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Quote from: inthelongrun on October 19, 2022, 05:47:17 AM

The game between the Celtics and 76ers was another exciting one. I'm happy James Harden is feeling good and he seems back to his old game. Embiid should limit his 3 points attempts. I believe they will improve more in their next games. Kudos to the Celtics, great win and a great start for Brogdon and their interim coach Joe Mazulla. This team is still tough to beat even without Oduka.

I am not sure, but I think Harden is leaner this time compared to last season. That might contribute to him getting back his old game. He should be able to contribute better as the season progresses. It is just the first game of the season.

Quote from: Natalim on October 19, 2022, 06:54:14 AM

If the Lakers are not happy with him, why are they still keeping him? IMO, it doesn't make sense, they should already trade him and get someone who can help Lebron and Davis for their championship goal. It was still Lebron who are doing most of the contribution on that game, nice performance from him in a losing effort, but as a fan, we like to see them win, not Lebron making points to break the record.

I am sure they will be happy to trade him IF they can find a team that is willing to take up the humongous contract that Westbrook has. Unfortunately, no team wanted to have Westbrook right now. So, they just have to wait until his contract expires. It is the last season of Westbrook, and he will be UFA next season. He still has recent contributions to the Lakers, 19-3-11 is still good. Maybe not be proportionate to his contract but still a good contribution considering he is not the first or second option in the team.

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Quote from: carlisle1 on October 19, 2022, 04:14:43 AM

but witnessing how weak Lakers are in terms of ball rotations that is something that they needed to work more,
It's just the opening and they are playing against the defending champ plus the Dub crowd. It's really difficult to beat them in their home.

Moving forward, it will be great to see a healthy AD, as he can provide good numbers from time to time.

Anyway, this is just their first game and I'm sure they will learn a lot from here and will continue to improve their way of playing. They really need to fix their defense and the way they move the ball seems not to be the best way in the league with their new teammates, it is really expected to see them not get along at first but they will gonna find their way throughout the season and let's just hope to see them stay healthy, especially for Lebron James and AD cause they are expected to easily get to the NBA playoffs this season.

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It seemed like there's no improvement for the Lakers, despite of the addition and the changes, they still look like the old team that struggled last season. Lebron James alone cannot carry this team anymore, especially against a good team like the Warriors, if they want to win at least in the West, they should be competitive enough to give the warriors a real game, not playing like there's no urgency of winning.

I think they're currently on process to create a strong roster, I think Beverley is should be replaced since he's not a good shooter and he's already older, so there's will be no improvement. Lakers is also lack of guard position which is currently Walker IV play in this position, his performance isn't good since he mostly can't block, but since he's still young so Lakers might take consideration to let him play.

Lebron James still good even though he's old, it will be a nightmare when Lebron James leave Lakers in the next few years.

I don't know mate, they have enough time to form that team and that chemistry that is needed but it looks like they didn't match the Warriors intensity in their first game. I have a feeling that Lakers might struggle again this season and worse is if they won't make it to the playoffs.

With a healthy they should be a strong team, but without good chemistry it's still useless.

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Quote from: Yamifoud on October 19, 2022, 07:03:06 AM

It seemed like there's no improvement for the Lakers, despite of the addition and the changes, they still look like the old team that struggled last season. Lebron James alone cannot carry this team anymore, especially against a good team like the Warriors, if they want to win at least in the West, they should be competitive enough to give the warriors a real game, not playing like there's no urgency of winning.

I think they're currently on process to create a strong roster, I think Beverley is should be replaced since he's not a good shooter and he's already older, so there's will be no improvement. Lakers is also lack of guard position which is currently Walker IV play in this position, his performance isn't good since he mostly can't block, but since he's still young so Lakers might take consideration to let him play.

Lebron James still good even though he's old, it will be a nightmare when Lebron James leave Lakers in the next few years.

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I’m glad Chuck is defending Westbrook, who is having a great game. The Lakers just don’t play well together. They look a little better with Nunn and Beverly but they’re missing something. It just seems like they don’t really want to win.

