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Duane Rankin: "One of the most exciting times in my life. Can't lie." Kevin Durant on seeing his Washington Commanders' top Devin Booker's Detroit Lions in NFC divisional playoff game Saturday night at Ford Field. On if he's collected on bet with Booker: "We're going to keep that on the low. Not going to press him out. Whenever he ready, I'll be ready. Be here all year." Commanders vs. Eagles-Rams winner in NFC championship game next week. Bradley Beal's favorite team? "Rams." #Suns pic.x.com/PvqqOmg5oL
Kyle Kuzma to return on Monday?
Josh Robbins: The Wizards and Kyle Kuzma have identified Monday’s game as Kuzma’s potential return to action, team sources told @TheAthleticNBA. Kuzma has missed Washington’s last 12 games because of sprained rib cartilage — an injury similar to the injury Darrell Green suffered during the NFC playoffs in early 1988, when Green hurdled the Chicago Bears’ Cap Boso for a 52-yard punt return for a touchdown at Soldier Field. Kuzma suffered his injury on Nov. 27. A determination on Kuzma’s playing status is expected in the hours leading up to Monday night’s game against the Knicks at Capital One Arena.
The introduction of an additional day has also prompted various NBA teams to confer with NFL personnel, league sources told Yahoo Sports, to glean any possible insight into how to handle an overnight and early-morning window between rounds. The NFL Draft takes place over three days now. “Is there any gamesmanship we’re not aware of?” one NBA official who spoke with an NFL team asked. An NFC executive who spoke with three NBA teams tried to enlighten each. “I’ll be honest,” the executive told Yahoo Sports. “I’ll be surprised if any team didn’t [consult the NFL].
The NFC executive who advised three NFL teams spoke less to how teams should spend Thursday morning and more to how they shouldn’t. The executive urged teams to weigh contingencies and establish their trade parameters days, weeks and sometimes even months before the draft. Sure, a more drawn-out draft allows more time to sort through possibilities and “more bandwidth to do s***.” But the best decisions will be level-headed and rooted in data assembled before draft emotions spike, the executive said. Know what a “winning” proposition would look like, they urged; know also when you’re willing to “lose” according to a model because your team is that eager to secure a prospect. “Maybe your organization is just really high on that player [so] you're just like, ‘F*** it,’” the executive said. “But at least it’s been discussed before, and it's not a moment in the draft where people are just being like, ‘Oh s***, what the f*** just happened?’”
ESPN and Turner Sports walked away with the most trophies at the 42nd Annual Sports Emmy Awards last night, with nine and seven, respectively. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) presented awards in 46 categories during the live-streamed virtual ceremony, including trophies to TNT’s 2020 NBA All-Star Game for Outstanding Live Sports Special, NBC’s Sunday Night Football for Outstanding Live Sports Series, and CBS Sports/Nickelodeon’s NFC Wild Card Game for Outstanding Live Sports Series.
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Dion Waiters spent Sunday night celebrating his hometown Philadelphia Eagles’ NFC championship … and preparing for ankle surgery. Waiters shared the news on his Instagram account. “I get surgery tomorrow,” Waiters wrote Sunday night under a photo of someone else dressed in Eagles gear. “This game help calm my nerves. BigTime!!!!”
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