England Championship Preview ——Luton Town vs Nottingham Forest

 

 

Pick:AH   Nottingham Forest (0) @1.85

 

Analysis:

The Championship game at Kenilworth Road Stadium on Friday sees home side Luton Town take on Nottingham Forest.

 

Luton Town

Luton Town will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-0 Championship defeat last time out to Huddersfield Town. It's been all too rare in recent games where Luton Town have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Luton Town have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 8 goals on the way. Let's find out whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

 

Nottingham Forest

Notinghaom Foret wil go into this clash flowing on tom a 2-0 Championship win with the eclipse of Birmingham City in their most recent match. A sequence of reliable displays by the Nottingham Forest denders has esuted in their goals ainst tll sanding at 3 fom their previous 6 cashes in tal. Over that same priod, their own atak fore has managed to score 15.

 

Verdict:

Notingham's, away fom is gd and they have ben in btter form rcen The 1X2 fist odds is 25-.30-2.50,0 sens lcked of conidence to the home teamn. Ntingham should take points in this game.

 

Luton Town vs Nottingham Forest

 

Pick: Nottingham Forest+O

UEFA Champions League Preview- Liverpool vs Benfica

 

 

Pick:1x2   Liverpool @1.30

 

Analysis:

At Anfield Liverpool's playoff against Benfica on Wednesday.

 

Liverpool

After a straight win against Benfica 3-1 first leg away and have not lost at home to Portuguese opposition since 2005/06 so losing is not allowed. Liverpool playing at a good performance after a draw-in to the title race 2-2 against Man City in the league at the weekend. Liverpool haven't lost in 6 matches with more goals both home and away (W4, D1)

 

Benfica

The weekend match against Belenenses 3-1 defeat and they had the advantage of being able to rest some of their players against the second leg champion league at Anfield. Benfica is going to face one of the toughest clubs at Anfield with history offering lttle hope, as Benfica have won just one quarter-final away leg in any UEFA competition (W1, D2, L6) with the heaviest defect (1-4) in 2009/10 Europa League trip to Anfield.

 

Verdict

Benfica knows how difficult the match is going to be so they rested their players for the hope. .

Liverpool is at the focus of winning the league title, FA Cup, and champion league.

 

 

Pick: Over 2.5

Juventus VS AC Milan, home is slightly better

Match Time：5/10/2021 02:45 Monday  (GMT+8)

Italian Serie A --  Juventus   VS   AC Milan

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1x2 Analysis: 

Juventus have only conceded 0.76 goals per home game, while AC Milan are one of the best in Serie A in view of away effectiveness. The two strong teams meet in this round, and a draw should be acceptable to both sides.

Handicap Analysis:

Both teams have not currently locked their places in the Champions League qualifications, so they are in strong need of a victory. Juventus have always been clearly superior in terms of overall strength, and they should be taken seriously in this home game. We may expect Juventus to win smoothly.

1X2 Pick: X

Handicap Pick: Juventus -0.75

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Perth Glory vs Melbourne City, Melbourne City win

Match Time：5/5/2021 19:20 Wednesday  (GMT+8)

Australia A-League --  Perth Glory   VS   Melbourne City

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1X2 Analysis: 

Perth Glory got 2 draws and 3 losses in the past five games, even can’t score a goal in three games. They are impossible to win in this game with such a weak attack.

Handicap Analysis: 

According to the recent record, Perth Glory don’t have enough strength to withstand Melbourne City. The team’s weak defense and attack will make them lose the game. On the contrary, Melbourne City have strong strength in attack with a reposeful state and they desire for revenge. There is no doubt that Melbourne City will win in this game.

1X2 Tips: Melbourne City win

HDP Tips: Melbourne City -0.5/1

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Routine win for Koeman, FC Barcelona VS Granada CF

Match Time：4/30/2021 01:00 Friday  (GMT+8)

Spanish La Liga --  FC Barcelona   VS   Granada CF

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Team News

Barcelona remain rather fortunate on the injury front, with long-term absentees Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati - as well as Martin Braithwaite - their only injury concerns at the minute.

Braithwaite's sprained ankle is expected to keep him out for at least a couple of weeks, but there was never any chance of the Danish striker displacing Griezmann or Lionel Messi - who boasts 12 goal contributions from six Camp Nou outings against Granada in La Liga - up top.

