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Every Sunday, theScore s most discerning minds highlight the week s lighter moments from around the basketball universe.
Here s what caught our eyes this week.
Be warned: Weird Week contains coarse content. It s coarse and rough and irritating - and it gets everywhere.
Shaq s not great with names
A week after Inside the NBA panelist Shaquille O Neal flubbed on Raptors forward Pascal Siakam s first name (hint: it s Pascal), the halftime broadcast decided to double down on the former big man s dearth of knowledge with a segment titled Shaq s First Name Game. Do I get a lifeline?
“Shaq’s First Name Game” went as expected. pic.twitter.com/qMygFgNHax NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 26, 2021
Wendell Close to a Return, More Lonzo Talk, the Rockets-Bulls Finals that Never Was, and Other Bulls Bullets
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Wendell Close to a Return, More Lonzo Talk, the Rockets-Bulls Finals that Never Was, and Other Bulls Bullets
What was my favorite part of Valentine’s Day? The injury update on Wendell Carter Jr., of course (pls don’t tell my girlfriend)!
• While things were trending in the right direction over the past few days, the Bulls surprised us with some very positive news on Sunday. Carter Jr. practiced fully for the first time since January 18th, and it appears his recovery from a severe quad contusion is way ahead of schedule. The big man was originally supposed to miss four weeks before being re-evaluated by the medical staff, but he has now made enough progress for the teams to upgrade him to questionable for tonight’s matchup against the Indiana Pacers.