So you heard that too during the halftime, but it seems his co-workers are not in agreement with him. I don't know.
There may be truth with what Chuck said about Westbrook not enjoying the game anymore because of the Lakers team.
That's not how he played during his OKC, Rockets, and Wizards career. The energy is gone and he keeps on making mistakes with simple plays.
One of them showed and it was actually a silly technical foul when he tapped Wiggins while making an inbound. Reggie Miller and Harlan even laughed at what he did after watching the replay.

Yeah, maybe Westbrook is not taking the game seriously and is very lethargic or it's that he is really not on his prime. We've seen this performance as well last year and we thought that this is just pre season game and we should give them the benefit of the doubt. However, as it turns out, that first sign that something is not right with the Lakers trickle over the regular season game and them missing the playoff and having one of their worst season since Lebron join LA.

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It seemed like there's no improvement for the Lakers, despite of the addition and the changes, they still look like the old team that struggled last season. Lebron James alone cannot carry this team anymore, especially against a good team like the Warriors, if they want to win at least in the West, they should be competitive enough to give the warriors a real game, not playing like there's no urgency of winning.

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Quote from: ultrloa on October 19, 2022, 06:46:08 AM

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Quote from: OgNasty on October 18, 2022, 11:09:05 PM

I’m glad Chuck is defending Westbrook, who is having a great game. The Lakers just don’t play well together. They look a little better with Nunn and Beverly but they’re missing something. It just seems like they don’t really want to win.

So you heard that too during the halftime, but it seems his co-workers are not in agreement with him. I don't know.
There may be truth with what Chuck said about Westbrook not enjoying the game anymore because of the Lakers team.
That's not how he played during his OKC, Rockets, and Wizards career. The energy is gone and he keeps on making mistakes with simple plays.
One of them showed and it was actually a silly technical foul when he tapped Wiggins while making an inbound. Reggie Miller and Harlan even laughed at what he did after watching the replay.

Lakers is not happy with Westbrook anymore and also he don't like to be part of lakers anymore. Their conflict happen last season ruin already their relationship so its not really good to keep him up in the line up since for sure they will not get good chemistry in that set up. Maybe lakers should not demand more to get rid of Westbrook so that it will be fair for both parties to depart ways.

If the Lakers are not happy with him, why are they still keeping him? IMO, it doesn't make sense, they should already trade him and get someone who can help Lebron and Davis for their championship goal. It was still Lebron who are doing most of the contribution on that game, nice performance from him in a losing effort, but as a fan, we like to see them win, not Lebron making points to break the record.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on October 19, 2022, 06:39:18 AM

Quote from: OgNasty on October 18, 2022, 11:09:05 PM

I’m glad Chuck is defending Westbrook, who is having a great game. The Lakers just don’t play well together. They look a little better with Nunn and Beverly but they’re missing something. It just seems like they don’t really want to win.

So you heard that too during the halftime, but it seems his co-workers are not in agreement with him. I don't know.
There may be truth with what Chuck said about Westbrook not enjoying the game anymore because of the Lakers team.
That's not how he played during his OKC, Rockets, and Wizards career. The energy is gone and he keeps on making mistakes with simple plays.
One of them showed and it was actually a silly technical foul when he tapped Wiggins while making an inbound. Reggie Miller and Harlan even laughed at what he did after watching the replay.

Lakers is not happy with Westbrook anymore and also he don't like to be part of lakers anymore. Their conflict happen last season ruin already their relationship so its not really good to keep him up in the line up since for sure they will not get good chemistry in that set up. Maybe lakers should not demand more to get rid of Westbrook so that it will be fair for both parties to depart ways.

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Quote from: OgNasty on October 18, 2022, 11:09:05 PM

I’m glad Chuck is defending Westbrook, who is having a great game. The Lakers just don’t play well together. They look a little better with Nunn and Beverly but they’re missing something. It just seems like they don’t really want to win.

