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The Brooklyn Nets announced Wednesday that they’ve signed a former NBA champion and member of the Cleveland Cavaliers in guard Iman Shumpert. The move comes after the news that Caris LeVert’s thumb injury could be a serious one. LeVert exited Sunday’s loss to the Phoenix Suns with what the team called a sprained right thumb.
The Nets fear LeVert has ligament damage in his right thumb, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. He will see specialists for further evaluation and is expected to miss several weeks.
The Brooklyn Nets fear guard Caris LeVert has ligament damage in his right thumb and he is visiting specialists for further evaluation, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
Wizards’ Isaiah Thomas Pleaded With Teams to Sign Shumpert
Earlier this year, Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas vouched for Shumpert and other free agents who were still looking for NBA homes. Thomas tweeted, “My dude Iman Shumpert should be on a team right now!!!”
“It’s disrespectful. Carmelo is a Hall of Famer, Jamal Crawford is arguably the best sixth-man ever to play the game, JR Smith is a champion, and Iman Shumpert is another one that needs to be signed,” Thomas.
“These are great players that forever reason they aren’t on a team and they can help a young team a championship-contending team. They are really great players, and it just sucks that it is an unfortunate situation that they haven’t been signed. Hopefully, they are signed soon,” said the former All-Star guard.
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Who Will Replace LeVert in Nets Starting Line-Up?
“We’ll see what happens. I don’t know how bad Caris’ injury is,” Dinwiddie told The Post. “Either way, you can always do that and stagger the minutes…There’s many different ways to go about it.
“What makes Kenny one of the best in the business is he’s going to figure it out and make sure our ship keeps sailing and riding right.”
This year for the Nets, Dinwiddie is averaging 17.1 points, 4.7 assists and 2.4 rebounds through 10 games as the primary backup to Kyrie Irving. Atkinson believes Irving has had a positive impact on Dinwiddie.
“I think Kyrie coaches him and holds him accountable and coaches him hard, which is good,” Atkinson said. “I think they have mutual respect obviously, but I saw them talking a lot tonight (November 9th, 2019).
“Sometimes for Spencer when something goes wrong or we didn’t run something right, Kyrie will say something to him. That’s what you have to do as a leader on the team. So, they have a lot of conversations. I think it’s good leadership by Kyrie It’s so huge. Kyrie is carrying our message and he repeats it. It just carries a lot more weight.”