Koeman should largely stick with the same XI from their win over Villarreal, but Sergino Dest was taken off at half time against the Yellow Submarine and may be replaced by Sergi Roberto here.

Granada's Antonio Puertas was cautioned for the fifth time this season against Sevilla and will miss out here, while Angel Montoro is also suspended but would have struggled to force his way into the first XI anyway.

Darwin Machis should return as Puertas misses out, but Granada have been dealt further injury blows with Rui Silva, German Sanchez, Jesus Vallejo and Carlos Neva reportedly set to miss out, with the quartet joining Domingos Duarte and Luis Milla in the infirmary.

Martinez's hand is therefore largely forced in some areas, and Aaron Escandell should fill in as the last line of defence with Silva injured.

Top tips: Barcelona 2-0 Granada

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Rockets' Russell Westbrook tests positive for coronavirus

Houston Rockets star guard Russell Westbrook announced that he tested positive for the coronavirus before the team departed for Walt Disney World, according to iSports basketball API.

Westbrook, co-star James Harden and recent addition Luc Mbah a Moute did not travel with the Rockets to Orlando, Florida.

The NBA announced coronavirus test results Monday. Of 322 players tested since arriving in the Orlando bubble, two were positive and have left the campus to isolate at home or in isolation housing. The league said that since July 1, 19 players have tested positive, as per iSports NBA data.

Coach Mike D'Antoni said Sunday he hoped all three of his affected players would be able to arrive at the NBA bubble in Disney World within three or four days. The Rockets had declined to specify a reason for the players' absence.

The players will have to quarantine in their rooms for 48 hours after their arrival before practicing with the Rockets.

D'Antoni said the three players were working out "at their home bases," and he expressed optimism that their delayed arrivals wouldn't have a significant impact on the Rockets, particularly once the playoffs begin.

With iSports NBA API, the Rockets are also without forward Bruno Caboclo, who inadvertently broke the initial quarantine period, and must remain in his room for eight more days before joining team activities.

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Real Madrid only one win away from La Liga title

Real Madrid are one win away from winning their 34th La Liga title after beating a resolute Granada side 2-1 on the road on Monday night, recorded by iSports API.

The win restored Real's four-point lead over Barcelona in the table with just two games left to play, meaning a home win on Thursday can put the title out of reach for the two-time defending champions.

The visitors wasted no time pulling ahead, with Ferland Mendy finishing off a nice individual move in the 10th minute by smashing his shot from a tight angle into the roof of the Granada net for his first Blancos goal, as per iSports football API. Real Madrid players celebrate with Ferland Mendy after he scored a goal against Granada in La Liga.



Minutes later, Real doubled their lead on a counter-attack through Karim Benzema, who cut to his right in the hosts' penalty area and curled a perfect strike past Rui Silva.

Granada pulled one back to start the second half after Darwin Machis snuck in behind the Real Madrid defence and split the legs of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to cut their deficit to a goal.

According to iSports football livescore API, it was the first goal Real had conceded in six matches but Granada threatened to equalise as Machis missed the target on the volley while Courtois showed superb reflexes to deny forward Antonin late on.

Real Madrid were made to work hard to see out the result and had Ramos to thank for sweeping a Ramon Azeez shot off the line in the 84th minute as Zinedine Zidane's side picked up a nervy three points.

Zidane celebrated wildly when the full-time whistle came and praised his side for coping with Granada's late onslaught.

The result puts Madrid on 83 points after 36 games and gives them a chance to seal a first La Liga title since 2017 on Thursday against Villarreal, as per iSports football data.

Two draws in the last two games can also secure the title for Madrid due to their better head-to-head record with Barcelona.

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How to collect correct score data in football match?

To correctly predict which team will win or lose is not an impossible task in many cases, as even at the highest level there are definitely mismatches. However, the reason we all still love football is that anything can happen!

There’s no foolproof way to predict a winner, loser or a draw, and it’s even harder to guess an exact score. The best advice is to watch a lot of football, pay a lot of attention, and pray for luck to be on your side.

Watching both teams’ recent games carefully, try and find recent games against each other if the lineups have not changed too much, and remember that the style of football played can have nearly as big an effect as the face value quality of a team’s players.

If you are want to collect data in order tp build up your own App or webiste, then you should look for a data provider. Most of them provide their service by an API. For instance, the above two websites also gather their data via API from one or multiple reliable sports data company.

