Green brought up a fine he received in 2019. Several Golden State players demonstrated their umbrage with the officiating during a game refereed by Marat Kogut. Afterward, Green tweeted “TD” and “MK.” People inferred he was conflating disgraced referee Tim Donaghy with Kogut. But Green never admitted that publicly. Still, the NBA docked him $35,000 for “making statements on social media which impugned the integrity of NBA officiating.”

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"Obviously, I love our league. I love the game of basketball at the highest level and doing what I love to do," James said Sunday, via USA Today’s Mark Medina. "I just think under these circumstances with what we’re going through still with the pandemic and everything with the season, I just thought we could’ve looked at it a little bit differently. New Orleans Pelicans face coverings

Ian also speculates that a superstar could very well be on their way to NYC in the next 12 months -- with Donovan Mitchell, Karl-Anthony Towns, Zach LaVine, and Devin Booker the most likely candidates.

USA Basketball is expected to finalize a player pool of about 60 names -- many of them holdovers from the 44 announced as members of the pool last year, a group that includes Leonard -- in the not-too-distant future. From there, a team will be picked, and the current plan is to bring that group to Las Vegas around July 1 to begin training camp and a series of exhibition games against other national teams.

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Earlier that night, shortly after leaving his office at 645 Fifth Avenue, Silver received a call from NBA general counsel Rick Buchanan. Buchanan informed the NBA commissioner that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had tested positive for COVID-19. Over the next 90 minutes, Silver guided the league through one of the most frantic nights in its history. When he finally swung open his apartment door, he told his wife: “You're not gonna believe what just happened.”

Kristaps Porzingis had 28 points and 14 rebounds against the Spurs while Luka Doncic recorded his eighth triple-double of the season and the 33rd of his career with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists.