<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Houston-takes-advantage-of-transaction-window-signs-David-Nwaba.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>REPORT: Rockets take advantage of transaction window, sign David Nwaba</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-06-23T16:54:17-07:00">June 23rd, 4:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-06-23T16:54:17-07:00">June 23rd, 4:54pm</time><address><a href="https://theknickswall.com">Reid Goldsmith</a>Managing Editor, The Knicks Wall. Cornell University grad, writer and editor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Rockets are signing free agent shooting guard David Nwaba ahead of the NBA’s 2019-20 season resumption in Orlando, Florida, per <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1275555234564145154">Shams Charania of The Athletic</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free agent David Nwaba has agreed to a two-year deal with the Houston Rockets, sources tell <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAthleticNBA</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Stadium</a>.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1275555234564145154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The NBA set a “<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-all-30-teams-to-be-part-of-june-22-transaction-window/" rel="noopener noreferrer">transaction window</a>” between June 23 and June 30 for all 30 teams to sign free agents or waive players, of which the Rockets took advantage by adding the injured free agent Nwaba to the roster before the season restarts.</p><p>David Nwaba previously spent the 2019-20 season with the Brooklyn Nets, making 20 appearances with the Eastern Conference club before getting waived on Jan. 3. A former undrafted 6-foot-5 guard out of Cal Poly, Nwaba first broke through in the NBA after playing for Los Angeles Lakers’ G League affiliate South Bay Lakers, later getting the call-up to play in L.A. during the 2016-17 season.</p><p>The 27-year-old swingman had his most productive season in 2017-18 when he made 70 appearances and 21 starts for the Chicago Bulls, <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nwabada01.html">averaging</a> 7.9 points and 4.7 rebounds a game.</p><p>He joined the Cleveland Cavaliers the following season before signing a two-year, non-guaranteed deal with Brooklyn in the 2019 offseason.</p><p>Nwaba has been known for his high energy and the defense he provides. The California native signed a two-year deal with Houston because he is currently sidelined with an Achilles injury, so he will not participate in the season restart with the Rockets in Orlando.</p><p>However, the two-year contract gives the Rockets flexibility to keep Nwaba around during the 2020-21 season, which <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-december-1st-start-date-2020-21-season-unlikely-argues-nbpa/">may not get to start</a> until December due to the suspended and restarted 2019-20 season along with postponed dates of the draft and free agency.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script async="async" src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-66147751-16"></script><script>  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments)};  gtag('js', new Date());  gtag('set', 'page_title', 'FBIA: '+ia_document.title);  gtag('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  gtag('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Social Instant Article');  gtag('config', 'UA-66147751-16');</script><iframe>  <script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }  </script></iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

REPORT: Rockets take advantage of transaction window, sign David Nwaba

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Brooklyn-waiving-David-Nwaba-who-will-miss-season-with-torn-Achilles.jpg"></figure><h1>Report: Nets waiving David Nwaba, who will miss season with torn Achilles</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-01-02T16:12:50-08:00">January 2nd, 4:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-01-02T16:12:50-08:00">January 2nd, 4:12pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The Brooklyn Nets are waiving David Nwaba, who will miss the rest of the season with a torn Achilles, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Nets are waiving G/F David Nwaba, league sources tell <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAthleticNBA</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Stadium</a>. Nwaba will miss the remainder of the season with a torn Achilles tendon.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1212884203307708421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Nwaba appeared in 20 games for the Nets this season before tearing his Achilles. He averaged <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nwabada01.html">5.2 points</a> and 2.3 rebounds in 13.4 minutes a night while shooting 52.1 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from beyond the arc and 66.7 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>The Nets are 16-16 on the season. They are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings.</p><p>Nwaba has career NBA averages of 6.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 161 games with the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers and Nets.</p><p>The Nets are still playing without superstar point guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/kyrie-irving/a5ba0900/">Kyrie Irving</a>. Irving hasn’t played since Nov. 14 due to a right shoulder impingement.</p><p>Irving has played in 11 games this season for the Nets. He’s averaging 28.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 7.2 assists while shooting 44.4 percent from the field, 34.1 percent from beyond the arc and 93.7 percent from the free-throw line.</p><p>ESPN injury analyst Stephania Bell explained in detail exactly what Irving is going through at the moment in terms of his shoulder injury, via <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28312808/kyrie-irving-injury-spencer-dinwiddie-dominance-biggest-brooklyn-nets-questions?platform=amp&amp;__twitter_impression=true" rel="noopener noreferrer">Malika Andrews of ESPN</a>:</p><blockquote>“There is a very small space at the top of the shoulder where several structures intersect,” Bell said. “If there is inflammation or tissue damage to any of the structures in the area … the pinching, or impingement, that results when the arm goes through elevation can cause pain.“For a basketball player who has this in his dominant arm, the most obvious limitation would occur anytime he elevates his arm to shoot the ball, but it can be equally problematic when trying to play defense or anytime there is even incidental direct contact.“These things can be addressed simultaneously. The trick is to balance the strengthening and returning to activity with proper loading to not trigger a renewed inflammatory response. While this may sound easy, there is no simple formula.”</blockquote><p>Nets fans can’t wait to get Irving back in the lineup, but it’s clear the team is going to be cautious with his injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Report: Nets waiving David Nwaba, who will miss season with torn Achilles

