Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 1153. (Read 920569 times)

There is no doubt that Morant will dominate the next few seasons as he's progressing well even though he's only played 3 seasons in the league. At the same time, that statement by Morant sounds a bit arrogant. Firstly, the style of play in the 80-90s was more aggressive, while now the style of play has become too soft. Secondly, as Baofeng said, Jordan has tons of team and individual awards, and his stats look better than Morant's in many ways. Just compare Jordan and Morant's stats in their third season. MJ averaged 37.1 points per game, while Morant only scored 27.4 points. So if they had played one-on-one, Morant simply wouldn't have had a chance to beat Jordan.

What I know is that it's not as bad as it looks for either teams.

Biyombo will definitely get a lot of the defensive responsibilities if Ayton is out. I can already see rotations between him and Turner.
Saric is still listed as questionable at the start of the season but it's been a year since he torn his ACL so he should be back during the regular season.
Landale will most likely play the backup role if anything happens to the starting center.

I have been praising Ja Morant about his ability even if he's not that gifted with height because the kid can lift up his team and can even move like he's unstoppable to the point where we can say that this kid might be good and all but his skills will make him prone to injury just like Derrick Rose on his prime.

The kid has still lot to improve on the ring and he has all the time because he's still young, but he need to choose his battles wisely because that hype his making won't be around when he is stuck with an injury and saying that line that he'd beat MJ is an overstatement. There's noting to argue about MJ's skill.

We may never know the real reason behind this release of Ayton but I don't think it's not that defensive that will be shattered but the offensive side as well. It's not that of a desperate move but likely a chance to see what could be the benefit of both parties, trades are always like that.

It looks bad on the Pacers' side or maybe just fair. I am not sure. Myles had his moments and is starting to shoot outside while Ayton is learning the perimeter shots. Yeah, maybe that's why I had the thought it could just be a fair trade if ever it will materialize.

As for the list that you mentioned, Biyombo is mostly for defensive purposes but not much on offense. I'd take Saric because of his shooting threat but if I remember correctly he was injured, I am not updated yet about the status of his injury.
Never saw Jock Landale play a lot of minutes during his Spurs run.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves and take a look at who could be replacing him in the roster first,
- Bismack Biyombo
- Dario Saric
- Jock Landale

The deal looks like a sign and trade with Myles Turner. Pacers will get Ayton while Suns to receive Turner. That doesn't look so bad. Ayton may be better than everyone else on the list but he's not that big of a loss to the Suns if they part ways.

They have some valid reasons may be the start of the problem is when Ayton didn't get a maximum contract offer from the Suns and that's when he played not the same as the year before because he thinks the team doesn't value him the way he thinks. This trade makes sense for both parties because they really need to part ways and give some room to each other and maybe Ayton will gonna have some superstar performance again when he is traded to a different team.

It's up to them.

And I think they're weighing all potentials and possibilities in whether getting KD or not. They still got the key players and I also believe that they won't just release those keys to the just for KD.

Who knows what's on their mind.

There could be some surprise though.

Suns are destroying their defensive side if they will let Ayton, actually, he is not the problem for the Suns, it's the 2 scorers, Paul and Booker who are not clutch enough during the playoffs. Maybe it's a desperate move but this move is bad IMO.

Ayton has a lot of potential and he's so young with huge potential, if Suns just maximize and develop him very well for sure we can see more dominant Ayton in hard wood. But guess they are in rush of things and want to see fast result and this will totally put them in questionable state this season. For sure they can't copy the small ball line up of Warriors because GSW roosters are built and not been traded from other teams so for sure they cannot copy the team chemistry and might struggle on this area.

This ain't a good move from them Suns. So much was produced by Ayton that made them reach the Finals and then the West semis last year.
I don't know what they are planning but I have an idea they are going for small ball copying strategies from the likes of the Warriors and Celtics.
CP3 is getting older, chemistry will be a better ally for them than looking for the star players and force a championship roster. What the Nets did was enough proof that it fails.

Sure, Maybe Jefferson have some nerves and jitters on his first call and that why it's a total mistake. Lol. But it's good that he acknowledged his wrong call, at least when he analyze NBA games and when referee make a wrong call, he will now where they are coming from. As most NBA players criticized this wrong call but they didn't know the pressures this referee is going through.

