The Bulls said Friday that Markkanen was hurt in practice Thursday and that an MRI showed a high grade lateral elbow sprain.įrom Finland, Markkanen, averaged 15.2 points and 7.5 rebounds in 68 games as a rookie last season.Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving may be one of the NBA's best ball handlers, but, for a time, he wasn't so sure the Earth is a spherical object. Jakob Poeltl, who came with DeRozan from the Raptors, had six points and 10 rebounds.īulls' Markkanen to miss at least 6 weeksĬhicago Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen will miss at least six weeks because of a left elbow injury. With Leonard traded, Tony Parker signing in Charlotte and Manu Ginobili retiring, it was a far more eventful offseason than usual in San Antonio.īut it was a good start for the new pieces. The five-game schedule began in San Antonio, where DeRozan started and scored seven points in 18 minutes of his first game since the Spurs acquired him from Toronto in the trade that sent Kawhi Leonard to the Raptors. He scored nine in 15 minutes of the Lakers' 124-107 loss to the Denver Nuggets in San Diego. The third night of NBA preseason action was the first for LeBron James in a Lakers uniform. With an offseason of change behind them, the Spurs opened exhibition play Sunday with a 104-100 victory over the Miami Heat. Irving said he's since learned certain thoughts are best kept in 'intimate conversations.'ĭeRozan debuts as a Spur, James as a LakerĪ new era of San Antonio basketball has begun, with DeMar DeRozan in the lineup and some longtime legends elsewhere. 'To all the science teachers, everybody coming up to me like, 'You know I've to got to reteach my whole curriculum?' I'm sorry,' Irving said, as the room attending his session laughed. Speaking Monday at the Forbes Under 30 summit in Boston, the flat-Earth topic that Irving inserted himself into last year was discussed - and the All-Star guard said he didn't realize the effect that his claim would have once it went public. 'I'm sorry,' the Boston Celtics star said.Īnd with that, Irving made clear that he regrets publicly saying that the Earth is flat.

Kyrie Irving offered a simple message to science teachers Monday.

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