Statcast had Javy traveling 132 feet to make the catch in the 8th. Said it was the longest distance traveled by a SS since 2015. The catch Russell had against the Pirates last year, he only went 107.
On the plus side, this takes a trade for Paul George off the table. They're not trading the pick or Ingram and Indy would want one of those in a deal. I agree with you though. Bad deals led to this trade having to be made. I wanted to see a Ball-Russell backcourt also. Will be interesting to see if they deal Lopez before the season or if they wait until midseason. No chance he ends the year on the roster. Also: [tweet]
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Meanwhile, none of the 10 NL teams currently out of playoff position are within 2 games of the playoffs. The four teams that are closest to playoff position are all in the Central. The Reds (last place) are 6.5 out while the Marlins (2nd place) are 10.
That commercial is great. Foot Locker also mad the commercial last year where Ben Simmons asks, Towns, Booker and Russell for advice on being in the NBA and Russell takes Simmons's phone and throws it out the window.
Outside of being 3-5 in the finals, LeBron probably won't get as much play as he should but he went for 41 (on 19-30), 13 reb and 8 assists tonight and averaged 33.6/12/10 in the finals.
So West shoves Irving and gets a technical, then goes face to face with Thompson and only Thompson gets a tech? That's terrible. Either you do double techs and West gets tossed or Thompson shouldn't have gotten one.