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Kyrie Irving, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot cleared to play vs. Lakers

Kyrie Irving gets another crack at his former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate, LeBron James, on Thursday in Los Angeles.

The Brooklyn Nets will have two-thirds of their big three on the floor to take on LeBron James in Los Angeles Thursday. After missing Tuesday’s comeback win against the Phoenix Suns due to lower back tightness, Kyrie Irving was upgraded to probable on Wednesday for Thursday’s game and has now been cleared to play at Staples Center.

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot was originally questionable to play due to right knee soreness, but he will also be available against the Lakers.

Kevin Durant (hamstring) remains sidelined, as do Iman Shumpert (left hamstring strain) Nicolas Claxton (right knee tendinopathy) and Spencer Dinwiddie (ACL surery).

Like the Nets, the Lakers will be without one of their superstars. Los Angeles big man Anthony Davis has been sidelined by a calf strain for two to three weeks.

The Nets, who’ve won the first three games of their West Coast trip, tip off against the Lakers at 10 p.m.

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Report: Teams ‘monitoring free agent market’ expect Nets to decline Garrett Temple’s option

Could Timothe Luwawua-Cabarrot wind up pushing Garrett Temple out of Brooklyn ahead of the Nets’ highly-anticipated 2020-21 season?

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When Kyrie Irving expressed Brooklyn needed to add one or two more pieces, he mentioned several players as being part of the solution, including himself: Kevin Durant, DeAndre Jordan, Garrett Temple, Spencer Dinwiddie and Caris LeVert.

After he received some blowback, Irving said there were other names he could’ve included on his initial list.

Whether or not that’s the case is one thing, but it seems pretty clear that at the time, the Nets point guard thought the players he listed were part of the solution in Brooklyn.

Yet, Dinwiddie’s name has reportedly come up in trade talks, and it appears some around the NBA think another member of Irving’s list may be on his way out of Brooklyn.

Ian Begley of SNY is reporting “several teams monitoring the free agent market expect the Nets to decline the $5 million team option on Garrett Temple for 2020-21.”

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot’s emergence in 2019-20, and the fact he makes a lot less money, may end up being what pushes Temple out ahead of what should be a title-contending run in 2020-21.