So you heard that too during the halftime, but it seems his co-workers are not in agreement with him. I don't know.
There may be truth with what Chuck said about Westbrook not enjoying the game anymore because of the Lakers team.
That's not how he played during his OKC, Rockets, and Wizards career. The energy is gone and he keeps on making mistakes with simple plays.
One of them showed and it was actually a silly technical foul when he tapped Wiggins while making an inbound. Reggie Miller and Harlan even laughed at what he did after watching the replay.

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As usual, it's still Curry who leads the team, tonight he made 33 points, and it looks effortless on his part.

The ball movement of the Warriors is very much remarkable, it's the same Warriors that are good at dominating their opponent, and even if Lebron is their opponent, it doesn't matter, they are always there to dominate whoever they are playing with. Wiseman already played, that would give them better defense as this guy can make defense and can also produce offense, so this season, expect a more improve Warriors team.

Great to see James Wiseman back and healthy. I expect the Warriors to win. I think the Lakers didn't perform badly at all, especially since this is their first game this season. It's just that GSW has the better overall line-up. This Lakers line-up can probably enter the playoffs but is far from championship level.

The game between the Celtics and 76ers was another exciting one. I'm happy James Harden is feeling good and he seems back to his old game. Embiid should limit his 3 points attempts. I believe they will improve more in their next games. Kudos to the Celtics, great win and a great start for Brogdon and their interim coach Joe Mazulla. This team is still tough to beat even without Oduka.

It seems that they are very confident with their new coach, of course Oduka will surely be missed by Joe Mazulla is handling the pressure so that is good sign and for sure the management is happy that they have elevated his to interim coach and perhaps a full coach when he continue to bring that W.

For Harden, yeah, it seems that he still has some bounce and that killer crossover is still present. He just need to shoot the ball better. So it's really going to be a very exciting new season with so many team upgrade their roster.

Just bring the win and continue to play with the system. Boston's management will be happy with this kind of performance.

The two young stars really played well carrying the team. They are against with a heavyweight squad but they managed to protect the home court. I like how both JT's make a statement with that huge performance in this opening game. No doubt that Harden still has that crossover and he's now getting the rhythm back, looking to attack and shot the ball something that is really classic with him.

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As usual, it's still Curry who leads the team, tonight he made 33 points, and it looks effortless on his part.

The ball movement of the Warriors is very much remarkable, it's the same Warriors that are good at dominating their opponent, and even if Lebron is their opponent, it doesn't matter, they are always there to dominate whoever they are playing with. Wiseman already played, that would give them better defense as this guy can make defense and can also produce offense, so this season, expect a more improve Warriors team.

Great to see James Wiseman back and healthy. I expect the Warriors to win. I think the Lakers didn't perform badly at all, especially since this is their first game this season. It's just that GSW has the better overall line-up. This Lakers line-up can probably enter the playoffs but is far from championship level.

The game between the Celtics and 76ers was another exciting one. I'm happy James Harden is feeling good and he seems back to his old game. Embiid should limit his 3 points attempts. I believe they will improve more in their next games. Kudos to the Celtics, great win and a great start for Brogdon and their interim coach Joe Mazulla. This team is still tough to beat even without Oduka.

It seems that they are very confident with their new coach, of course Oduka will surely be missed by Joe Mazulla is handling the pressure so that is good sign and for sure the management is happy that they have elevated his to interim coach and perhaps a full coach when he continue to bring that W.

For Harden, yeah, it seems that he still has some bounce and that killer crossover is still present. He just need to shoot the ball better. So it's really going to be a very exciting new season with so many team upgrade their roster.

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Quote from: Hypnosis00 on October 19, 2022, 02:27:00 AM

Quote from: Questat on October 19, 2022, 01:28:13 AM

As usual, it's still Curry who leads the team, tonight he made 33 points, and it looks effortless on his part.

