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NBA Season In No Danger
Lakers Have
Vanessa Bryant Seeking
Of Being Canceled
Reportedly
Hundreds Of Millions In
A number of NBA players have raised the question of whether or not it is appropri- ate for the 2019-20 season to continue, but all indications are that there will be a cham- pion crowned this year.
National Basketball Play- ers Association executive di- rector Michele Roberts told ESPN’s Adrian Woj- narowski and Ramona Shelburne that players want to make sure they can en- hance the Black Lives Matter movement if they resume the season. She said the discus- sions on Friday’s conference call organized by Kyrie Irv- ing were just that — discus- sions.
“It’s not a question of play or not play,” Roberts said. “It’s a question of, does play-
In Bradley Beal
Expressed Interest
Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
ing again harm a movement that we absolutely, unequivo- cally embrace? And then whether our play can, in fact, highlight, encourage and en- hance this movement.
“That’s what they’re talk- ing about. They’re not fighting about it; they’re talking about it.”
VANESSA BRYANT
other relief as the Court deems just and proper,” the filing reads. “Although the total specific amount of per- sonal injury damages that Plaintiff seeks is TBD, Kobe Bryant’s future lost earn- ings equal hundreds of mil- lions of dollars.”
The Wash-
ington Wizards
have given no
indication that
they intend to
trade Bradley
Beal this off-
season, but that
hasn’t stopped
the speculation.
If they do decide to make the star guard available, might the Los Angeles Lakers enter the mix?
Shams Charania of The Athletic was asked about Beal’s situation during an ap- pearance on the “Load Man- agement” podcast this week, and he said there is no shortage of teams interested in acquiring Beal. One of the few Chara- nia mentioned was the Lakers.
Vanessa Bryant is seeking damages in her wrongful death lawsuit against the helicopter com- pany and pilot’s estate over the deaths of her husband Kobe and daughter, Gi- anna.
According to The Blast, Vanessa says in a new legal filing that she is seeking mul- tiple times of damages that cost her family hundreds of millions in future earnings.
“As a result of Kobe Bryant’s and Gianna Bryant’s deaths, Vanessa Bryant seeks economic damages, non-economic damages, prejudgment inter- est, punitive damages, and
BRADLEY BEAL
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