re: CJ was asked why he always plays even when hurt or sick. His reply:

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In my opinion yes and no. When we were clearly fighting for the playoffs at the end of last season and Zion refused to come back until he “felt like Zion” even though he’s coming out and doing wind mill dunks in practice and acknowledges he was healthy gets him lumped in. That was reprehensible, it was the end of the season and a playoff run and worse than what BI is doing this season in being a twat and not playing through soreness right now in games 3-5, which you can at least reasonably argue make sense in the big picture (again I make that comment with the understanding he is dealing with nothing structural wrong with his knee). So even though last night may have been a team decision and not his, Zion does not get the benefit of the doubt from a perception standpoint. He has to earn that like CJ and JV have.

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Not accurate. He wanted to come back and Griffin said he was not cleared to do so by the medical staff.