The ball movement of the Warriors is very much remarkable, it's the same Warriors that are good at dominating their opponent, and even if Lebron is their opponent, it doesn't matter, they are always there to dominate whoever they are playing with. Wiseman already played, that would give them better defense as this guy can make defense and can also produce offense, so this season, expect a more improve Warriors team.

Great to see James Wiseman back and healthy. I expect the Warriors to win. I think the Lakers didn't perform badly at all, especially since this is their first game this season. It's just that GSW has the better overall line-up. This Lakers line-up can probably enter the playoffs but is far from championship level.

The game between the Celtics and 76ers was another exciting one. I'm happy James Harden is feeling good and he seems back to his old game. Embiid should limit his 3 points attempts. I believe they will improve more in their next games. Kudos to the Celtics, great win and a great start for Brogdon and their interim coach Joe Mazulla. This team is still tough to beat even without Oduka.

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Golden State Warriors vs LA Lakers
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Golden State Warriors are fun to watch. The way they execute their plays and the way the ball is rotating; the execution is just perfect. Poole and Wiggins showed the crowed why they deserve that contract extension. They came in balling tonight.

on the other hand

The Lakers are just a mess right now, especially in the third quarter. There is no defense, and the offense is totally nowhere to be found. Their plays are a mess. It is just the first game but we already see that there is a lot to fix in this team in order to be competitive again. If they play weaker teams, they will be alright but against a well-organized team with good chemistry, they will surely struggle.

I thought the Lakers looked alright in the second half. They had a nice run at the end when shots started falling. They just shot terribly most of the game. If they can figure out a way to get Hield or another long range shooter I think they’d be alright.

They are off in shooting while Warriors create more than them and Lakers seems relying on LBJ that's why they left behind by Curry's team. Although Davis got a quite good run in the first half but that's not enough to help LBJ to dominate their opponent. Maybe better luck next time of Lakers and they should find more ways to create good chemistry since if they remain like this they can't defeat Warriors on next match up.

They are lacking with what the Warriors are good at, chemistries and rotations are very important when playing this game,
though I can agree with you that AD did try his best to help LeBron,

but witnessing how weak Lakers are in terms of ball rotations that is something that they needed to work more,
It's just the opening and they are playing against the defending champ plus the Dub crowd. It's really difficult to beat them in their home.

Moving forward, it will be great to see a healthy AD, as he can provide good numbers from time to time.

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Golden State Warriors vs LA Lakers
123 - 109

Golden State Warriors are fun to watch. The way they execute their plays and the way the ball is rotating; the execution is just perfect. Poole and Wiggins showed the crowed why they deserve that contract extension. They came in balling tonight.

on the other hand

The Lakers are just a mess right now, especially in the third quarter. There is no defense, and the offense is totally nowhere to be found. Their plays are a mess. It is just the first game but we already see that there is a lot to fix in this team in order to be competitive again. If they play weaker teams, they will be alright but against a well-organized team with good chemistry, they will surely struggle.

I thought the Lakers looked alright in the second half. They had a nice run at the end when shots started falling. They just shot terribly most of the game. If they can figure out a way to get Hield or another long range shooter I think they’d be alright.

They are off in shooting while Warriors create more than them and Lakers seems relying on LBJ that's why they left behind by Curry's team. Although Davis got a quite good run in the first half but that's not enough to help LBJ to dominate their opponent. Maybe better luck next time of Lakers and they should find more ways to create good chemistry since if they remain like this they can't defeat Warriors on next match up.

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Really looking forward to seeing the Warriors and Lakers, but I suspect that Golden State will be leaving with the W.

I think the Lakers will have a chance to beat the Warriors if LeBron, Davis, and Westbrook play tonight. It's worth noting that the status of those 3 players is probably. Despite the fact that they will likely play tonight, it's not good for the Lakers in any case because key players already have minor injuries, even though the regular season hasn't even started yet.

They just decided to sit them up, most likely they don't want this 3 to get injured or something. So they didn't force anything in this game.

Here is Harden's move against Smart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8zqspvvZyU

If he could just made the shot though, Lol.

