2022-23 regular season. The Tank begins...

The Cleveland Cavaliers are counting down the days until Ricky Rubio is cleared from his torn ACL. [URL="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10059345-nba-rumors-cavs-ecstatic-about-ricky-rubios-return-from-injury"]Andscape’s Marc J. Spears reported on the Hoop Collective podcast the Cavs are “ecstatic about Rubio’s return.”[/URL] “He means much more to that franchise as a leader and as a guard coming off the bench than I think a lot of people know,” Spears said at the 40:20 mark.
– via [URL="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10059345-nba-rumors-cavs-ecstatic-about-ricky-rubios-return-from-injury"]Joseph Zucker @ Bleacher Report[/URL]

Adrian Wojnarowski: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Denver’s Jeff Green fractured his left hand and sprained a finger and will be re-evaluated in a month,[/URL] Nuggets say.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/wojespn"]Twitter wojespn[/URL]

Tony Jones: Kelly Olynyk is listed as out tomorrow night in San Antonio, with his ankle sprain
– via Twitter Tjonesonthenba

Paul Garcia: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Dominick Barlow is the only player out (g-league) for the Spurs’ game Monday[/URL] vs Utah
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/PaulGarciaNBA"]Twitter PaulGarciaNBA[/URL]

Brian Lewis: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Royce O’Neale on facing Donovan Mitchell: “I’ll guard him a little; I might give him a hard foul or 2. For sure playing against Donovan is going to be a lot of fun.[/URL] Its going to be different; used to be teammates now guarding each other. So its going to be fun” #Nets #Cavs #Jazz
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NYPost_Lewis"]Twitter NYPost_Lewis[/URL]

Michael Scotto: The Philadelphia 76ers are waiving Saben Lee to sign Louis King to a two-way contract, @********* has learned.
– via Twitter MikeAScotto

[QUOTE] [URL="http://twitter.com/TheRally/status/1607511261473816578"]“Utah, Phoenix and Atlanta …those three teams discussed a potential deal. I’m told the deal failed to gain traction when Utah asked for multiple first-round picks.”[/URL] NBA Insider @ShamsCharania reports on Suns‘ Jae Crowder ( @CJC9BOSS ) and his value as well as Hawks‘ John Collins.

[HR][/HR] [INDENT] “Utah, Phoenix and Atlanta …those three teams discussed a potential deal. I’m told the deal failed to gain traction when Utah asked for multiple first-round picks.”

NBA Insider [URL="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"]@ShamsCharania[/URL] reports on Suns‘ Jae Crowder ([URL="https://twitter.com/CJC9BOSS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"]@CJC9BOSS[/URL]) and his value as well as Hawks‘ John Collins. [URL="https://t.co/0btQBLuGDK"]pic.twitter.com/0btQBLuGDK[/URL]
— The Rally (@TheRally) [URL="https://twitter.com/TheRally/status/1607511261473816578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"]December 26, 2022[/URL][/INDENT]

– via [URL="http://twitter.com/TheRally/status/1607511261473816578"]Twitter[/URL]


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make them take Clarkson and Gay instead

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50546592/popovich-still-providing-learning-experiences-for-hardy-as-spurs-top-jazz[/url]

[QUOTE]Bad shooting can happen; that wasn't what Hardy was disappointed with after the loss.

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it's likely to happen as long as you keep playing the shit show

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/12/26/23527541/the-jazz-fall-short-in-san-antonio[/url]

[QUOTE]Jordan Clarkson’s shooting makes or breaks the Jazz at times.

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mostly breaks. The worst shooter taking the most shots. :facepalm

Kelsey Russo: #Cavs J.B. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Bickerstaff on Ricky Rubio’s progression: “I would expect him, if things go the right way, sometime early next month.[/URL] So we’re definitely progressing in the right direction.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/kelseyyrusso"]Twitter kelseyyrusso[/URL]

[url]https://www.yahoo.com/news/donovan-mitchell-breaks-down-made-175204356.html[/url]

Cleveland Cavaliers injured point guard [URL="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2022/12/ricky-rubio-getting-closer-to-season-debut-after-practicing-with-cavaliers.html"]Ricky Rubio won’t play on the team’s upcoming two-game road trip against Indiana and Chicago, but his return is on the horizon.[/URL] Still recovering from a torn left ACL that has sidelined him for nearly a year, Rubio practiced Tuesday afternoon — although the team did not do any 5 on 5, sources tell cleveland.com.
– via [URL="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2022/12/ricky-rubio-getting-closer-to-season-debut-after-practicing-with-cavaliers.html"]Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer[/URL]




