesday when he got off work, …

But on Wednesday when he got off work, Masri, a physician at Ochsner Medical Center in Kenner, canceled his trip. About an hour later, the NBA announced it was suspending play indefinitely after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus. Masri, a Pelicans season ticket holder who has two seats in section 124, was disappointed that the NBA was halting play just as the playoff race was heating up but understood why the league was taking such drastic steps. “I’m kind of on the front lines of all this on the coronavirus,” Masri said. “I’ve been telling other people, for someone like me to say we should hold off on sports, being such a huge sports guy says a lot.”

In Italy, doctors are so inundated with …

In Italy, doctors are so inundated with coronavirus cases, they are forced to choose who to help, according to The New York Times. Doctors there are prioritizing younger patients without preexisting conditions. “We have a finite amount of resources,” Masri said. “On just a routine basis, on a normal flu season, we have several days where the hospital is at capacity.”

“Every time I look at my tattoos, it …

“Every time I look at my tattoos, it puts me back in the perspective of time, or the inspiration behind it,” James says. “So that’s all part of the journey.” In that way, the Lakers’ All-Stars aren’t so different than the tattooed fans who rooted from Bryant from afar. They weren’t ready to let go, so they got something permanent they could hold onto. Ortega is a committed bodybuilder. In his Instagram profile picture he’s flexing bulging biceps in a gold No. 24 Bryant jersey. And though he connects first and foremost to Bryant’s love of family, he says, part of the reason he wanted a tattoo after Bryant’s death was so that he could look at his forearm on the days when the weight is a struggle and “see that it’s Kobe basically telling me, ‘You better not fuck around. Push through it.’”

It could be the old adage of having to …

It could be the old adage of having to spend money to make money. Target Center has been empty this season. The Wolves have the lowest attendance in the league, and a long-suffering fan base gave the Wiggins-Towns coupling a vote of no confidence on a nightly basis. “I expect people will see what we’ve done here,” Taylor said. The immediate reaction from those beleaguered fans has been noticeable. The Wolves had already prepared some social media materials featuring Russell when the team went into recruitment mode last summer, so they were able to finally put that work to use on Thursday.

All-Star vote: The players who always do better with fans than peers

For the fourth year in a row, the NBA has disclosed the vote for All-Star starters of fans, media and players. Since we now have the data of where each player ranked in the final results, we decided to look for patterns. For example, which players …

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For the fourth year in a row, the NBA has disclosed the vote for All-Star starters of fans, media and players. Since we now have the data of where each player ranked in the final results, we decided to look for patterns.

For example, which players do better with fans than with their NBA peers?

We found out 16 guys have ranked higher in the fan vote than in the players vote every year since 2017. Only two on the list have made the All-Star Game and they are both members of the world-beating Golden State Warriors: Klay Thompson and Draymond Green. Kind of makes you go ‘Hmmm’, right?

The largest disparity between player and fan vote happens with Jordan Clarkson, though, which was kind of unexpected.

For more details, you can check the gallery above. All rankings based on position and conference.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are aware of …

The Cleveland Cavaliers are aware of the incident involving a courtside fan and Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry late in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s game, and are looking into it before deciding on discipline, league sources tell cleveland.com. After Raptors center Serge Ibaka swatted a rebound back toward the sideline, Lowry hustled over to save the ball, dove into a pair of spectators seated near center court and was shoved with two hands in the back by one out-of-line fan. Lowry immediately looked behind him and seemed to say something before getting back into the play.

A Cavs spokesperson wasn’t willing to …

A Cavs spokesperson wasn’t willing to discuss a potential punishment for the fan yet. The organization wants to review the video, from different angles if possible and in conjunction with the NBA, before commenting further. But an indefinite ban is possible, especially if it’s deemed malicious. The Cavs won’t tolerate that kind of behavior and will look to find the fan or account holder. One source said “it didn’t look good from the first angle” and they could view it in a similar light as a fan stepping onto the court, which is against arena policy.

Fans left to wonder what if Seahawks kept Richard Sherman, Frank Clark

Richard Sherman and Frank Clark will face each other in the Super Bowl with their new teams, leaving a “what if” scenario for the Seahawks.

The Seattle Seahawks will have two former key players squaring off in the Super Bowl in Richard Sherman and Frank Clark. Both have gone on to become significant contributors to their new teams in the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. This could leave Seahawks fans wondering what could have been if the team kept the two defensive stars.

The Seahawks released Sherman after the 2017 season, during which he tore his Achilles against Cardinals, looking to shed the player with the second-biggest cap hit on the team. Seattle traded Clark to the Chiefs for draft picks, including their second-round pick in 2020.

While Shaquill Griffin had a solid third season for Seattle overall, Sherman returned to form in 2019, earning Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro nods. The Seahawks’ secondary is still generally missing playmakers even if some of the defensive struggles can be attributed to Ken Norton Jr.

Clark did not perform consistently well for Kansas City until Week 7 but has been a major force ever since. Jadeveon Clowney was not able to replace his production as a pass rusher, although he factored significantly into the run defense and other aspects of play throughout the season.

There is no telling what would have happened had the Seahawks managed to keep Sherman or Clark, but fans will be left thinking about what could have been when the two square off on Super Bowl Sunday.

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Saints fans have an easy choice to root for in Super Bowl LIV

New Orleans Saints fans have an easy choice for Super Bowl LIV. It’s time to root for the Kansas City Chiefs over the San Francisco 49ers.

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The Kansas City Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV in Miami in two weeks, and the choice for New Orleans Saints fans is clear: root for Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and Kansas City.

Sure, the Saints-49ers rivalry is a big part of this. Drew Brees and the Saints dropped 46 points on San Francisco during the regular season, but it wasn’t enough to win — that loss played a huge part in playoff standings later on down the road, eventually gifting the 49ers a first-round bye and dooming the Saints to a first-round exit.

But the bad blood runs deeper. The 2011 Saints team was one of the best in franchise history (possibly the best), but its season ended on a sunny afternoon in San Francisco during the playoffs. To go back even further, reaching into past decades, the Saints were terrorized by the 49ers dynasty as division rivals in the old NFC West.

So, sure, it would be great if the Saints were playing in this year’s Super Bowl instead of these two squads. But they aren’t, and it’s time fans make their peace with that. Enjoy the dozen-or-so Saints players cutting up at the Pro Bowl and become Chiefs fans for a week or two.

If we’re lucky, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan will get a 28-3 lead over the Chiefs and inevitably have it blow up in his face, just as it did when his Atlanta Falcons lost Super Bowl LI. Considering Mahomes has done a lot of playing from behind this postseason (while Shanahan and the 49ers have done plenty of playing-with-a-lead), that scenario isn’t as far-fetched as it feels like. Wouldn’t that be something?

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