<!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"; 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border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CJQI8QFgprZ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by ✊🏿✊🏿 (@waiters3)</a></p></div></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Though the Lakers did not to re-sign the guard in the offseason, Waiters was unable to attend the team’s championship ceremony earlier this week. Primarily serving in a reserve role with Los Angeles during the league’s bubble in Orlando, Waiters was the second bench player no longer with the Lakers to have received his ring via delivery, <a href="https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2020/12/26/22200702/lakers-sent-championship-rings-magic-johnson-jr-smith-dion-waiters">joining</a> JR Smith, who is also a free agent. Besides the two players, the franchise additionally sent former President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson a ring, as a gesture of goodwill, given his role in luring LeBon James to the franchise.</p><p>While it is unclear if Waiters will eventually join an NBA roster this season, the wing player was clearly overjoyed at receiving the paraphernalia, writing on his post that he had dreamed of this moment since he was seven years old.</p><p>Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the fourth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, the mercurial Waiters has had an up-and-down journey despite his obvious talent. At one point revitalizing his career with the Miami Heat, Waiters was eventually jettisoned from the franchise as a result of his poor shot selection, and belief that the Heat were attempting to “<a href="https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp;t=2007888">sabotage</a>” him.</p><p>Regardless of his past troubles, Waiters is now in possession of the ring he has always aspired to holding. That he can gift the prized possession to his mother makes it that much sweeter.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dion Waiters in awe of his Lakers championship ring as he shows off the hardware

<!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/2020/10/Dion-Waiters-Lakers-Heat.jpg"></figure><h1>Dion Waiters takes jab at Heat for trying to ‘bury’ him earlier in season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-10-12T07:55:17-07:00">October 12th, 7:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-10-12T07:55:17-07:00">October 12th, 7:55am</time><address><a>Jeremy Chua</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Lakers guard Dion Waiter may have seen limited action all throughout the 2020 NBA Playoffs, but at the end of the day, he still ends up as a champion. He felt ecstatic to finally win a ring for the first time in his nine-year playing career, as quoted in a video posted by <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1315490158561562624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1315490158561562624%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkbasket.net%2F107778-dion-waiters-im-champ-cheese-philly-cheese-this-sht-is-for-philly">ClutchPoints</a>:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nobody can take that from me! I'm Champ Cheese, Philly Cheese. This sh*t is for Philly. Y'all should be happy for me… My lifestyle is amazing." </p><p>– Dion Waiters feelin' REAL good after winning a title 🤣<a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/ztWJA7nyZM">pic.twitter.com/ztWJA7nyZM</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1315490158561562624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>Coincidentally, the <a href="https://twitter.com/Wiami3/status/1315485229432348675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1315485229432348675%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrobible.com%2Fsports%2Farticle%2Flakers-dion-waiters-miami-heat%2F">win</a> also came over his previous team in the Miami Heat which he recently claimed to have attempted to “bury” him with suspensions in the early stages of the 2020 NBA season:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dion Waiters on Insta live rn:</p><p>“They [Heat] tried to bury me. The suspensions and all. They tried to bury me. I didn’t even do nothin. Look at me now”</p><p>— 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒗 (@Wiami3) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Wiami3/status/1315485229432348675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The former Syracuse product was previously <a href="https://brobible.com/sports/article/lakers-dion-waiters-miami-heat/">suspended</a> for a total of three times by the Heat which included a 10-game suspension for ingesting a weed gummy while on the team plane. He was later traded to the Grizzlies, who then released him afterward.</p><p>The Lakers eventually wanted to get a boost in the playoffs which led to his acquisition back in early March of 2020. He eventually made his Lakers debut against the Los Angeles Clippers on July 30, 2020, where he scored 11 points in the 111-103 win.</p><p>Due to league rules, Waiters was still entitled to an NBA championship ring, regardless of who wins, for being a member of the both competing teams in the Finals in the same season.</p><p>It must have felt good for him to win a ring on the side of the Lakers, as opposed to being recognized as a previous member of the Heat, given the sour ending to the relationship between the two sides. The only resident of Waiters island <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-video-rajon-rondo-dion-waiters-jared-dudley-sons-get-special-bubble-training/">can now call himself an NBA champion</a>.</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><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></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dion Waiters takes jab at Heat for trying to ‘bury’ him earlier in season