Not only is the team eagerly awaiting his debut, but Rubio is also itching. [URL="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2022/12/ricky-rubio-getting-closer-to-season-debut-after-practicing-with-cavaliers.html"]“He is ready to go,” Bickerstaff said. “He’s pushing as much as he can and doing all the things that he can — obviously, safely.[/URL] He’s talking to the guys. He and I have had conversations. He is definitely looking forward to it.”
– via [URL="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2022/12/ricky-rubio-getting-closer-to-season-debut-after-practicing-with-cavaliers.html"]Chris Fedor @ Cleveland Plain Dealer[/URL]

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Kelly Olynyk will be AVAILABLE tonight vs. the Warriors[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

What was your reaction when you learned about Cleveland trading you to Utah? Lauri Markkanen: [URL="https://www.nba.com/news/qa-lauri-markannen-jazz-2022"]It was 10:30 at night, and I was with the Finnish national team. We were playing the next morning against Israel in the first game of EuroBasket. We were just playing video games and saw the news that Cleveland got Donovan Mitchell. We were excited. But I joked, ‘We’ll see who is a part of the deal.’ But the initial report didn’t have any names on who was traded. I wondered if I was a part of it. Then, 20 seconds later, [Cavs general manager Koby Altman] called me. Then, I put it together[/URL].

– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/news/qa-lauri-markannen-jazz-2022"]Mark Medina @ NBA.com[/URL]





How would you compare your initial expectations of your role and the team’s success to what has actually happened to start the season? Lauri Markkanen: I had high expectations, especially after this summer. I got my confidence going with the national team. There were a lot of NBA guys [in EuroBasket]. [URL="https://www.nba.com/news/qa-lauri-markannen-jazz-2022"]Physically, I’m in the best shape of my life. So, I had high expectations from the beginning. We have a lot of good players on this team. So, I had high expectations with the team even coming into the year, especially after training camp started. We have a good team. We just have to stay on the same page and build off our chemistry.[/URL] We have a lot of new guys. But that was the same thing last season when I was in Cleveland. Everyone was doubting you at the beginning of the year. Then we started out well. Having that experience and then going into training camp, I knew we had a good team. We just have to keep going and keep getting better with knowing each other and staying on the same page.
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/news/qa-lauri-markannen-jazz-2022"]Mark Medina @ NBA.com[/URL]






What do you think it will take to make the All-Star team? Lauri Markkanen: [URL="https://www.nba.com/news/qa-lauri-markannen-jazz-2022"]That has always been a personal goal of mine. It takes a lot. It takes us winning basketball games. We have to keep this thing going. I just have to keep getting better every day and putting numbers up on a winning team. That’s the trick. I know if I play to the best to my abilities, it’ll help the team[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/news/qa-lauri-markannen-jazz-2022"]Mark Medina @ NBA.com[/URL]

Kellan Olson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Devin Booker, Cam Johnson, Jae Crowder, Cam Payne and Landry Shamet remain out for the Suns in today’s game against the Wizards. Bismack Biyombo (right knee soreness) has been added to the injury report and is questionable[/URL]. No Chris Paul on there.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/KellanOlson"]Twitter KellanOlson[/URL]

According to rival executives, [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-kyle-kuzma-john-collins-jae-crowder-yuta-watanabe-dwight-howard/"]the Jazz view Vanderbilt as worthy of a first-round pick in value given his production,[/URL] contract (signed for $4.7 million next season), and age (23). At the end of November, Beasley told ********* he’d like to remain in Utah and have the Jazz exercise his $16.5 million team option.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-kyle-kuzma-john-collins-jae-crowder-yuta-watanabe-dwight-howard/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]





Suns guard Landry Shamet was also discussed in the trade talks, league sources told *********. [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-kyle-kuzma-john-collins-jae-crowder-yuta-watanabe-dwight-howard/"]In at least one framework of the three-teamtrade talks, Shamet would’ve gone to Atlanta with Crowder,[/URL] sources said.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-rumors-kyle-kuzma-john-collins-jae-crowder-yuta-watanabe-dwight-howard/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]







How does that role contrast to the end of your time in Chicago? [URL="https://www.nba.com/news/qa-lauri-markannen-jazz-2022"]Lauri Markkanen: Looking back, I could’ve done things better in previous places I played for.[/URL] But I wasn’t the player I am today when I was there. I just kept working and kept getting better. You have to progress, and you can’t rush into it. I’ve gotten better as a player with how I approach the game.
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/news/qa-lauri-markannen-jazz-2022"]Mark Medina @ NBA.com[/URL]

[URL]http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=2k9aotag[/URL]

get it done Danny!

