Chris Paul will be out for 8-6 weeks;

Lakers tensions between LeBron James and management

A blow to Phoenix: The guard is suffering from a finger crisis and hopes to return to the start of the playoffs.

And also: Rich Paul is nervous that the Lakers did not trade on Westbrook

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21/02/2022

Monday, 21 February 2022, 07:30

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Disappointing news for Phoenix: Guard team Chris Paul is expected to be out for between 6 and 8 weeks due to an injury to his right toe.

The injury could be a severe blow for the Suns, the Western champions, who currently hold the best balance in the league, and want to maintain their home advantage in the race against Golden State.

The regular season ends in another seven weeks, on April 10, and Phoenix hopes veteran Paul returns to the playoffs.

His averages this season are 14.9 points and 10.7 assists per game.

He was injured against Houston on Wednesday, and tonight he came off the bench in the All-Star Game, an hour after receiving the news of the diagnosis on the fracture, and played 2:19 minutes.

Paul still managed to provide one assist.

Paul also received tonight the “Kobe and Gigi Bryant” award for contributing to women’s basketball.

The award was presented to him by Vanessa Bryant and the WNBA management.

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Chris Paul in All-Star Game (Photo: Reuters)

Vanessa Bryant awards prize to Phoenix player Chris Paul (Photo: Reuters)

LeBron James' hint?

When LeBron James showed up for the press conference ahead of the All-Star Game, defining professional manager Sam Presty as the MVP of the Oklahoma City Thunder, this could be interpreted as a thick hint to the Los Angeles Lakers management that they made no moves before the trade deadline despite the disappointing season Which passes over the group.

Following this, a report published last night (Sunday) in "Bleach Report" revealed more details about LeBron's dissatisfaction with the Lakers' decision-makers, including professional director Rob Plinka.

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According to reporter Eric Pincus, the Clutch Sports agency representing James has been "unhappy with Plinka" for a long time, and feelings have worsened in recent days after the club's senior professional refused to trade Russell Westbrook with the Houston Rockets in exchange for John Wall, who also He is represented by LeBron's agent, Rich Paul.

"From a 'clutch' point of view, such a move by the Lakers would have taken their client out of a bad situation in Houston and corrected Westbrook's mistake," read the current situation of the two players: Wall made a decision not to play in Houston until he found a competitive team to move to. While Westbrook has become a kind of "leper" in the eyes of Lakers fans due to the evil ability he exhibits.

Wanted to get rid of it?

LeBron James with Russell Westbrook (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Reaves)

Of course the agency's disappointment stems mainly from Plinka's refusal of a move that would have served its client, but it's also clear that such a trade would not have come up at all without LeBron James giving Rich Paul a green light and expressing his desire to part ways with Westbrook.

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