Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 127. (Read 921500 times)

It's worth noting that the performance of these two guys was impressive during the Olympics. So yeah, it would be interesting to see them on the same team during the regular season. But unfortunately, it probably won't happen because LeBron will be 42 years old by the time his current contract with the Lakers expires.

I agree that I don’t think LeBron will win another chip. He’d have to take a massive pay cut and join a contender. I don’t really see that happening, but maybe. I’d love to see him pair up with an elite shooter like Steph though. I think if they did link up, maybe in 2 years, they would still be the best 1 2 combo in the league.

International competition like Olympics, FIBA and etc. really is helping these players to get signed. JT Thor is a good choice for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
But just as what others are speculating about Yabusele, both of them might not get a lot of playing time for their respective teams. It will matter to them but that's already a step up on their game and each playing time they get should be worth it for them and do their best to show how good they are.

Rich Paul saying the reason we don’t have LeBron James and Stephen Curry playing together on the Warriors is because he was worried about LeBron’s legacy if he switches teams again. At this point, the only thing that matters to me about his legacy is how many rings he ends up with. I say join Steph and chase those rings.

https://x.com/legionhoops/status/1825259446630850960

LeBron's current contract with the Lakers is only for 2 seasons, and the last season is a player option. Imho, I don't really believe that LeBron will be able to win at least one more ring with the Lakers during this time, because the Lakers clearly don't have a roster that can be called strong and title contenders.

International competition like Olympics, FIBA and etc. really is helping these players to get signed. JT Thor is a good choice for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
But just as what others are speculating about Yabusele, both of them might not get a lot of playing time for their respective teams. It will matter to them but that's already a step up on their game and each playing time they get should be worth it for them and do their best to show how good they are.

I don't even think that Lebron has got a lot of years left to the league, maybe 2-3 years remaining as he'll just going after the record of playing with his sons.

But it's still going to hit different if he'll able to chase a ring or two.

I just posted yesterday about JT Thor from South Sudan who signed another contract but this time with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Then I'm talking about Yabusele who might also sign a contract and it actually happened just today. His contract is only for $2 million, and while some people think that’s small, I think it’s reasonable because I believe Yabusele isn’t in it for the money but rather to play in the NBA. It's similar to Tony Snell, who wants to return to the NBA to have access to better medical benefits for his children.

But still 2.1 million is a good offer for him and he can't refuse to go back to the NBA that's why he take that bite even if he knows that he will not get the playing time and maybe some teams in the Euroleague might offer him big money.

So let's see it for him, that dunk really put his name and he is a decent player in my opinion and maybe above the average from the rest of the NBA players that we have. And if his contract expire then he can go back to Europe and play, win-win situation for him.

I don't even think that Lebron has got a lot of years left to the league, maybe 2-3 years remaining as he'll just going after the record of playing with his sons.

But it's still going to hit different if he'll able to chase a ring or two.

Yabusele could be remembered with that dunk, but from you can see, 2.1 million for a year isn't really a big deal and he wasn't really brought in for anything but just waving the towel, any player that gets any decent minutes, even like 10 minutes a  game, gets more money than that and unless he proves something more then all he will be is a 12th man, which was the reason why he went back to euroleague normally, and will be back quickly after this season when he does nothing again.

Don't get me wrong, the dunk was awesome, but he is not a guy who does a lot, even for France he didn't do much and I believe that he will not be making much for a long time, we are going to end up seeing him do just the bare minimum and because of that ı think he is not good enough for NBA.

I don't even think that Lebron has got a lot of years left to the league, maybe 2-3 years remaining as he'll just going after the record of playing with his sons.

But it's still going to hit different if he'll able to chase a ring or two.

Rich Paul saying the reason we don’t have LeBron James and Stephen Curry playing together on the Warriors is because he was worried about LeBron’s legacy if he switches teams again. At this point, the only thing that matters to me about his legacy is how many rings he ends up with. I say join Steph and chase those rings.

https://x.com/legionhoops/status/1825259446630850960

Yabusele could be remembered with that dunk, but from you can see, 2.1 million for a year isn't really a big deal and he wasn't really brought in for anything but just waving the towel, any player that gets any decent minutes, even like 10 minutes a  game, gets more money than that and unless he proves something more then all he will be is a 12th man, which was the reason why he went back to euroleague normally, and will be back quickly after this season when he does nothing again.

Don't get me wrong, the dunk was awesome, but he is not a guy who does a lot, even for France he didn't do much and I believe that he will not be making much for a long time, we are going to end up seeing him do just the bare minimum and because of that ı think he is not good enough for NBA.

I hope Maxey and PG will blend well as both are good offensive facilatators, if they able to maximize the advantage having Embiid, it's going to be a good for the entire squad, the good catch here, both PG and Maxey are 2-way players they can provide good defense and they are also good in terms of good offense,.

Just be healthy as it will allow them to perform well, they can make the whole squad as contender this upcoming season.

I hope Maxey and PG will blend well as both are good offensive facilatators, if they able to maximize the advantage having Embiid, it's going to be a good for the entire squad, the good catch here, both PG and Maxey are 2-way players they can provide good defense and they are also good in terms of good offense,.

Just be healthy as it will allow them to perform well, they can make the whole squad as contender this upcoming season.

1-year, $2.1 million. Not bad. I guess they will just test him out.
Anyway, when I look at his picture, he does resemble someone in the NBA but I cannot identify who that is.

We do not know yet if the addition of PG13 will really do good with the 76ers roster. They don't have Tobias Harris anymore so I am guessing PG13 will do what he did but just better.
If there's something that must level up with the 76ers, I think it's Embiid being more of a playmaker and minimizing some stupid plays that he does. Stay with the basics, and make the game simple, just like what Jokic is doing as a big man.
Maxey is already stepping up his game and I don't think they will have any trouble with him, maybe it's his passing ability that they need to improve.

The Dallas Mavericks looks really scary to be honest especially with the addition of Klay Thompson now, but they might have some lapses in defense though with losing Derrick Jones Jr which means Klay Thompson would have to do some defensive duties, however my major concern is Luka Doncic, I think he does inhibit the performance of some his teammates with being on the ball 95% of the time, perhaps there should some rotation and him playing a bit more off the ball to help improve the teams chemistry a bit more, just like like Curry play off the ball with Green a lot, it would unlock even better opportunities for Doncic, it might reduce his numbers a bit, but it will be at the benefit of the team because just like in the finals against Celtics, after the Celtics cut out Luka Doncic passes to his teammates, they ran out of options and needed Luka do the scoring alone, while the Celtics were fine with him scoring 100 points by himself the limited connection to his teammates but if the teammates were able to play more off another facilitator besides Doncic, they might have had stood better chance. With like the Celtics asides Jaylen Brown and 70% of the players on the court are pretty good ball handler, unlike with the Mavs where you players like Tim Hardaway Jr, Derrick Jones and PJ probably not being to touch the ball at all unless they needed to catch and just shoot, or grab a board.