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Brooklyn-applies-for-disabled-player-exception-after-David-Nwaba-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Report: Nets apply for disabled player exception after David Nwaba injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-12-20T11:41:03-08:00">December 20th, 11:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-12-20T11:42:11-08:00">December 20th, 11:42am</time><address><a>Bruno Manrique</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/brooklyn-nets/">Brooklyn Nets</a> have applied for a disabled player exception for the injured David Nwaba, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/Alex__Schiffer/status/1208095240562921472" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shams Charania of The Athletic</a>. If granted, the Nets could sign another player by opening up another roster spot.</p><p>Nwaba suffered a torn Achilles early in the fourth quarter after trying to crash the offensive glass. Teammate Garrett Temple uncorked a 3-pointer from the wing and Nwaba attempted to chase it from the weak side, but that chase wouldn’t last long, as his right leg gave out on him halfway through his stride:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Damn this just sucks. David Nwaba out with a non-contact injury, most likely an Achilles. Prayers up for David <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/e4CcVZUHCf">pic.twitter.com/e4CcVZUHCf</a></p><p>— Ty Jäger (@TyJagerRadio) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TyJagerRadio/status/1207863877314187264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>The 26-year-old had signed with the Nets in the offseason after stints with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/chicago-bulls/">Chicago Bulls</a>, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/cleveland-cavaliers/">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>. The journeyman averaged 5.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in a deep reserve role that saw him average 13.4 minutes through 20 games this season.</p><p>Nets center <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/jarrett-allen/bf330a01/">Jarrett Allen</a> acknowledged how tough it is to deal with these serious injuries:</p><blockquote>“Something happens to us every year,” said teammate Jarrett Allen, according to <a href="https://theathletic.com/1476220/2019/12/20/where-do-the-nets-go-after-david-nwabas-season-ending-injury/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alex Schiffer of The Athletic</a>. “Last year was Caris, this year was David, it’s always tough having to play after incidents like those.”</blockquote><p>The Nets just got Wilson Chandler back from a 25-game suspension and are still waiting on the return of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/kyrie-irving/a5ba0900/">Kyrie Irving</a>  and Caris Levert from injury, which could have them wait before using that exception.</p><p>Not long ago, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/portland-trail-blazers/">Portland Trail Blazers</a> were granted a DPE for Rodney Hood after he suffered the same injury earlier this month, making it highly likely the Nets will have an extra bit of change to play around with this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Report: Nets apply for disabled player exception after David Nwaba injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Nets-news-David-Nwaba-suffers-torn-Achilles-tendon-vs2.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Nets’ David Nwaba suffers torn Achilles tendon vs. Spurs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2019-12-19T20:13:14-08:00">December 19th, 8:13pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2019-12-19T20:13:14-08:00">December 19th, 8:13pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The injury bug has claimed yet another victim in the 2019-20 NBA regular season, as Brooklyn Nets guard David Nwaba is likely done for the year after suffering a torn right achilles tendon in their 105-118 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday.</p><p>The grim development was first confirmed by The Athletic’s Shams Charania on Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nets G/F David Nwaba has suffered a torn right Achilles tendon, league sources tell <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAthleticNBA</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Stadium</a>. Nwaba has been emerging in Nets rotation before sudden injury tonight.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1207866733048074241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Nwaba fell hard to the floor and immediately clutched his ankle at the 10:54 minute mark of the fourth quarter inside the AT&amp;T center. The injury looked serious from the get-go, as he was surrounded by the Nets team including head coach Kenny Atkinson as he stayed on the floor for several minutes.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">David Nwaba is down holding his ankle. Team is around him, including Kenny Atkinson. </p><p>Ian Eagle said they were looking at his upper right leg. <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/P4Krr6XWyI">pic.twitter.com/P4Krr6XWyI</a></p><p>— Anthony Puccio (@APOOCH) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/APOOCH/status/1207863129683697664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p> </p><p>Nwaba played 16 minutes before the time of the injury and had four points, two rebounds, and two assists.</p><p>One of the best two-way players off the bench for the Nets this season, Nwaba has been tallying 5.3 points and 2.3 rebounds while making 53.6 percent of his shots from the field and 46.2 from three in 19 games.</p><p>The 26-year-old is the second player to go down with an achilles injury three months into the season, as Portland Trail Blazers guard Rodney Hood also blew his achilles earlier this December.</p><p>Nwaba joins his teammate and Brooklyn’s prized offseason acquisition Kevin Durant, who currently recovering from the same injury he sustained in last year’s Finals.</p><p>Although not a major contributor on offense for coach Atkinson, Nwaba’s absence certainly affects Brooklyn’s depth at wings especially come playoff time. 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Nets’ David Nwaba suffers torn Achilles tendon vs. Spurs

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
9.2	3.9	1.0	0.7	1.0

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