Kevon Looney Rumors

New Orleans Pelicans: Kevon Looney, 3x NBA Champ with the Warriors, honored before tonight’s game 🫡👏

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Dalton Johnson: Asked Kevon Looney how he always wants to be remembered as Warrior: "I just want to be remembered as being a tough guy. A guy that showed up every night, a guy that brought his hard hat every night, a guy that never complained. Whatever I was asked, I went out there and tried to do it to the best of my ability. That's how I want to be remembered."

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Andrew Lopez: Pelicans center Kevon Looney meeting with the media here at Chase Center prior to his first road game against the Warriors. Warriors are handing out pins to every fan entering the building tonight to celebrate Loon.

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KC Johnson: Bulls list Isaac Okoro and Dalen Terry out and Kevin Huerter (illness) and Patrick Williams (wrist) questionable vs. Pelicans. Zion Williamson isn’t on injury report for New Orleans, who are without Jordan Poole, Herb Jones and Dejounte Murray. Kevon Looney is questionable.

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Pelicans Film Room: "Been most impressed with his IQ. He's got a great feel. He sees the floor and pace of the game really well... The sky is the limit... The more minutes he gets, the more different coverages he sees, he'll be able to pick the game apart" -- Kevon Looney on Derik Queen

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Given your championship experience and experience in the league, what things and pearls of wisdom have you tried to share? Looney: “Just right now, the NBA is a long season. We’ve been losing some games. It can feel like the end of the world when we’re starting off and going [0-5] right now. But it’s a long season. You’re going to have long stretches. But it’s about how you bounce back. Just as easily as you can go on a three or four-game losing streak, you can turn that into a five or six-game [winning] streak, and then it’s a whole different outlook on the season. I’ve been on teams where we started off really hot and things didn’t look as good going into the second half of the season. But we were able to flip the script. So I’ve been in different circumstances. I feel like we have the talent to weather the storm. Then, once we connect and get our chemistry right, then we can be really good. So I’m just telling guys when you add people to a team, it’s never easy. So just keep fighting through the adversity and keep our confidence in the things that I’ve been talking about.”

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I’m intrigued that, though, you’ll get to talk some trash with Dray and you all can be physical. What do you expect? Looney: (interrupts) “Yeah, that’ll be cool. I expect it to be a great game. A lot of trash talking. But it’s all going to be in good gesture and good heart. Those guys are some of the most competitive guys that I’ve ever seen. I know they don’t want to lose to me. So hopefully it’ll be a game with some meaning to it. I’m just excited. Those guys are still my mentors. Those are guys that I still talk to when I need something or if I feel like it. If I’m dealing with an injury and I need somebody to talk to or a doctor or anything, those are guys that I still talk to and really lean on. So going back there and being able to compete against them on the other side is going to be a lot of fun.”

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The Pelicans have upgraded Kevon Looney (left knee sprain) to doubtful for Friday’s game against Clippers.

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Mark Medina: Pelicans announce that Kevon Looney will be evaluated in two to three weeks after being diagnosed with a ligament sprain in his left knee.

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Pelicans Film Room: "I take a lot of pride in that stuff. I take pride in doing all the small stuff, all the hard stuff, all the tough stuff... Usually hometown fans have appreciation for it. I know my teammates do -- Kevon Looney on doing the little things

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Erin Summers: Question: How excited are you to be reunited with Looney? Jordan Poole: Man super excited, I haven't had a good screen in two years #Pelicans

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Jim Eichenhofer: Joe Dumars noted #Pelicans draftees have been paired up with veteran members of roster in offseason. Jeremiah Fears has worked with Jordan Poole; Derik Queen will work with Kevon Looney when Queen gets back on court; Micah Peavy has learned from Saddiq Bey

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Looney, who signed a two-year free-agent contract with the New Orleans Pelicans last week, joined Marcus Thompson II on the "Warriors Plus/Minus" podcast and shared how he felt a bit slighted by some of Warriors coach Steve Kerr's rotation decisions, including the choice to play then-rookie Quinten Post over him, particularly in the playoffs. "I guess," Looney said when Thompson II asked him if Post was the final straw for him. "I wouldn't say it like that, but it was anybody but me it seemed like at this point. It wasn't no one moment. Even this year, probably the playoffs. We going up against Steven Adams. This is what I do. They're not really giving me the chance to really let me do what I do. "It's like, 'All right, y'all don't trust me? I thought y'all trusted me.' They put me at the end in Game 7, it's like why'd we have to wait for that point?"

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While Looney felt some type of way about Kerr's decisions, he knows it's not personal. "I just know it's never personal with Steve," Looney said. "He's going to do whatever is best to try to win. It ain't just me. He's done this to everybody. I might've been the one it was happening to the most because I was here the longest. I know it's not personal. He just wants to win. "You can't be mad because the results showed that. It usually worked. You talk about sacrifice and win, he's going to really test that sacrifice part."

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