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Luke Walton hoping NBA season will start on time (http://lakers.ocregister.com/2011/08/12/luke-walton-hoping-nba-season-will-start-on-time/57317/)
August 12th, 2011, 8:51 am by JANIS CARR, OCREGISTER.COM
Luke Walton isn’t looking to play overseas if the NBA labor dispute drags into the fall and delays or cancels the 2011-12 season. In fact, he remains optimistic that the two sides will settle their differences and there will be a season.
And if that’s the case, Walton plans on being in shape.
The Lakers forward has been working with a shooting coach, who according to Walton, has his jump shot looking like Dallas star Dirk’ Nowitzki’s’ he said Thursday at Matt Barnes’ Athletes vs. Cancer charity event in Rancho Palos Verdes. He was dead serious.
“It does,” he insisted.
Walton said he has talked to several of his teammates and all of them are “hungry to get back out there” after being swept by the Mavericks in the second round of the playoffs. There’s also another reason why he wants the season to start on time: medical assistance.
During a lockout, players are banned from the team’s facilities and personnel. That means, if they get hurt, they are on their own as Walton found out.
“I sprained my ankle the other day and I must have spent $150 on every gimmick at Rite-Aid that you can get to help yourself heal it,” Walton said.
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August 12th, 2011, 8:51 am by JANIS CARR, OCREGISTER.COM
Luke Walton isn’t looking to play overseas if the NBA labor dispute drags into the fall and delays or cancels the 2011-12 season. In fact, he remains optimistic that the two sides will settle their differences and there will be a season.
And if that’s the case, Walton plans on being in shape.
The Lakers forward has been working with a shooting coach, who according to Walton, has his jump shot looking like Dallas star Dirk’ Nowitzki’s’ he said Thursday at Matt Barnes’ Athletes vs. Cancer charity event in Rancho Palos Verdes. He was dead serious.
“It does,” he insisted.
Walton said he has talked to several of his teammates and all of them are “hungry to get back out there” after being swept by the Mavericks in the second round of the playoffs. There’s also another reason why he wants the season to start on time: medical assistance.
During a lockout, players are banned from the team’s facilities and personnel. That means, if they get hurt, they are on their own as Walton found out.
“I sprained my ankle the other day and I must have spent $150 on every gimmick at Rite-Aid that you can get to help yourself heal it,” Walton said.
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