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Sources: Durant to miss 2 games for family issue
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Sources: Durant to miss 2 games for family issue
Rockets star Kevin Durant will miss the next two games — at Phoenix and at Golden State — while tending to a family matter, sources told ESPN. Source: ESPN NBA Headlines {$excerpt:n} Sources: Durant to miss 2 games for family issue
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Sources: Grizzlies add Bufkin as hardship signing
The injury-ravaged Grizzlies plan to sign guard Kobe Bufkin via 10-day hardship exception, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. A 2023 first-round draft pick, Bufkin has played two games this season in the G League.
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Sources: Grizzlies add Bufkin as hardship signing
The injury-ravaged Grizzlies plan to sign guard Kobe Bufkin via 10-day hardship exception, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. A 2023 first-round draft pick, Bufkin has played two games this season in the G League. Source: ESPN NBA Headlines {$excerpt:n} Sources: Grizzlies add Bufkin as hardship signing
Sources: Nuggets’ Gordon out at least 4-6 weeks
The Nuggets will be without Aaron Gordon for at least four to six weeks as the starting forward deals with a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Sources: Nuggets' Gordon out at least 4-6 weeks
The Nuggets will be without Aaron Gordon for at least four to six weeks as the starting forward deals with a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Source: ESPN NBA Headlines {$excerpt:n} Sources: Nuggets' Gordon out at least 4-6 weeks