Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 1015. (Read 919744 times)

Agree with that, it seemed like the consequence is very light, it was a clear violence, he should be suspended at a very least. Well, that's how NBA works,  the system is not fair as it favors more to players whom they think is very valuable to a team.

Yeah, there's not so many update transactions on Hornets, only 6 transactions in this season. Unlike the other big team who regularly sign, resigned and traded their players to get the better one. I think they're also doesn't have a huge money to get a good players and the good players wouldn't want to play on where the team isn't big. It's hard to find a good player who want to build from the bottom, so there's no surprise if low tier team keep losing.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/CHA/charlotte-hornets/transactions/

It should be fair and square, a fine and a suspension should be given to any players or staff that have broken some rules and shows unprofessionalism. It seems to me that the Warriors is not taking it seriously even if they knew that Poole's family isn't happy of what had happened. It's really fortunate enough that it was caught on video because if not, almost 100% we wouldn't know about it. What a controversial off-season!

Those guys are the real deal when it comes to building their team and truly you cannot see such as the GSW when it comes to patiently build their team throughout the years. Obviously, this is what most of the NBA teams doing, they're also slowly building their rosters to be championship-material teams but luck doesn't always come to them rather it's just hard for a team to completely build like what the GSW did because the injuries will hunt them and one bad scenario, will ruin everything and mostly they need to start again.

The good part is, they are an offensive team. So I think they won't force the shooting issue. He can train it if he wants to but I doubt they will expect too much about it.

You gave me a good idea to check the injuries before the season starts.
It's actually surprising how short the list is.Credits to CBS.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/injuries/
I excluded the players whose status is "Game time decision" and "those who will be back this October."
Players listed are those who will take long rest.
This is good news for us, we will certainly be more entertained this season.

Obviously, that is the case for the Hornets in the last couple of years, maybe it was a combination of bad luck, not getting good players in the draft or traded some of their players. But I think teams really need some time to become a champion like what happen to the Dubs, they have a lot of good and solid players in the past, but it was not a recipe to win championship. But when everything smiles on them, specially lady luck, they got Steph, Draymond and then Klay and then become multiple champions.

Yeah, I would say that bad, it's almost triple double isn't it? He has been playing his usual game that this is good enough for him and the Nets. Just to see him ball and being healthy is already a good sign for the Nets. And it's also good to see Harris as well.

Might just be pre-season game, but the chemistry is already there I might say and they could be back as one of the favorites to win this year if everyone remains healthy and focus on one goal.

What an interesting season to begin with, there has been a lot players that hasn't played last season because of their respective injuries and now they are coming back, bouncing back and looking forward to get back what they supposed to have. Especially Wiseman, I believe the kid has a lot of potential, just waiting to be unlocked by Steve Kerr.

Aside from his passing, he should still add some focus to his offense. It will be a good spark between KD, Kyrie and him.

Since both stars are offensive and Simmons will feed them the ball, they can take it or pass it back to Simmons to
go strong to the basket, still young and his upper body is really strong. It's more on how he will take the obligation
in helping the Nets to win more games and a possible chase to win the title.

Funds are very important when it comes to wanting an NBA team to prosper. Michael Jordan is only valued at over a billion dollars (not bad for an athlete) which isn't that rich compared to the other team owners. Although most of these teams have minority-owner partners too and they are part of the decision-making when it comes to money.

But there are major owners too that aren't that rich just like the Golden State Warriors. The difference is they are too willing to risk hundreds of millions of dollars yearly for the success of their teams. They don't care about their supposed yearly dividends, but they're banking on the value of their teams.

Michael Jordan is a proven successful businessman by growing his money into billions. He might not have a great NBA team but pretty sure he is harvesting millions of dollars yearly. GSW's major owner is banking on its team's value, but what happens 5 to 10 years from now when its superstars are gone? There's the risk of losing the value of his team and not being able to harvest dividends over the years. While Jordan is earning hundreds of millions or even a billion already by that time. But this remains to be seen as to who's the smartest businessman between GSW and Hornets owners. But as to who's the better team, GSW is miles ahead of Charlotte. 

Another factor that cannot be missed is their location. There is no doubt that places like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Miami, etc are great cities compared to freezing Toronto and the smaller cities.

Exactly!
There is a huge difference between being a great player and to become a great owner.
There's nothing much an owner can do if there's not enough funds to attract good players in comparison with the well established teams, and good players does not play for a team who's struggling to get to the playoffs and receiving lesser contract. 
The Charlotte Hornets needs to have a pick like they did in 96. However, I think they are really terrible in building a good team lol.

