LaVar Ball watched the Los Angeles Lakers' 108-94 Friday night loss to the Charlotte Hornets from Lithuania, but that didn't stop him from criticizing the team's coach.
"You can see they're not playing for Luke [Walton] no more," Ball said, per Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com. "Luke doesn't have control of the team no more. They don't want to play for him."
It was Lonzo Ball's first game back since Dec. 23 because of a shoulder injury, and his father didn't seem pleased the point guard played just 27 minutes.
"Lonzo looked good, but he also looked disgusted," LaVar said. "I don't know what they're doing. If he's ready to play, let him play. Don't try and monitor no minutes, put on restrictions."
LaVar may not have approved of Lonzo's minutes, but the rookie played well with 11 points, five assists, four rebounds and two steals behind 4-of-8 shooting from the field. He even made three shots from three-point range, something he has struggled with this season.
The New England Patriots say a report suggesting a rift involving owner Robert Kraft, coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady is “flat-out inaccurate.”
The three released a joint statement Friday hours after an ESPN report, citing undisclosed sources, detailed an array of tension.
The story highlighted purported disputes concerning Brady’s personal body coach, Alex Guerrero, in player-medical affairs. Also mentioned is a supposed difference between Kraft and Belichick over the decision to trade backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. The story implied Brady has taken issue with a lack of praise from Belichick this season.
The statement says the three have had a “very good and productive working relationship” for 18 years and they regret having to “respond to these fallacies.”
The Patriots are again the AFC’s top seed in the playoffs and have a first-round bye this weekend.
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Source: Associated Press
The Browns 0-16 parade gets just as crazy as you thought it would
The Cleveland Browns didn't make the playoffs, but they still unofficially kicked off Wild Card Weekend on Saturday, thanks to their fans, who showed up by the thousands to celebrate the team's 0-16 season.
The celebration, which was half parade, half protest and all craziness, was held at FirstEnergy Field. Although several players -- including Emmanuel Ogbah -- were angry about the parade, thousands of fans seemed to enjoy it. Police in Cleveland estimated that a total of 3,200 people were in attendance, although one Associated Press writer estimated that there were probably more than that on hand.
So what exactly happens at an 0-16 parade?
Glad you asked.
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