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A reporter from a Spanish-language TV station asked Luke Kornet to sum up the Spurs' 120-108 win over the Trail Blazers on Friday night in one or two words of español. Kornet gave him a complete sentence. It was that kind of night for the 7-foot-1, 270-pound big man: When called upon, he delivered.
If Wembanyama is ruled out, Luke Kornet will start in his place. "We played (the Blazers) three times without Victor," Kornet said. "We played a decent amount of games (without him), so I feel like you have those reps and you kind of know what the team looks like and different people take on different responsibilities."
Tom Orsborn: Spurs list Victor Wembanyama (left ribcage soreness) as questionable for Sunday vs. Denver. Stephon Castle (left foot soreness), Devin Vassell (right ribcage soreness) are also questionable. Luke Kornet (right shoulder soreness) is out.
About an hour and a half before tipoff Wednesday, someone informed the Spurs’ Luke Kornet he would be starting at center in place of the usual 7-foot-4 French extraterrestrial. “My Ninth Man of the Year candidacy is looking a little shaky,” Kornet said. The Spurs would enjoy Kornet returning to his bench role as soon as possible, if it means Victor Wembanyama returns to the lineup. With Wembanyama out with a left rib contusion, the Spurs did what they do and topped Portland 112-101 at the Frost Bank Center.
Tom Orsborn: Spurs will be without Luke Kornet (right knee injury management) when they play at Golden State on Wednesday night. The signing of Mason Plumlee is making it easier for Kornet to get some rest of late.
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Tom Orsborn: After sitting out Wednesday’s win at Memphis for rest and healing from nagging ailments, De’Aaron Fox and Luke Kornet aren’t listed on the Spurs injury report for tomorrow’s game here in Milwaukee.
Tom Orsborn: Spurs continue to get guys rest here and there. They’ll face the Grizzlies on Wednesday night here in Memphis without Fox (lower back tightness) and Kornet (right knee management).
Tom Orsborn: Vassell (sore ankle) is out for tonight’s game here in Sacramento. Kornet (sore knee) and Harper (bruised calf) are questionable.
Luke Kornet: “Yeah, obviously, free agency is a pretty strange endeavor. Honestly, when evaluating where to go, San Antonio was an option that felt really good, and it obviously has a great track record that speaks for itself. But, to be honest, it was frankly bittersweet. It kind of came and went in waves because, although I was excited for the next challenge and being in this new place, at the same time there’s just the reality of moving. We had been in Boston for so many years and had so many great relationships. We also have three small children, so you build quite a community, and now you’re heading to a place where, really, we didn’t know anybody. So, there was definitely a part of it where I felt very good about it in terms of taking a step forward in life, career, responsibility, and those types of things. It felt like the doors just kind of opened in the right way. But frankly, there wasn’t a lot of celebration. I know that, for a lot of people, and definitely in a certain way, it meant a lot. But at the same time, there’s also the reality of a lot of difficult things, a lot of saying goodbye, and a lot of saying goodbye to a community that you had been in for so long and had accomplished a lot with together.”
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Mr. Kornet’s post infuriated Natalie Clark, who goes by NatsHoney and is the president of Strippers United, a labor organization for strippers. “It was clear to me that it’s not that you’re thinking about us as workers, you’re just saying that we don’t belong in any traditional place within society,” Ms. Clark said in a phone interview. After the event was canceled, the Freedom Collective and eight other organizations published a letter in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution thanking the league for stepping in. “I’ve talked with traffickers that have said they have taken victims into strip clubs to strip before they were sold to desensitize them,” said Susan Norris, the founder of Rescuing Hope, an organization that helps sex trafficking victims, who signed the letter. She said the promotion would have been harmful to women who had experienced that, and said she also believes strip clubs are inherently exploitative.
Tom Orsborn: Just landed at LAX to see the Spurs will be without Dylan Harper (right calf contusion) and also Luke Kornet (right knee soreness) when they face the Clippers on Monday night.
Noa Dalzell: Luke Kornet on Jayson Tatum’s availability: “In my time with him, I’ve seen him play through every little kind of nagging injury, very rarely ever made exception. Usually, it’s the staff having to talk him down from playing. To see him back out there, and contributing right away, is not really surprising.”