He was caught by the hype of every guard should be shooting threes. They forgot to just let him do what he is best at.
Perimeter shooting should be enough to make a successful hesitation move, and he has a choice to use his body instead to force the ball near the rim.
When it comes to making more assists, he is in good hands with Steve Nash. That guy is the definition of being unselfish and does specialize in passing the ball.
This season if Ben will be healthy in 80 games he might make more double-doubles in assists and rebounds instead of points.

Simmons ended up with 7 points, 8 rebounds and   10 assists. Not bad knowing that he isn't 100% and at least he is doing what he really wants to do, and it is to pass and pass the ball. It's good to see him playing again now with a different team.

Unlike when he is in Philly when they want him to shoot threes, I guess he doesn't need to do it now that he is in Brooklyn because the roster is loaded with offensive players like Kyrie, KD, O'neal, Harris and Curry. I think he will be comfortable now because they will not oblige him to shoot because as a point guard of the team, the main objective is to carry the ball and to pass to an open teammate.

The Nets won by 10 points. It's only a pre-season game but still helpful to build the chemistry of both teams.

I’m watching this Nets/Bucks preseason game and Ben Simmons has 6 points and 6 assists at the end of the first quarter. I’m usually in agreement with Doris Burke, but she’s talking about his stat line and I’m watching the game… Ben has been missing defensive assignments, not going for rebounds, not rolling off the screen, and passing up open jump shots. I actually think he looks pretty bad out there, but he’ll probably get a first half triple double…

Michael Jordan does have skills and money but he doesn't have the ability to improve and enhanced a team. He is running a team for over 2 decades now.

If I'm not mistaken, he owned first the Charlotte Bobcats franchise back in 2003 or 2004 and they have Emeka Okafor as a top rookie pick.

Since then, the team doesn't improved or even participating in postseason big trades.

Yeah I think it's pretty fair.  Let's dream up an unlikely scenario, but if Ball comes back say half way through, I would expect them to finish with around the same wins as last year.  However now thinking about it, the Bulls did have the best record in the league for like the first month or so didn't they , I don't expect that happening again w/out Ball lol.  

In other new Ayo named starting PG.  The crazy/shitty thing about that is he's a 2nd round rookie (which is crazy good value) but we don't own his right like a first round.  If I'm correct, we lost his rights after next year.  He could become too costly for the Bulls and that makes me super sad.  Chicago kid, went to Illinois, grew up a Bulls fan, great great kid, heck of a talent with IMO jimmy butler type upside (remember butler was an okay role player his first two years, so Ayo is actually ahead of him at this point in his career).   Anyways, lookin forward to seeing them play regardless.

It's worth noting that the Hornets have always been the underdog, even when Jordan wasn't the owner and the team was called the Bobcats. They've never won a championship, a conference, and a division. Besides, they've only reached the playoffs 3 times in the last 18 years. So even if Jordan really wants to improve the Hornets' results, he will need to invest a lot more money and time.

Well, it could also not in control anymore as they've got their own ways of dealing things like what happened to Poole. To Jordan, it's already okay and good.
But if it's his family has some defense mechanism and they can't accept that apology, we don't know where it's going and that will really depend on how they'll tackle it just to accept and justify what has happened.

Well, it's likely that they'll release and trade Green soon. The luxury tax of GSW is at max if they'll keep either Poole or Green but I'm guessing that since Green has mentioned that he wants to go to Lakers.

Then, he might be grated for the trade there if Lakers would agree for the contract that he's going to get there while for GSW, they'll be lessened for that luxury tax.

Above all that analysis of yours or any related stuff, I think we should not discuss "for now" anything about Draymond Green's possible trading rumors. It's not the same as the usual rumors where the chances of happening are high. It's already quite clear that Draymond Green will stay on the Warriors, and we can rule out for now that trading scenario in the future involving him.

More importantly, D. Green doesn't let his ego dominate him and settles the issue with Jordan Poole right away regardless if he is serious or not. Although it might somehow affect the relationship between these two, I know they won't let their chemistry ruin while playing on the court at the same time.

But personally for me, aside from the fine, he should at least be suspended from some of their regular games. Maybe around 2-3 games or so shouldn't be a big deal. The Golden State Warriors are too soft on their approach to that incident.