Thourgh an sports data API or professional livescore website is the simpliest way. There are a lot of options in the Internet now, most of them provide many details of the soccer match data all over the world.

Here is one of the toppest brand in these field. Firstly, iSports API is a very popular one among the global, they do covered most major and minor leagues with livescore, standings, events, line-ups, pre-match odds, statistics, more than 60 sports and 390,000 annual games are included. In addition, their news and report also cover a lot of sports events.

With more than 20 years history, they are a trusted partner covers almost all ranges of football games, coverd most major and minor leagues with livescore, standings, events, line-ups, pre-match odds, statistics.

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What API could provide live streaming data for sports game?

If you’re looking for live streaming sports videos like the NFL, NBA, and more, then I think you’ll have a really tough time incorporating those into your app. Simply because most of those leagues have their own live streaming platforms, and are very strict about who can and cannot use their content.

If you’re looking for live streaming sports data, there are a few different APIs to get scores on current games happening. The important thing will be testing the API for your specific use case to see which one will work well for you.

Most data provider have a basic free plan that will allow you to use the API for free, up to a certain number of API calls.



Depending on what data you’re looking to access, you’ll want to use different APIs. My recommendation would be to take a look at each of the APIs, test it through the RapidAPI marketplace to see what data it returns, and select the best one for your project.

iSports API coveraged all range of sports data, more than 900 different international and national competitions, cups and leagues in all major football federations around the world, represented by livescores, fixtures, group standings, history data, and in-play events. What’s more, they also offer programmatic access to the historical sports database.

Their API provides data for the American sports already mentioned, plus NCAA, Cricket, Handball, Australian Rules Football, Rugby, Soccer, Golf, Olympics, and E-Sports, among others. iSports API team deliver reliable, quick and accurate livescore feeds. They cover a multitude of games, play by play coverage, player rankings and other contents, combine and arrange sports data from all over the world to keep you right on track with what's happening.

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How to get specific data or match statistics of Esports tournament？

EVERYONE plays video games now. The gaming industry (PC, console, mobile, etc) has become a global behemoth and it’s breaking records right now.

The whole world is being hit hard by Covid-19, the Coronavirus. Countries are shutting their borders. Citizens are being ordered to isolate themselves and stay indoors. The two worlds that PandaScore operates in — esports & betting — are no exception to this rule, but if we’re keeping score sports betting world is suffering much more. An unprecedented worldwide cancellation of sports is cause for massive losses for bookmakers.

With the NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, EFL, F1, NCAA March Madness, and the Olympics potentially being postponed or cancelled everyday the loss of revenue and share prices are adding up. The American Gaming Association estimated $8.5 billion in bet volume for March Madness in 2019, in 2020 there will be $0. There are efforts under way in the US to fast track mobile betting and esports betting as a life line for the industry. Bookmakers are scrambling right now, they’ve never dealt with a challenge as fierce as this global pandemic that’s only beginning.

Well nothing is going to replace the industry’s billions lost to the virus but there is an opportunity to get creative and stop some of the bleeding. Esports has the opportunity to keep up the momentum and gain a more mainstream audience.

The esports data API, stop worrying about collecting data and start building your esports project. A quality esports product is similar to a good sports offering. Now there are a lot of websites providing data on the most active esports scenes.

While Esports are played virtually they are real competitions, with real storylines, and games sports fans can relate to because they already play them.

Using artificial intelligence and editors APIs, we collect and normalize data from the safest sources to make it available into one single API.

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League of Legends

Get all the necessary data on League of Legends esport leagues, like the World Championship, NA LCS, LCK, LPL, EU LCS and more, with a live data stream, the latest static data (champions, items), match history.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Get live data from CS:GO tournaments, and access to the match planning, past games details, static data, esports teams, players, matches.

Dota 2

Get a real time, high accuracy data streams from The International, Major and Minor leagues, matches, and access to a huge pool of historic data, static data (items, heroes...), esports teams, players, matches.

Other Games

Get live data like Rainbow SiX,Overwatch,Rocket League, StarCraft2, Heroes of Storm,Heartstone League matches, and access to the match planning, past games details, static data, esports teams, players, matches.

As far as I know, iSports API and Pandascore are both the leading brand who has recognize the importrance of esports and be capable to provider comprehensive match data.

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How are sports statistics databases maintained?

