On today's lone media day, Lone Ranger player Hardaway Jr. was interviewed by the media.
In the interview, talking about the injury of Hardaway Jr., Hardaway Jr. said: "I am very satisfied with the operation and the progress of the recovery after the operation. ”
In January of this year, in the Dallas Mavericks game against the Warriors, Hardaway Jr. left the court injured after only 10 minutes and 14 seconds, and after the game, the Lone Ranger officially announced that Hardaway Jr. suffered a fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot, which eventually led to the season reimbursement.
This offseason, the Lone Rangers did not renew Brunson, in large part because Hardaway Jr. recovered well from injury, which may also be one of the biggest factors for the Lone Rangers to let Brunson go.
Lone Ranger reporter Tim MacMahon, speaking about the offseason operation on NBA Today, said: "You can't say that the Lone Ranger offseason operation was successful because they let Brunson go in vain, but they also think that the return of Hardaway Jr. from injury and the addition of Wood will allow them to fill the gap in Brunson."
Finally, in today's interview, referring to the NBA's new rules that limit players standing on the sidelines for long periods of time, Hardaway Jr. said: "This one thousand percent is for Theo Pinson. ”
In the coming days, the NBA will introduce new rules to limit bench players and coaches from standing on the sidelines for long periods of time and prevent sideline crowding. If a substitute player or coach stands on the sidelines for a long time, the team will first receive a warning from the referee, then a warning to delay the game, and finally a technical foul.
Because last season, the Lone Rangers' Pingsen only attended 19 regular season games for the Lone Ranger, most of the time spent on the bench, often spraying garbage on the bench to the opposing players to interfere with opponents on the field, Mitchell, who played for the Jazz last season, warned Pingsen when warming up: "Theo, please shut up for this game, thank you, today you better not say a word." ”
Even, in the playoffs against the Warriors, deliberately wearing white clothes to interfere with opponents' passes, eventually led Curry to pass the ball directly to Pingsen on the bench.
Perhaps this really caught the attention of the NBA, which eventually chose to introduce new rules to limit the behavior.