Bucks and Knicks Discussed a Trade For Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n
During the offseason, the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks reportedly engaged in preliminary trade discussions<\/a> regarding Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. In August, the two-time MVP allegedly made it known that\u00a0 New York was the only team he would want to play for outside of Milwaukee. But talks never gained serious traction; as the Bucks insisted they did not want to move Antetokounmpo unless he demanded a trade. Also, many felt the Knicks\u2019 offer was not strong enough.<\/p>\n Napheesa Collier Nixes Meeting With WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert<\/p>\n As tensions between players and the league have grown, Napheesa Collier, star forward for the Minnesota Lynx and Vice President of the WNBA Players Association, canceled a planned meeting<\/a> with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. According to reports, Collier was open to meeting with Engelbert but reportedly changed her mind after the Commissioner denied making controversial statements about players. At her exit press conference, Collier pulled no punches in her critique of Engelbert, saying that \u201cthe WNBA has the worst leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n A\u2019ja Wilson Continues To Dominate The WNBA Finals<\/p>\n Las Vegas Aces star A\u2019ja Wilson is proving why she is the league\u2019s MVP and best player. On Wednesday, Wilson led<\/a> the Aces to a 3-0 series lead over the Phoenix Mercury with a game-winning jumpshot, coming through in the clutch. Wilson scored a Finals career-high of 34 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, and had three blocks. She averaged 27.7 points, 12.7 rebounds, and 4.0 assists in 3 Finals games. The Aces look to close out the Mercury in a sweep on Friday night to win their third championship in four years.<\/p>\n Ja Morant Suffers Ankle Injury Before Season Opener<\/p>\n Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant may be out of the starting lineup to begin the season. The Grizzlies announced that Morant sustained<\/a> a left ankle sprain during practice on Sunday (October 5). He is officially listed as \u201cweek-to-week.\u201dOver the past several years, Morant has missed more games than he\u2019s played. He suited up for a combined 59 games the past two seasons, missing all but nine games during the 2023-24 campaign because of a 25-game suspension<\/a> handed out by the NBA. Last year, he had a season-ending shoulder injury<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lamar Jackson To Miss More Time With Hamstring Injury<\/p>\n The Baltimore Ravens have gotten off to a rocky start to the season, and Lamar Jackson will miss more time as he recovers from a hamstring injury. Against the Houston Texans last Sunday, the Ravens lost 44-10 in Jackson\u2019s absence. NFL insider Jay Glazer spoke about Jackson’s injury status for Week 6 against the Los Angeles Rams at home and the possibility of his return. I was told there\u2019s an outside shot for next week, so they don\u2019t want to shut it down yet,\u201d Glazer said<\/a>. \u201cBut the bye is coming after that, obviously. If they decide to (hold) him out next week, then they get three weeks of rest for him, but they\u2019re not saying he\u2019s out yet for next week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bucks and Knicks Discussed a Trade For Giannis Antetokounmpo During the offseason, the Milwaukee Bucks and the New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-203258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}