After that 2019 loss, it was a devastating season for the Golden State Warriors, and I have watched that video, and that 2019 loss get back to me again, they have run a smooth winning after that 2019, and right now they are devastated from that lost,

It was really surprising now that they get back up again, and I wish next season will be very fruitful for them again, although I also like the Boston Celtics to have a champion just once, the Golden State Warriors have suffered much and endured much to keep that doubting eye one them and all the critics that question them and mostly Stephen Curry himself, but for me, Stephen Curry is one of those players that I really love watching, and the Golden State Warriors is one of those teams that I love watching aswell,


In his performance, we can all agree that he is really a GOAT in shooting and one of the best, he already makes it to the Hall of fame, along with the greats, and complaints on a loss I think is normal to complaints on a loss when you know your giving your best and all, we get to see a mentality to never really give up, and that mentality is what he is passing to all of his teammates that is why in just a small amount period of time the likes of Jordan Poole, Kevon Looney, Andrew Wiggins, we can say right now are playing like all-stars and I can not wait for the season to start again,

I don't know, even Mike himself said that he "may" lose to Kobe in one on one. Not that because he believes Kobe is a more talented player than Mike, he himself knows that he is better, but he knows that Kobe studied Mike more than anyone ever did, and he knows what Mike does in what situation, he literally memorized everything Mike has ever done and knows his tendencies more than anyone. Sure nobody playing right now would beat Mike, but I believe there is a good case to be made about Kobe.

Also, I am not sure if big guys count, like for example it would be hard for Shaq to guard Mike, but it would be damn impossible for Mike to defend against a peak Shaq as well, but they are so much different in body size, so it could be a bit different calculation there.

This was a great story tonight. It was good for a nice moment as well. The first time Richard Jefferson blew the whistle as an official, he made the wrong call. He signaled out of bounds off the wrong team and one of the other referees had to correct him and reverse the call. The crowd and the other coaches let him have it too. It was a funny moment. I’m sure he immediately felt like he was in over his head as a referee.

I don't know but it seems that there is nothing negative to me with what he said.
All NBA players and fans already know that MJ is the GOAT and no one will argue with that. Maybe Ja is saying it with respect and he has this "I'll be a better player" mindset where he uses MJ as his basis meaning he will develop even more skills.

Well, Morant is still young and he is doing some spectacular things already in the league and some sees him as the future face of the NBA aside from Luka and Trae. I like his mindset TBH but his first step to be closer to MJ is to get a title and an MVP as well.

We don't have to overreact to this kid's opinion and view. Everyone knows that if they compare themselves to Michael Jordan, that's high praise for the Legend since it means everyone wants to surpass his achievement. It's not challenging the Legend.

With that mindset of Ja Morant, I'm expecting to him show better and best plays next season. He also should work out on staying healthy all seasons. Players with great leaping ability and athleticism are sometimes more prone to injury. He should play wise while keeping safe although injuries can't be avoided.

I agree, you don't get people like aytun come through your organization all that often.  If he goes I wonder what theor plan is for the middle of the paint.  They are so close to having a championship team don't know why they'd want to rock the boat here.  SMH:/

Just get it done? lol. That's not how it works and not as simple as you think.

Although I agree with your statement that Westbrook is not that technically bad but most people are expecting good from him that's why he becomes a big deal. I'm even with the idea to keep Westbrook rather than go ahead and get Kyrie. No more drama should be involved in Lakers. Believed me, if Kyrie's signing will happen in the Lakers here in the off-season, I'm sure he will create again another drama with this team.

And for let's say, even if not, I don't see Kyrie will be fit again working with LeBron James as it's not that secret why he even left in the first place from the Cavaliers and decided not to play anymore with Bron. Chances for Kyrie to change? I doubt. He is a good and talented player but his pride is really to the next level.

Kyrie is more fit for a team that doesn't have a specific main scorer. He is acting as a leader in every team in the first place.

I really don't agree he went overboard, He was actually respectful and full of praises for Michael Jordan but Taylor Rooks literally put the words and his mouth and from what I've learnt from Ja Morant so far, he's never going to back down from any type of challenge, and that's what I think inspires and gives him the will to do more, yeah I don't think he'd he would come any close to what Michael Jordan ever was, but I sure do think he'd have decent career too. He's barely just getting started and If he's able to get a more supporting team then he should be able to get a ring too.