Thompson said “I faced Kevin Love here. I was pitching, he was batting. I beaned him. Right in the back. Knew he was gonna be a Cav.”

Love appears to have remembered the incident, as he replied shortly after on Instagram that “it was the biggest bruise of his life”, likely said in good fun.

Thompson grew up in Portland, and was a big Trail Blazers fan when he was young.

After all the off season drama, it looks like the actual season isn’t off to a stable start for Simmons and the 76ers, as Doc Rivers confirms he’s suspended the star player for their season opener, slated for Wednesday night against the Pelicans.

There is little reporting on what actually occurred, but it sounds like it was during a defensive drill where Simmons didn’t take part, angering Doc.

“He was a distraction today, I didn’t think he wanted to do what everybody else was doing. It was early, it wasn’t a big deal. I just told him, he should leave then, and we went on with practice.” Doc Rivers said of the incident.

So make of this what you will, but it’s certainly not a good omen for the 76ers and they open up the 21-22 season.

The 9-time NBA All Star is working on some new moves, and he’s looking in good form. At first we thought the video was a short loop of one shot, but no, Westbrook continues on to sink dozens of 3’s with this new jump shot.