<!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/2020/10/lakers-video-rajon-rondo-dion-waiters-jared-dudleys-sons-get-special-training-in-adorable-video.png"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>VIDEO: Lakers’ Rajon Rondo, Dion Waiters, Jared Dudley’s sons get special bubble training</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-10-03T20:39:25-07:00">October 3rd, 8:39pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-10-03T20:41:22-07:00">October 3rd, 8:41pm</time><address><a>Mike Cruz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The sons of Jared Dudley, Rajon Rondo and Dion Waiters must be enjoying being inside the NBA bubble and seeing the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/los-angeles-lakers/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Los Angeles Lakers</a> dominate the NBA Finals so far.</p><p>In addition to watching their dads come two wins away from an NBA title, the kids are also receiving a special training from Lakers assistant Phil Handy — which should make their stay even more enjoyable.</p><p>Watch the adorable clip below:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lakers assistant Phil Handy was coaching up the players' kids in the bubble 😌 <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/94feetofgame?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@94feetofgame</a> </p><p>(via <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dionwaiters3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dionwaiters3</a>) <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/u4cRyOJkt1">pic.twitter.com/u4cRyOJkt1</a></p><p>— ESPN (@espn) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/espn/status/1312547738463150080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Lakers are truly turning into a tight-knit family. It’s great to see a team come together like this, and there is no better way than to involve their loved ones in the process.</p><p>Jared Dudley and Dion Waiters are likely going to win their first rings within the week. Though they haven’t played as much in this postseason, the two are offering some much-needed support on the bench for the troops battling on the court.</p><p>Meanwhile, Rajon Rondo looks well on his way to his second chip. The 34-year old point guard has been playing well for the Purple and Gold in the playoffs so far. In 12 games, Rondo is averaging <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rondora01/gamelog/2020/#106-117-sum:pgl_basic_playoffs">9.5 points</a>, 3.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists in 24 quality minutes off the bench. He’s even lighting it up from beyond the arc, shooting 44.7 percent from three in the playoffs.</p><p>As much as he hates the nickname, Playoff Rondo has been in prime form ever since he returned in the Lakers’ second round series against the Houston Rockets and through the conference finals versus the Denver Nuggets.  Now in the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, Rajon is continuing his stellar play for Los Angeles. In Game 2, he recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists and was 3-of-4 from downtown.</p><p>The Lakers’ time in the bubble is about to end soon, so it looks like the children of the players are making the most of it.</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><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></figure></article>    </body></html>

VIDEO: Lakers’ Rajon Rondo, Dion Waiters, Jared Dudley’s sons get special bubble training

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Behind the stellar play of James and Anthony Davis, the Lakers are an impressive 9-2 thus far in the 2020 playoffs and three wins away from reaching the NBA Finals.</p><p>James’ <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-hilariously-explains-kids-bubble-absence/" rel="noopener noreferrer">kids didn’t come to Disney World</a> because the four-time MVP said the bubble isn’t a child-friendly place. LeBron’s wife is with him, though, so at least the Lakers forward has some type of company in his hotel room.</p><p>Los Angeles will look to take a 2-0 series lead over the Nuggets in Game 2. Denver didn’t have any answers for Davis in Game 1, so much so that James didn’t even need to score in the second half for the Lakers to win by 12 points.</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><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></figure></article>    </body></html>

LeBron James gets an earful of Dion Waiters’ kid during Lakers’ practice

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Smith</p><p>— Bill Oram (@billoram) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/billoram/status/1296587891351539712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Rajon Rondo is recovering from thumb surgery. It’s possible we could see the veteran guard in Game 3 or 4. He appeared in 48 games during the regular season for the Lakers and averaged 7.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in 20.5 minutes per contest.</p><p>JR Smith and Dion Waiters, meanwhile, were late-season additions to the Lakers. Los Angeles shot the ball terribly in Game 1 against the Blazers, so fans of the team want head coach Frank Vogel to play Smith and Waiters over Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who scored only one point in Game 1 and missed all of his shots from the field.</p><p>Los Angeles has to win Game 2 to avoid going down 0-2. Fans of the club are praying the team shoots the ball better from deep than they did in Game 1.</p><p>—</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, and like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>. We can also be found on Flipboard where you can subscribe and follow us. Get more on Rajon Rondo, JR Smith, Dion Waiters and the Lakers. </i></p><p><i>All of our NBA content can be found on the NBA section of the ClutchPoints home page <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba-news" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. For all of our college basketball content, click <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ncaa-basketball/" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. 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Lakers’ Rajon Rondo out, JR Smith, Dion Waiters could see minutes vs. Blazers in Game 2

Jordan McRae

Malcolm Brogdon

Jerian Grant

Landry Shamet

Dion Waiters

Amile Jefferson

Jusuf Nurkic

Mario Hezonja

Bryn Forbes

Sekou Doumbouya

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2020 NBA Champ

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Oklahoma City Thunder

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
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2019-20 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.1	2.4	2.0	0.6	0.4

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