"We wish PG a speedy recovery and want him to get back to himself. "Provided positive energy, nobody's head was down," Leonard said of several Clippers contributing in George's absence.
Leonard hit his first seven shots Thursday before finishing with 32 points, six rebounds, six assists and four steals. Many of the recent large sports team transactions were predicated on large.
That came after George had returned from a three-month absence due a torn ligament in his elbow. ESPN spent 15.2 billion when it renewed the NFL rights package in 2011. Last season, with Leonard out the entire year, George had to sit out the second play-in game, a loss to New Orleans, because he tested positive for COVID-19. The Clippers still made it to the Western Conference finals before falling to Phoenix. Kawhi Leonard tore his right ACL in Game 4 of the second round against Utah in the 2021 playoffs. Lue said the Clippers will start guard Eric Gordon in George's place for the remainder of the season.Īnd once again, the Clippers will have to try to win without one of their stars at the most important time of the season. But we are going to support him 100 percent." "But that's to be expected when it's late in the season and when you want to help your team. If the Clippers clinch a playoff berth, a potential George return in the first round is considered optimistic. The Clippers (39-35) are in fifth in the Western Conference standings but also are just two games above seventh and the play-in tournament with eight games remaining. Once he feels his knee is strong enough, he will need time to ramp up if he is able to return this postseason.
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I think New England would have been better off keeping Meyers, but once he was out the door, Smith-Schuster was a decent option to fill a major need in a thin free agent wide receiver market.George will need to let his knee heal before being reevaluated. This contract makes me think less of Lazard’s deal with the Jets, which earned a B at the time but would be lower now. Meyers is better than Smith-Schuster, but Smith-Schuster is better than Lazard. The Chiefs let JuJu Smith-Schuster leave in free agency, and. Arizona Cardinals OT Kelvin Beachum (2 years, 15.5 million) OL Hjalte Froholdt (2 years, 6.1 million) OG Will Hernandez (2 years, 9 million) LB Kyzir White ( 2 years, 11 million) RB Corey. “The Patriots ended up in the middle here. predicts the Chiefs will draft Kansas State defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah in his latest mock draft. “The receiver market has been fascinating to me, with Meyers getting substantially less than I would have guessed, and then Allen Lazard and Smith-Schuster following at $11 million per year,” Walder wrote. Walder took into account “on-field impact, salary-cap implications, draft compensation, player value/age and the context of a team’s short- and long-term outlook” while grading the biggest free agency moves and trades of the NFL offseason, and Smith-Schuster is a solid player who fit a need for New England. Sure, the three-year, $33 million contract Smith-Schuster signed with New England is structured differently than the three-year, $33 million deal Meyers inked with the Las Vegas Raiders, but the Patriots nevertheless swapped out one productive wide receiver for another.ĮSPN analytics writer Seth Walder gave the Patriots a “B” grade for the Smith-Schuster signing. The New England Patriots more or less replaced Jakobi Meyers with JuJu Smith-Schuster last week after NFL free agency kicked off.
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