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What rookies taken after Nets picks are doing after four games doesn’t bother me. Coward is 3 years older, Clifford is 4 years older than Demin, Traore and Saraf. What will bother me is if they don’t develop. We won’t know that for a while. (I am great bothered in general tho.)

Taking a couple questions for a Bulls video mailbag we’re taping today for this week’s episode of The Fastbreak. Only grabbing a few so fire away.

Nikola Vucevic on Zach LaVine’s return to United Center Wednesday ⬇️

Nikola Jokic had one of the CLEANEST triple doubles you’ll ever see last night. 25 pts 19 rebounds 10 assists He only missed ONE shot. 9-10 from the field and 7-7 from the line.

WHAT. A. START. 🔥 Tyrese & VJ have combined for 186 PTS through 3 games... the MOST by a starting backcourt since starters were first tracked in 1970-71! 👏

Ready to run it back tonight 🔄

Nothing like waking up in the morning and celebrating a win. @CenturyFederal | #LetEmKnow

Anferno 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Six triples off the bench are the most by a player so far this season

#Isles will skate prior to tonight's 7:15 PM ET puck drop vs. #NHLBruins. @rustymac26 will have you covered from Boston. -No Romanov or Shabanov -We wait and see if Warren remains in -Sorokin starts

First W for the H 🔥 #AllFire

Complete team rosters and stats ahead of tonight's game between the Canadiens and the Kraken in Seattle (10:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS) #Habs:

No morning skate for the #Canes before they host Vegas tonight. In case you missed it, Rod Brind'Amour said yesterday that Shayne Gostisbehere and Pyotr Kochetkov (LBIs) might return to the lineup. Neither is a lock, but both are very close.

#Isles Anders Lee will be playing in his 100th consecutive game tonight. Over his last 99 games: 33G, 34A

back at it tn

Brother vs. brother 🏀 Steph was loving the Spencer bros’ 1-on-1 battle to close out Warriors-Grizzlies last night😅

Lauri Markkanen after going 17/17 from the line 😭

EASTERN ILLINOIS’ WILL KLEIN

freddie:

Austin Reaves on the challenges of playing shorthanded in back-to-back games: “Honestly, I think it starts with mentally trying to get yourself ready for the game. It’s not easy, but like I said, this is what we signed up to do, so we have to figure it out. I thought with our intensity we played hard enough to win but we just didn’t execute good enough.”

JJ Redick on if he's seeing Austin Reaves be a more vocal leader: "Just it's simple stuff like that that I'm seeing again and again. Whether it’s on defense or offense, he's been great in the huddles. "Yesterday, [it was] just as connected as our huddles have been, player to player, during timeouts. So yeah, I see it constantly.”

Austin Reaves has 143 points through four games, tying Elgin Baylor (1962-63) for the third most points through the first four games of a season in Lakers history (35.8 per game).

Shaedon Sharpe and Donovan Clingan were both a game-high +21

Austin Reaves WENT OFF for 41 PTS despite the loss 💪🔥 He's averaging 34 PPG through 4 games this season 🤯

The announcer really called Josh Giddey "Diddy" 😂

🏀 MONDAY'S FINAL SCORES 🏀 Donovan Mitchell's 3rd game of 30+ PTS this season leads the @cavs to victory in Detroit! Jarrett Allen: 20 PTS Evan Mobley: 15 PTS, 11 AST, 5 AST, 3 BLK Sam Merrill: 11 PTS, 3 3PM, 17 MIN