Jason Anderson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]The Sacramento Kings are listing Domantas Sabonis (thumb) as questionable again for tonight’s game vs. the Denver Nuggets[/URL]. Jamal Murray (knee), Aaron Gordon (shoulder) and Bruce Brown (ankle) are questionable for Denver. Jeff Green (finger) remains out.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JandersonSacBee"]Twitter JandersonSacBee[/URL]

[URL="https://*********.com/lists/international-transactions-log-where-are-former-nba-players-going/"]Former Nuggets player Erick Green signed with Montenegrin team KK Buducnost[/URL] for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/international-transactions-log-where-are-former-nba-players-going/"]Alberto De Roa @ *********[/URL]

Golden State: [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-injuries-tracker/"]Klay Thompson (right achilles tendon injury management) has been downgraded to out for Thursday’s game against Utah. Draymond Green (right foot soreness) and Donte DiVincenzo (right knee soreness) are questionable[/URL].
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-injuries-tracker/"]Alberto De Roa @ *********[/URL]

Former 76ers player [URL="https://*********.com/lists/international-transactions-log-where-are-former-nba-players-going/"]Saben Lee re-joined G League team Raptors 905 for the remainder of the 2022-23 season[/URL].
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/international-transactions-log-where-are-former-nba-players-going/"]Alberto De Roa @ *********[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/497006/jazz-discussed-collins-trade-with-suns-hawks/[/url]

[QUOTE]According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the trade talks surrounded Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt from the Jazz, Jae Crowder from the Suns, and John Collins from the Hawks.

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doesn't work

[URL]http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=2o2qupbx[/URL]

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/12/28/23526876/christmas-wishes-for-the-utah-jazz-in-2023[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz have a mixed bag. On the one hand, Lauri is crazy efficient on high volume. But most of those baskets are coming assisted. Clarkson is generating his own offense quite a bit but below league average efficiency. Nickeil & Collin are in the right area but on far too little volume.

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Get rid of the bum. More Sexton, Nickeil and Beasley

Alan Horton: [URL="http://twitter.com/WolvesRadio/status/1608286224707362816"]“We’d like to see Rudy be a little more impactful challenging shots, he’s been a little bit timid there sometimes.”[/URL] -Chris Finch on the Tip-Off Show tonight. Rudy has responded w/ 3 1st half blocks & anchoring a defense holding NOP to 100 ORTG (87th %) & 44% FG% in the paint.

– via [URL="http://twitter.com/WolvesRadio/status/1608286224707362816"]Twitter[/URL]





This summer, the Utah Jazz traded him to Minnesota, which bet its future on Gobert’s ability to help the franchise win its first championship. The Timberwolves gave the Jazz four draft picks, four players and the right to swap picks in 2026. [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]“The average fan might not understand what I bring to the table,” Gobert said, “but the G.M.s in the league do.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]Tania Ganguli @ New York Times[/URL]







What has it been like adjusting to playing with another center like Karl-Anthony Towns? [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]I don’t really like to call him a center because I don’t think he’s a center. I think it’s more of a wing in a center’s body. But yeah, it’s been a fun process so far.[/URL] Obviously, we knew there was going to be some ups and downs, and there is some ups and downs. But KAT has been a great teammate. He’s been a great human. People like to focus on the fact that it’s two big men that play together, but there is always a process of adjustment when a player like me joins another team. Building chemistry takes time.
– via [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]Tania Ganguli @ New York Times[/URL]






[URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]A lot of people celebrate my failures.[/URL] It’s kind of like a mark of respect for me just to have people that just wait until I do something wrong or until my teams start losing. Then they become really, really loud. And when my teams do well it’s quiet again. You know, I kind of embrace that it’s part of the external noise that comes with all the success that we’ve had in Utah and over the last few years in my career.
– via [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]Tania Ganguli @ New York Times[/URL]






When did you first feel that people were celebrating your failures? Once I started to have success, when I started winning defensive player of the year, All-N.B.A., being an All-Star. When my team, when we started winning like 50 games and stuff. [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]The people on social media are always the loudest. When I go outside, it’s usually all the interactions are positive[/URL].
– via [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]Tania Ganguli @ New York Times[/URL]







