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Kevin Durant's ankle is the story in Houston right now. Coach Ime Udoka kept it short and kept it vague when asked about Durant's availability for Game five against the Lakers on Wednesday — two words, "we'll see." That's not exactly a green light, and the Rockets have to be sweating this one heading into a pivotal night.
Shifting to baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies have made a managerial change after a brutal nine and nineteen start to the season, parting ways with Rob Thomson and handing the reins to Don Mattingly on an interim basis. The Phillies were built to compete, and that kind of record simply wasn't going to cut it. Now Mattingly inherits a roster with real talent and a fanbase that wants answers fast.
And in Los Angeles, the Rams are dealing with two separate headaches at once. Matthew Stafford's contract situation is casting a shadow over the organization, and that's the backdrop against which they just took Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson at number thirteen overall — a pick so surprising that Simpson himself admitted he never met with head coach Sean McVay before draft night. The GM has since clarified the situation, but the questions aren't going away.
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