1. We await the results of an MRI on the lower right leg of Giannis Antetokuonmpo. Giannis went down just 2 minutes into last night's win over the Pistons with a non-contact injury. Doc Rivers does not believe it’s an Achilles issue. The injury was initially described as a calf strain. The injury came hours after reports surfaced suggesting Giannis is frustrated with the team's direction, and conversations with the Bucks front office on his future in Milwaukee, led by Giannis' agent, are happening.
2. Australia is about to become the first country in the world to implement a ban on social media for children, but the move is already raising questions about how that law will be enforced. Starting next Wednesday, kids under sixteen in Australia will have their social media accounts deactivated on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat. Australia's government doesn't specify how platforms should enforce the measure. But age verification can be done through various methods, from having people upload pictures of their government IDs, to using face or voice recognition technology to estimate how old someone is. Those companies could be fined up to 33-million-dollars if there are major or repeated violations of the law.
3. Luigi Mangione is back in court this morning on the one-year anniversary of his alleged assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The hearing has the potential to sideline what prosecutors say is some of the strongest evidence of Mangione’s guilt. Defense lawyers are trying to bar prosecutors from using key evidence against him, including the alleged murder weapon and writings that prosectors say amount to a confession. During the first two days of the hearing earlier this week, prosectors revealed body camera footage of Mangione's arrest and called the Pennsylvania Police Officer who arrested him as a witness.