There was a lot of conversation about your relationship with Donovan Mitchell, at that time and afterward. How do you view how that relationship was? I think it was a tough situation for me, just like it was a tough situation for him. After that, we came back to have a lot of success as a team. As of today, Donovan is someone that I want to see him happy. I want to see him succeed. [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]I want him and his family to be great. Things happen, and sometimes people can do things to you that can hurt you.[/URL] A lot of times it’s out of fear, you know. So you just have to grow through that and see past that. You mentioned people will do things that hurt you. Do you mean Mitchell? I mean generally. That’s life.
– via [URL="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/sports/basketball/rudy-gobert-minnesota-timberwolves.html"]Tania Ganguli @ New York Times[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/497016/markkanen-jazz-struggle-late-in-loss-to-warriors/[/url]

[QUOTE]Clarkson is a more willing shot-creator off the dribble than Markkanen, which is largely the reason he’s been the team’s top option in the fourth quarter.

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mainly because he's a gunner

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2022/12/29/23500244/utah-jazz-story-top-storylines-in-2022[/url]

Gobert trade for sure at the top

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/12/28/23530540/utah-jazz-collapse-in-the-fourth-lose-to-the-golden-state-warriors-steph-curry[/url]

[QUOTE]In the final minute of the game the Jazz had their chance to take the lead with two consecutive trips to the foul line, but Olynyk and Clarkson shot 1/4 on those attempts and that was all she wrote. There is no doubt that the Jazz will wish they could take a mulligan on this fourth quarter, this was a winnable game that slipped away due to poor execution and ice-cold shooting.

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trade the bum!

Jazz are all guards and bigs Need some wings

Jason Anderson: The [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Sacramento Kings are listing forward Trey Lyles as questionable for Friday’s game against the Utah Jazz due to a right calf contusion[/URL]. Domantas Sabonis (thumb) is not listed on the injury report after returning in last night’s win over the Nuggets.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/JandersonSacBee"]Twitter JandersonSacBee[/URL]

[QUOTE] Last week, Stockton joined Michele Tafoya’s podcast Sideline Sanity to preach his anti-vax narratives. During the interview, Tafoya referenced Stockton’s claim that more than 100 pro athletes died from the COVID vaccine and asked the Basketball Hall-of-Famer where that information came from. “I got it from a lot of places otherwise I would have never had the confidence to share it,” Stockton said without offering specific sources. “That’s the beauty of it. [URL="https://thecomeback.com/covid-19/john-stockton-thinks-1000-pro-athletes-died-covid-vaccine.html"]I have quite a system that I go through before I open my mouth, especially with statistics and I knew at the time that 150 was dramatically low.”[/URL]

– via [URL="https://thecomeback.com/covid-19/john-stockton-thinks-1000-pro-athletes-died-covid-vaccine.html"]Brandon Contes @ The Comeback[/URL]





Now nearly one year later, Stockton told Tafoya he’s confident he lowballed the number when he estimated 150 pro athletes died from the vaccine. “I thought it was in the area of 300. When I went and spoke at the Spokesman-Review, we had a nice interview, and they asked, and then of course whatever FactChecker.org or dot com came out and said ‘well that’s baloney.’ I went back and looked again, I have names, pictures, faces, where they played,” Stockton asserted on Tafoya’s podcast. “I had over 300 at the time, so I felt pretty secure with my little 150. People had to come out and argue that, I had the proof in my hands, the piece of paper with the names. [URL="https://thecomeback.com/covid-19/john-stockton-thinks-1000-pro-athletes-died-covid-vaccine.html"]And it’s way more than that now. I think it’s in the thousands now. Don’t quote me on that one, I’m not saying 1,000, but it might be. It’s a big number.”[/URL]

– via [URL="https://thecomeback.com/covid-19/john-stockton-thinks-1000-pro-athletes-died-covid-vaccine.html"]Brandon Contes @ The Comeback[/URL]


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how the mighty have fallen :cry:

James Ham: OFFICIAL: Head coach [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Brown has cleared health & safety protocols and will coach tonight’s game versus the Utah Jazz[/URL].
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/James_HamNBA"]Twitter James_HamNBA[/URL]

Ira Winderman: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Expect Jimmy Butler now to sit out Saturday night in Utah,[/URL] with the expectation of sitting one of the two games in this back-to-back. Essentially, Victor Oladipo becomes Jimmy Butler tomorrow night.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat"]Twitter IraHeatBeat[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/497050/utah-jazz-four-factors-week-ten/[/url]

[QUOTE]Similarly, Ochai Agbaji has made only four appearances in the Jazz’s last six outings averaging 4.8 minutes per game.

