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Derrick Rose hopes to return after the All-Star Game |  NBA
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Derrick Rose hopes to return after the All-Star Game | NBA

When he had surgery on his right ankle on December 22, Derrick Rose knew he would be out for at least eight weeks. More than five weeks after being on the pool table, the Knicks point guard is on schedule. Nevertheless, he should not return before the announced two months. “Shortly after the All-Star Game”, he says to the New York Post, as the Knicks resume Feb. 25 at Madison Square Garden against the Heat. The 2011 MVP also explained how much this operation, which removed a bone growth, was a release for him. He was indeed embarrassed for many weeks by his joint since he dated his first pain from a match in Chicago on November 21, a month before having surgery. “I felt relieved after the operation, really,” he says. “I tried to ignore the pain, but when I was on the court, I th...
All-Star Game: Andrew Wiggins responds to the controversy over his selection |  NBA
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All-Star Game: Andrew Wiggins responds to the controversy over his selection | NBA

Like Ja Morant, Andrew Wiggins picked up his first All-Star Game selection, but unlike the Grizzlies point guard, the Warriors winger isn't unanimous. For many, he took the place of Chris Paul or Devin Booker, and he owes his selection to an influx of votes from Korea. But Wiggins doesn't care. “It has been a long road to get here. I've been through a lot of ups and downs. I come here to play, then I go home to play with my children, then I go to bed. In this order. I play basketball, and I don't care about outside noise. I'm here to improve myself again and again. Everyone will have their say, but I take it as an additional motivation to progress and improve further. » “He was everywhere in defense. In attack, he is our most consistent player. Against the Nets, Wiggin...
All-Star Game 2022: DeMar DeRozan’s revenge |  NBA
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All-Star Game 2022: DeMar DeRozan’s revenge | NBA

Ironically, it was on the plane from Chicago to San Antonio that DeMar DeRozan learned of his tenure at the next All-Star Game. Like a captain on board, it was Zach LaVine who took the microphone to announce the good news to the whole team. “Your attention please, this is the captain speaking to you from flight number 8, the LaVine flight. We're on our way to San Antonio with some big news to announce for our guy DeMar DeRozan and his fifth All-Star Game selection this year." Arrived in Illinois from the Spurs, DeMar DeRozan took a step forward in Chicago, already reinforced at the end of last season by the arrival of Nikola Vucevic, his former teammate at USC University. The one who considered himself "the sacrificed lamb" which allowed Toronto to recover Kawhi Leonard in 2018 ...
All-Star Game 2022 |  LeBron James and Kevin Durant captains!  |  NBA
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All-Star Game 2022 | LeBron James and Kevin Durant captains! | NBA

Unsurprisingly, and in the continuity of the final score dating from last week, these are LeBron James (West) and Kevin Durant (East) who finish at the top of the votes aimed at designating the holders of the All-Star Game 2022 (the 71st in history). Therefore, and as in 2021, the Lakers winger and the Nets winger will be the captains of Team LeBron and Team Durant. They will therefore each be able to select the 11 other players who will walk the floor of Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse with them on Sunday, February 20, once the announcement of replacements has fallen next Thursday. “With them”, or almost, since we recall that Kevin Durant will not be able to hold his place in Cleveland, due to his recent knee injury. Which means that he will be replaced in the five by one of the rep...
No All-Star Game for Kevin Durant |  NBA
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No All-Star Game for Kevin Durant | NBA

For the third year in a row, the All-Star Game will be without Kevin Durant. Absent in 2020, in full rehabilitation of his Achilles tendon, the Nets winger had withdrawn last season, after being shot in the leg. Rebelote this season since it is his left knee that will prevent him from participating in the all-star game, tells us Yahoo! Sports. Voting leader in the Eastern Conference, Kevin Durant was injured against the Pelicans ten days ago and suffers from a sprained medial collateral ligament. His absence was estimated between four and six weeks, which could suggest a return for the All-Star Game, organized in Cleveland on February 20. But the 2014 MVP has other priorities, that is to say the long term and the playoffs. He prefers to continue to recover well and then attack...