SAN ANTONIO -- A lingering thigh injury for Kawhi Leonard has the San Antonio Spurs' season off to an ominous start.
Leonard will miss the entire preseason while rehabbing an injury to his right quadriceps, the Spurs announced Saturday. There is no definitive timetable for his return.
Coach Gregg Popovich told reporters in San Antonio that the thigh has bothered Leonard since the playoffs. The two-time All-Star and two-time defensive player of the year has been working on rehabilitation all summer but is still not ready to get on the court (see full story).
Cavaliers: Owner gets 'vile' voicemails after LeBron's 'bum' tweet
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert received "vile, disgusting" voicemails after LeBron James called President Donald Trump a "bum" on Twitter.
Gilbert said he was flooded with phone messages when the NBA's most celebrated player criticized Trump for rescinding a White House invitation to Golden State's Stephen Curry to honor the team's NBA championship.
"I received voicemails after LeBron tweeted that were some of the most vile, disgusting, racist," Gilbert said Friday on CNBC's "Squawk Box. "There's an element of racism that I didn't even realize existed in this country this much."
Gilbert said he had not told James about the voicemails. He called the comments unnerving (see full story).
Heat: Olynyk makes a big splash in end-of-camp scrimmage
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Habits are something Miami coach Erik Spoelstra talks about often with his club, that word becoming as much of his everyday vernacular as probably any other.
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Kelly Olynyk has noticed. He's also noticed that habits can be tough to break.
High on the to-do list for the Heat during this training camp that ended with a scrimmage Saturday was this: Getting Olynyk, the former Boston Celtics forward who signed a four-year deal with Miami this summer, as involved as possible with a core that largely returned intact from last season. It's a process, though both Spoelstra and Olynyk said afterward they like the way things are heading (see full story).