The teams colloquially known as the “Delete Eight,” who were not invited to the NBA Bubble, are all having some form of training camp at their respective facilities. This was approved by the NBA due to concerns from those teams that they would have to go nearly a year without playing basketball as a group while the other 22 teams invited to the bubble were able to play some organized hoops. However, being that it is September, not all teams have a full collection of players. One of those teams is the Minnesota Timberwolves, but LeBron James has a connection to one of their notable absences.
According to Chris Hine of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota’s Juancho Hernangomez is not in camp with his team because he’s on set for the movie “Hustle,” starring Adam Sandler and produced by LeBron James’ SpringHill Company in collaboration with Sandler’s Happy Madison.
Hernangomez, who is originally from Spain, is filming the movie in Philadelphia. Sandler is starring in the movie as a basketball talent scout that currently finds himself outside the country, before discovering a “once-in-a-lifetime” player abroad.
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