Professional provider use software, while most of these statistics are still recorded manually. In terms of soccer, companies hire analysts to watch matches and document. to record scores, assists and more complicated statistics while watching live or obatain it via official channel.

For instance, three analysts will cover each match, one collecting all of the home team events, one the away team and a third analyst checking the data for consistency and adding additional layers of data. Each game has more than 1600 logged events and standards in order to make sure each record is accurate. These employees are young and male, doing the job in their spare time.

There are a lot of comany provide sports data in the marker. They might do it by themselves, or corporate with the game holders. There are service providers that have made collecting sports data their core business. They sell this data to various media/broadcasters/app operaor and make sure that the announcer has access to a platform where he or she can find the information needed within seconds.

You can use it to tag actions in real-time. The actions you tag usually depends on the type of analysis template they have created before hand. For example, in a soccer match, they may be tagging goals, passes, attacking and defensive plays, etc.

When a game is being broadcast, the broadcaster will have staff always looking at various stats. They work with the producer/director of the broadcast to get data to the announcers as well as the on-screen graphics.

For just the score and clock, a stats company like Stats Incare directly linked into the scoreboard - so that data comes in automatically. In addition, There is an official statkeeper from the league keeping stats. This data is then disseminated to various feeds.

iSports API is one of the best in this field, which coveraged all range of sports data, more than 900 different international and national competitions, cups and leagues in all major football federations around the world, represented by livescores, fixtures, group standings, history data, and in-play events. FREE TRIAL is offered to experience the sports data feeds accuracy and industry-leading profit margin.

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Where can I find out the results of football matches?

It is clear that not all people know where to look for reliable sports information. This is especially true for beginner sports fans or operators who do not know which key points to take into account.

There are so many websites which provide the latest football results and livescore from across the global's elite leagues including Champions League and Europa League. 

The most simpliest way is through an API provided by sports data company in the market. They do cover a wide range of sports activities with a large database. It will be easily to obtain such data by this means.

Among all the sports data provider, iSports API is bring the reliable results from a great number of clubs and games to ensure the most accurate information. It is says one of the most popular choice in sports field.

Conveniently view livescore results that are available by iSports API's service . In addition, any information about other tournaments can be easily found, one has only to choose the sectiont according to your need.

There are a lot of livescore websites in the Internet now, but iSports API won't let you down. With more than 20 years history，they covered most major and minor leagues with livescore, standings, events, line-ups, pre-match odds, statistics. 

Last but not the least, iSports API offer FREE TRIAL to experience the sports data feeds accuracy and industry-leading profit margin.

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Is there a free API for real-time football scores?

There are free trail API for real-time football scores, but after a time about 7 days to half a month, you might have to pay. A lot of sports data provider in the market offer such king of service right now.

You can take code for free from API providers to get real-time football scores.

With their APIs, you can get API with proper documentation and get real-time scores, statistics, events, up-lines, odds, and many more updates. 

iSports API is one of the best brand in this field, they coveraged all range of sports data, more than 900 different international and national competitions, cups and leagues in all major football federations around the world, represented by livescores, fixtures, group standings, history data, and in-play events.

iSports API Data Feeds is the complete and time-tested sports data solution for delivering betting odds, scores, and real-time settlements, covering all major sports events, specially designed to help bookmakers and platform providers diversify their offering.

Most importantly, iSports API offer FREE TRIAL to experience the sports data feeds accuracy and industry-leading profit margin.

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How does a high quality sports data API work?

iSports API isn’t a typical organization. It is a market-leading solution that combines quality data with a comprehensive platform that enables users to deliver and monetise highest-quality sports content and live streams.

With almost 20 years in the industry, iSports API is combining top-quality data content with innovative  products. The result is a unique experience for fans and platform owners, with more than 30,000 live sports events covered per year.

Their staff are all sports lovers and IT professionals. With a staff of professionals, tthey have the ability to dedicate an entire team of specialized individuals to each of project. Their size allows them to remain top place in an ever-evolving and expanding environment,. iSports API remain leaders amongst our peers with the services and capabilities provided.



iSports API ensure that they deliver a high quality sports data output daily. Minute by minute. 24/7/365. The team has the ability to deliver first class data feeds, and make sure that with every project, what is ‘underneath the hood’ is just as beautiful as what meets the eye.