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worry about what he's doing with the Stars

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2022/12/30/23532781/utah-jazz-pick-watch-nba-draft-dariq-whitehead-jarace-walker-jordan-walsh[/url]

[QUOTE]Sitting at 11th is Dariq Whitehead, the 6’6” wing playing at Duke. He is an athletic wing player with an improving 3pt shot. He will still be 18 years old on draft night. Something that really stands out when watching him play is how smooth he is with the ball in his hands. If the Jazz stand pat and don’t try to move up further into the lottery, a player like Whitehead would be a great guy to take a shot on.

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definitely got to think they'll be looking for wings in the off season. They are all guards and bigs now

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2022/12/30/23533181/utah-jazz-lose-close-game-against-sacramento-kings-nba-lauri-markkanen-domantas-sabonis-fox-winner[/url]

[QUOTE]On the other end, the Jazz could hold look to trade everyone not named Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler, Ochai Agbagi, and Collin Sexton. They can see what kind of draft compensation they can build from veterans like Mike Conley, Kelly Olynyk, Malik Beasley, and Rudy Gay. They can increase their odds at a top pick and see if they hit on a generational young player.

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Agbaji is definitely available. I think Ainge will try to get good young vets like Lauri, Sexton, Collins on decent deals until they get the big guys to max out

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2022/12/30/nba-first-time-allstar-nods-brunson/4/[/url]

[url]https://hoopshabit.com/2022/12/29/nba-trades-under-radar-trade-targets/[/url]

[QUOTE]The beginning of the Will Hardy era in Salt Lake has produced some of the purest basketball we’ve seen in years through elite three-point shooting, constant ball movement, and fast pace. Nonetheless, despite the team’s exciting start to the season, it’s still most likely that the Utah Jazz [URL="http://hoopshabit.com/2022/11/11/utah-jazz-start-cost-wembamyama/"]become huge sellers[/URL] at the trade deadline. While this may certainly include veterans like Mike Conley, Malik Beasley, and even Jordan Clarkson (despite the [URL="https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2022/12/26/jordan-clarkson-utah-jazz-have/"]extension rumors[/URL]), one of the often most under-looked players in the league, now a member of the Jazz, is [URL="https://www.nba.com/player/203482/kelly-olynyk"]Kelly Olynyk[/URL].

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as long as Clarkson is part of it

[url]https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/269833/Cavs-Remain-More-Cute-Than-Contender-For-Now[/url]

[url]https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/269831/Cavaliers-To-Pursue-Wing-On-Trade-Market[/url]

[URL]http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=2pdbdsj9[/URL]

Miami: [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-injuries-tracker/"]Jimmy Butler (right knee injury management) has been downgraded to out for Saturday’s game[/URL] against Utah. Victor Oladipo (left knee injury management) is probable, and Caleb Martin (left quadriceps strain) and Udonis Haslem (left achilles tendinosis) are questionable.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/lists/nba-injuries-tracker/"]Alberto De Roa @ *********[/URL]

And for the first time since coming back from his torn left ACL, Ingles looked like himself again on his way to 14 points, five rebounds and 10 assists in the Bucks’ 123-114 victory. [URL="https://theathletic.com/4047356/2022/12/31/bucks-joe-ingles-giannis-antetokounmpo/?source=emp_shared_article"]“If we won and I played like s—, like I had in the first five games, I’d still be happy,” Ingles said. “But I was just talking to my wife in the ice bath and it’s like, I guess the nice part is the work that I did over the last 11 months, even playing with the Herd guys and different times along this, you’re not second guessing, but you’re like, ‘Have I done enough? Am I still going to be the same person? Can I still move the same out there? Can I still create the same?’ There is no doubt that I questioned that along this 11, 12 months[/URL].
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/4047356/2022/12/31/bucks-joe-ingles-giannis-antetokounmpo/?source=emp_shared_article"]Eric Nehm @ The Athletic[/URL]




“The favorite quote of everybody else is I’m 35 — apparently that’s just like a major bad thing in life now. Like, I would have gone home very happy tonight if we won, especially after the last few games, but just to feel a bit more like myself, getting up the minutes a little more from what I’ve been able to play. In the end, you’re helping these guys out to win a game. [URL="https://theathletic.com/4047356/2022/12/31/bucks-joe-ingles-giannis-antetokounmpo/?source=emp_shared_article"]That’s what I’m here to do — to help create and playmake for these guys and make shots when I can and be annoying on defense and that’s just what I try (to do). Tonight was probably the most natural I felt out there.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://theathletic.com/4047356/2022/12/31/bucks-joe-ingles-giannis-antetokounmpo/?source=emp_shared_article"]Eric Nehm @ The Athletic[/URL]