Wizards fans remember Nick Young for taking ill-advised shots, but most of those didn't work out. On Tuesday night, the now-Lakers guard took a shot that probably had his coach cringing... until it went in.
Young essentially stole a pass that was thrown to another teammate and chucked up a three against the Oklahoma City Thunder. It went in with just five seconds left and sent the Lakers home the winners of a thrilling game.
Watch the play here:
Young was asked afterwards if his game-winner reminded him of Kobe Bryant and other former Lakers. His response was classic:
Never change, Swaggy P.
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Today the NBA announced that Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura has the most popular jersey in Japan.
Sales from NBAStore.jp, the official online NBA store in Japan, put Hachimura at the top of the list, followed by Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry. The rankings were based on online sales during the 2019-2020 NBA season through January.
Hachimura's ranking shouldn't come as a surprise, as the rookie became the first Japanese-born player selected in the first round of the NBA draft when the Wizards took him ninth overall last summer.
Not only was Hachimura the top-selling jersey, but he also accounted for 24% of all jersey sales. Additionally, the Wizards made up 13% of all team merchandise sales.
The Lakers topped the list of most popular team merchandise, followed by the Wizards and the Warriors. The Brooklyn Nets and Dallas Mavericks rounded out the top five.
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Steph Curry will return to game action when the Golden State Warriors host the Wizards on Sunday night, The Athletic reported Tuesday. The game will come almost four months to the day after Curry broke his left hand during a collision with Phoenix Suns center Aron Baynes on Oct. 30.
The Warriors (12-14) enter play Tuesday with the worst record in the NBA having played most of the season without Curry or shooting guard Klay Thompson, who tore his ACL during the NBA Finals last summer.
Curry was cleared for contact Saturday and told reporters that March 1 had been his target date for a while.
"It's always been March 1," Curry said, per ESPN's Nick Friedell. "But that for me mostly is just to give you a target. You have to have something to work towards in the rehab process because that gives you a barometer for each week, what you're building towards."
The Wizards are hoping for the healthy returns of Davis Bertans (sore right knee) and Thomas Bryant (right foot) to the lineup against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday and will presumably go into Sunday’s contest with a clean injury report outside John Wall.
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