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Quote from: Questat on October 19, 2022, 01:28:13 AM

As usual, it's still Curry who leads the team, tonight he made 33 points, and it looks effortless on his part.

The ball movement of the Warriors is very much remarkable, it's the same Warriors that are good at dominating their opponent, and even if Lebron is their opponent, it doesn't matter, they are always there to dominate whoever they are playing with. Wiseman already played, that would give them better defense as this guy can make defense and can also produce offense, so this season, expect a more improve Warriors team.

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Golden State Warriors vs LA Lakers
123 - 109

Golden State Warriors are fun to watch. The way they execute their plays and the way the ball is rotating; the execution is just perfect. Poole and Wiggins showed the crowed why they deserve that contract extension. They came in balling tonight.

on the other hand

The Lakers are just a mess right now, especially in the third quarter. There is no defense, and the offense is totally nowhere to be found. Their plays are a mess. It is just the first game but we already see that there is a lot to fix in this team in order to be competitive again. If they play weaker teams, they will be alright but against a well-organized team with good chemistry, they will surely struggle.

That’s pretty much what I was expecting to see. With Jordan Poole coming out of nowhere playing at the level he is it really makes Golden State nearly unbeatable. They won’t be able to afford to pay all their guys much longer though.

I thought the Lakers looked alright in the second half. They had a nice run at the end when shots started falling. They just shot terribly most of the game. If they can figure out a way to get Hield or another long range shooter I think they’d be alright.

Offense and defense, Warriors is a well balance team and I think they have a very big chance of winning a back to back championship with the way they are playing. What we saw is a healthy Warriors, great rotation of players, so winning is just easy for them.

As usual, it's still Curry who leads the team, tonight he made 33 points, and it looks effortless on his part.

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Quote from: jakelyson on October 19, 2022, 12:16:11 AM

Golden State Warriors vs LA Lakers
123 - 109

Golden State Warriors are fun to watch. The way they execute their plays and the way the ball is rotating; the execution is just perfect. Poole and Wiggins showed the crowed why they deserve that contract extension. They came in balling tonight.

on the other hand

The Lakers are just a mess right now, especially in the third quarter. There is no defense, and the offense is totally nowhere to be found. Their plays are a mess. It is just the first game but we already see that there is a lot to fix in this team in order to be competitive again. If they play weaker teams, they will be alright but against a well-organized team with good chemistry, they will surely struggle.

That’s pretty much what I was expecting to see. With Jordan Poole coming out of nowhere playing at the level he is it really makes Golden State nearly unbeatable. They won’t be able to afford to pay all their guys much longer though.

I thought the Lakers looked alright in the second half. They had a nice run at the end when shots started falling. They just shot terribly most of the game. If they can figure out a way to get Hield or another long range shooter I think they’d be alright.

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There's more than a minute left in clock 4th quarter after I left and I can say is that the Lakers has not made any difference this season based on their performance today. LeBron was forcing bad shots early in the game, I guess he's now chasing after Kareem's record as fast as he can. Other than that, they don't seem to have a solid play where they're all comfortable with.
Even with the 22-9 run in the 4th, still the Lakers can't make it closer against the GSW.
Well, it's the defending champs so the outcome was expected, but it shouldn't have been with a huge margin.
I'm afraid this could be another disappointing year for the Lakers, this is not the preseason anymore lol.

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Golden State Warriors vs LA Lakers
123 - 109

Golden State Warriors are fun to watch. The way they execute their plays and the way the ball is rotating; the execution is just perfect. Poole and Wiggins showed the crowed why they deserve that contract extension. They came in balling tonight.

on the other hand

The Lakers are just a mess right now, especially in the third quarter. There is no defense, and the offense is totally nowhere to be found. Their plays are a mess. It is just the first game but we already see that there is a lot to fix in this team in order to be competitive again. If they play weaker teams, they will be alright but against a well-organized team with good chemistry, they will surely struggle.

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