Arab Times

Spurs star Leonard to miss entire preseason

Pacers’ Robinson III injured

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LOS ANGELES, Oct 1, (RTRS): San Antonio Spurs All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard will miss the entire preseason because of a right thigh injury, the team announced on Saturday.

The Spurs said in a statement that Leonard’s timeline for returning to the court would be determined at a later date as he “continues a rehabilita­tion program for right thigh tendinopat­hy.”

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich indicated the issue first developed sometime last season. The 6-foot-7, 230-pound Leonard is entering his seventh NBA season after averaging 25.5 points and 5.8 rebounds last season and making the AllStar Game for the second time in his career.

Leonard

Indiana Pacers Glenn Robinson III

forward is expected to miss two months after suffering a left high ankle sprain in a Friday training camp practice session, the team announced.

Robinson, 23, was driving to the basket and came down awkwardly during a team scrimmage.

Cleveland Cavaliers Dan Gilbert

owner said he received racist voicemails after

took to social media last weekend to call President

a “bum” in response to Trump uninviting the

to the White

James

Trump

State Warriors Kevin Durant

LeBron

Donald

Golden

House.

Gilbert said James’ tweet prompted his phone to be flooded with racist messages.

“I received voicemails after LeBron tweeted that were some of the most vile, disgusting, racist (messages),” Gilbert said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”. “There’s an element of racism that I didn’t even realize existed in this country this much.”

James criticized Trump last Saturday after the president tweeted in response to stars

and saying they did not want to visit the White House to celebrate their 2017 NBA championsh­ip.

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