Soccer
Live Scores, Live Statistics, Full season fixtures, Historical Data since 2006, Bookmaker odds comparison, Team/Player Profiles, Standings, Injuries, Top scorers

Basketball
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Esports
LiveScore, Live Stats, Pregame odds

In a competitive sports media landscape, iSports API ’s data fuels every step of the engagement cycle from capturing data traffic, it has developed into the world’s leading provider of sports products and services.

All products and services are entirely underpinned by the company’s comprehensive data coverage across sports and markets worldwide.

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Reliable Sports Data Feeds Provider in worldwide—iSports API

iSports API Data Feeds is the complete and time-tested sports data solution for delivering betting odds, scores, and real-time settlements, covering all major sports events, specially designed to help bookmakers and platform providers diversify their offering.

With successfully resolved cases and tangible impact, Integrity Services is best placed to support or partner any stakeholder interested or invested in the future of sport’s integrity.

iSports AI Integrity Services is recognised as the world’s leading provider of anti-matchfixing detection, prevention, education and intelligence solutions. Partnering federations, leagues, clubs as well as state authorities across the world, the team’s experts have also been called upon by conferences, media outlets, academic institutions, prosecutors and police forces to provide insight into the causes of, and solutions to, match manipulation.

We offer FREE TRIAL to experience the sports data feeds accuracy and our industry-leading profit margin.

Our clients can fully customize the odds selection with their favourite sports, markets, and events. The OddsMatrix Sports Data Feeds are highly flexible, and sportsbook operators with existing platforms can easily integrate them alongside their current sports data feeds or sports data APIs to boost coverage.

During the discovery stage, we meet with key stakeholders to define a uniform starting point for data delivery. We will through this process identity the client needs it terms of sports needed as well as data for each sport and delivery format.

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Bayern will not sell any first-team players in the transfer window

The coronavirus pandemic has completely turned football and the summer transfer market upside-down, even for seven-time defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.

It appears that big-money moves will be few and far between, though Bayern are still expected to follow through and land Leroy Sané from Manchester City on a five-year deal, as per iSports football livescore API.

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However, with valuations on players plummeting, it’s unlikely that Bayern will sell any of their first-team players this summer other than Corentin Tolisso.

Even though David Alaba only has one year left on his contract and is currently in discussions regarding a new deal, Kicker report that Bayern would not sell the player if they fail to agree on a new contract.

The same goes for Thiago. Even though outlets in Germany previously believed the two parties were working hard to get a new deal done, most German media claim that talks have since stalled.

According to football data provider iSports API, even though Thiago only one year remaining on his contract, Bayern reportedly want €60-80m for the player – something that sounds completely ludicrous.

Bayern have recently secured new deals for Thomas Müller, Manuel Neuer, and Alphonso Davies.

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Trae Young wishes Vince Carter farewell with emotional message

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young bid an emotional farewell to longtime veteran Vince Carter, as it appears he’s played his last NBA game.

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young bid an emotional farewell to longtime veteran Vince Carter, as it appears he’s played his last NBA game.

The league plans to send a proposal to the Board of Governors on Thursday, prompting a restart of the 2019-20 season with the best 22 teams. The Hawks fall well-short of qualification as the fourth-worst team in the league, as per iSports basketball API.

（iSports NBA data API covers a wide range of games and leagues with livescore, standings, events, line-ups, pre-match odds, statistics）

Carter had announced this would be his last NBA season, but he wouldn’t have guessed it would come so suddenly as the season came to a halt on March 11 after the first reported case of the novel coronavirus.

Vinsanity did play that very day, suiting up for 13 minutes in a 136-131 overtime loss to the New York Knicks, contributing five points, a rebound, and a 3-pointer, according to NBA livedata provider iSports API.

Shortly after news of the 22-team plan to resume the season, Young reached out toCarter, noting it’s a wrap for the Hawks’ season:

Carter spent the bulk of his last two seasons with the Hawks, serving as a mentor to some of the young players in the roster. Young was a star in the making, but one that needed the guidance of a savvy Carter, who played 22 seasons in the league, surpassing Dirk Nowitzki’s all-time mark.

Half -Man, Half-Amazing became the first NBA player to play across four decades after being drafted by the Golden State Warriors in 1998 and consequently traded to the Toronto Raptors, where he spent his first seven seasons.

A likely nod for the Hall of Fame, Carter put up career averages of 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 3.1 assists,recorded by iSports NBA API — showing unmatchable longevity throughout his illustrious career in the league.

