is draymond green playing tonight?
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Draymond Green will not play tonight against the Clippers because of a left shoulder contustion, the Warriors announced. Draymond sustained the contusion on Wednesday night against Charlotte when he appeared to get hit by Spencer Hawes.
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Durant has not played since he tore his Achilles tendon last June 11 during Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals while playing for the Golden State Warriors against the Toronto Raptors.
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Warriors guard Klay Thompson tore his left ACL during Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. That was six days ago. The five-time All-Star has not yet undergone surgery to repair the ligament, Golden State GM Bob Myers told reporters on Wednesday afternoon.
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Kings guard De'Aaron Fox, who sustained a left ankle sprain during practice on July 15, continues to make progress and has returned to on-court, non-contact basketball activities. Fox is ruled out for tonight's scrimmage vs. the Miami Heat and his return to game action will be updated as appropriate.
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Bradley Beal will make his return tonight against the Pistons after missing three games with a left shoulder injury.
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The Raptors' front office had been pushing the league to get a Christmas Day game for years. ... Meanwhile, Pascal Siakam – their best player, who is featured in the league's Christmas Day promos – will miss the game with a groin injury. Marc Gasol and Norman Powell are also out.
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Rest: Frowned upon when NBA games count, not in preseason. MIAMI (AP) — There is no NBA mandate urging teams to not rest players in the preseason. ... When the regular season starts next week, resting players who are healthy enough to play will be officially frowned upon by a new NBA policy.
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Bengals' A.J. A.J. Green will play out the 2020 season on a franchise tag worth $17.9 million, ESPN.com's Ben Baby reports. ... Green has hinted at taking that approach, but he also said he'll be ready for the start of the regular season.
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Anthony Davis will play tonight against the Nets. Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis will be available for tonight's game against the Brooklyn Nets. ... The Lakers are 35-9 and sit atop the Western Conference. Anthony Davis will start tonight.
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Draymond Jamal Green Sr. (born March 4, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Green, who plays primarily at the power forward position, is a three-time NBA champion and a three-time NBA All-Star.
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LeBron James and Anthony Davis voted in as All-Star Game Starters, Alex Caruso and Dwight Howard miss cut. As expected, Lakers forwards LeBron James and Anthony Davis will start in the 2020 NBA All-Star Game. Alex Caruso and Dwight Howard, however, could not rally enough votes to get in.
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Nets star Kevin Durant won't play for balance of 2020: report. Brooklyn star Kevin Durant will not play if the NBA restarts the season, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Sunday. The Nets are determined to let the four-time scoring champion rest until next season rather than risk reinjuring his right Achilles tendon.
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The Warriors are bad now. This is a fact, and not open to dispute. They're 2-9; 2-9 is a bad record. After Wednesday night, when they travel to Los Angeles to pass through the Anthony Davis Evisceration Experience, they will probably be 2-10; 2-10 is an even worse record than 2-9.
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Kevin Durant has confirmed his season is over. The Nets Forward has not played at all during the 2019-20 season because of a ruptured right Achilles tendon suffered during the NBA Finals last June. As the season looks to resume at the end of July, Durant told ESPN “My season is over. I don't plan on playing at all.
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For the first time in his three-year NBA career, Jayson Tatum is an All-Star. The Boston Celtics' No. 3 overall pick from 2017 was voted in among the Eastern Conference reserves for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game.
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Draymond Green, veteran of seven-plus seasons in the NBA, will have his jersey retired Tuesday. Not his Warriors jersey, of course. Green's No. 23 Michigan State jersey will be lifted to the rafters of the court at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing.
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JaVale McGee is out tonight against the Nets. Los Angeles Lakers big man JaVale McGee (flu-like symptoms) will be sidelined for tonight's Lakers-Nets matchup in Brooklyn.