MacMahon AD is hurt right now He thinks he's healthy AD's personal medical staff who is on the Mavericks' payroll something that was never done with Luka has cleared him The Mavs Director of Health objected to rushing back from a calf strain Dumont sided with the director in the meeting

David McMenamin says Kevin Durants teammates have no clue what's going on about his injury raising questions about whether KD is rehabbing away from the team and whether his teammates have been checking on him

Dave McMenamin says KD's teammates don't know how he's feeling regarding his injury Amen Thompson was asked how KD was feeling and he said 'To be honest with you I don't know' Whether that means KD has been doing all of his rehab away from the team or the team hasn't been checking in on him

Hoop Collective Mavericks HC Jason Kidd tried to become team president according to Tim MacMahon but has known for months he wasnt getting the job

NBA Today The sense around the Lakers is that Austin Reaves is actually the one that's further along than Luka Doncic in their respective rehab processes I am told Austin Reaves has started 1 on 1 on court work The Lakers are not expecting Luka Doncic to be back in this series

Sam Amick on Run It Back discussing the 65-game rule Adam Silver's tone has been borderline defiant They could make an exception for Luka Doncic but bigger picture I think they're sticking to their guns

Brian Windhorst on Luka He is not close There is a whole ramp up thats required when you are coming back from a hamstring He has not started that contact ramp up yet