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Wolves inadvanced talks for Sporting19-year-old midfielder

Super-agent Jorge Mendes is attempting to bolster Wolverhampton Wanderers once again and, this time, he’s attempting to bring a Sporting Lisbon midfielder to the Midlands.

According to football data provider iSports API，multiple reports claim that Wolves are in ‘advanced talks’ to land 19-year-old Rodrigo Fernandes in a £10.6m (€11.9m) deal.

Mendes has been attempting to make the move happen and it’s believed that Wolves are ready to offer the Portugal youth international a four-year deal.

（iSports football data API covers a wide range of games and leagues with livescore, standings, events, line-ups, pre-match odds, statistics）

Fernandes has only made 4 first-team appearances so far, including two matches in Europa League group stage play, as per iSports football API.

The teenager is keen on a move to the Premier League, however, there are clubs in Italy that are also interested.

With Sporting in desperate need to raise funds, Wolves could turn to the Liga NOS giants once again as they did to land goalkeeper Rui Patricio.

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Wizards owner delivers John Wall warning to the rest of the NBA

Despite missing a majority of the 2018-19 NBA season and subsequently the entire 2019-20 campaign, John Wall is not to be trifled with, according to Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis.

In an interview with Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington, Leonsis revealed that he is excited about the return of Wall, especially since he expects the Wizards guard to be in a “different place” physically after his past surgeries.

（iSports basketball data API covers a wide range of games and leagues with livescore, standings, events, line-ups, pre-match odds, statistics）

“I’m very much looking forward to John Wall’s return because I think physically he will be in a much different place. He has spoken about the pain that he had been in with his bone spurs. John once showed me a bone spur, one of the bone spurs that they took out of his heel. I will be sincere with you, I had never seen something like that. I couldn’t imagine what that felt like,” the Wizards boss explained.

“There are times where John has been isolated on social media where ‘look, he’s not playing defense, he’s not getting back.’ And then you would talk to John and he would say ‘I feel like there are razor blades in my feet when I’m running backwards. It’s gotten to the point where I can’t do it, I’m hurting the team now.'”

John Wall, a five-time All-Star with the Wizards during his nine-plus-year tenure in D.C., first suffered a season-ending heel injury which required surgery in Jan. 2019, according to iSports basketball API. Wall later hurt himself at home, sustaining an Achilles tendon rupture in early Feb. 2019, keeping him away from the game for now 17 months and counting.

Wall’s absence from the Wizards’ backcourt has prevented the team from breaking through in the postseason picture in the Eastern Conference. Before the season was suspended due to COVID-19, the team was ninth with a 24-20 record, as per basketball livedata provider iSports API.

If the NBA’s 22-team format for the resumption of the 2019-20 season pushes through, the Wizards will have a chance to join the competition. However, they will have to rely on Bradley Beal alone to salvage their playoff hopes.

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Jerami Grant ‘definitely not’ leaning to pick up $9 million option with Denver

Jerami Grant exceeded his contract’s worth in the 2019-20 season，as per basketball data provider iSports API. As such, the forward has no plans of picking up his $9 million option with the Denver Nuggets come free agency.

（iSports basketball data API covers a wide range of games and leagues with livescore, standings, events, line-ups, pre-match odds, statistics）

During an appearance on podcast , Grant pretty much confirmed that he will be testing the free agency waters.

“I’m definitely not leaning towards picking up the player option. Like you said, I feel like I definitely outplayed the $9 million that I’m making each year right now. But at the same time… I’d love to come to a conclusion or something like that with Denver, it just depends what we discuss and negotiate when the time comes,” the Nuggets forward said.

Jerami Grant inked a three-year, $27.3 million contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2018, according to iSports NBA livedata API. It was a decent deal for Grant who was a key part of the Thunder’s playoff campaigns. Moreover, since signing the deal, Grant has improved nearly every facet of his game.

The last two seasons easily show that Grant has grown over time, averaging 12.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.1 block in two separate stints with the Thunder and Nuggets. According to iSports basketball API, he also shot 48.7 percent from the field and 39.6 percent from 3-point range. In his first four seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers and OKC, Grant averaged just 7.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 block.

Perhaps his biggest improvement is his better stroke from deep. In the 2019-20 season, Grant is shooting career-high 40.0 percent from the 3-point line. This will certainly make Grant a big target for teams gunning for the title. Hopefully, the Nuggets will realize Grant’s worth.

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