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Quote from: Viscore on January 11, 2021, 05:54:49 PM

I voted for the sixers because they have a good start, they have struggled a bit now but they'll come back and start winning.
They are completely a different team now, I know there are some doubters but I hope to prove them wrong.

Sixers is only good at the season.

They have a better lineup before compare today based on my observation when Jimmy Butler is on board but still choke at the playoffs.

I'm one of their doubters as they can't manage the pressure during playoffs even they are always present every year.

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I'm glad OP put a poll, I just noticed now.

I voted for the sixers because they have a good start, they have struggled a bit now but they'll come back and start winning.
They are completely a different team now, I know there are some doubters but I hope to prove them wrong.

Just FYI, lakers leading the poll with 75% of the votes.

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Quote from: OgNasty on January 11, 2021, 05:08:15 PM

I voted the Lakers to be the first team to 20 wins. They’re leading the league with 8 wins now and their team is healthy so it seems like the obvious choice to me. Although I’d be surprised if they ended the season with the best record.

Well, I also voted for the Los Angeles Lakers, I think he is one of the teams that has the most potential to reach 20 wins (in my opinion)
Maybe I would risk the Clippers, Celtics is also "packed" with 4 consecutive wins, they are others options.

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Quote from: chaser15 on January 11, 2021, 05:09:09 PM

Quote from: ultrloa on January 11, 2021, 04:34:56 PM

Many though that the Lakers will dominate the league but the other team create their own statements by showing a good performance this year that they are a great contender and for this it makes the game more exciting since we don't know what will be the outcome.

Exclude me from that as I don't expect the Lakers will dominate the league. There are other teams that improved their lineup during the off-season.

The Lakers are good but their best of the best performance can only be seen more during the Playoffs to the Finals.

This season I even think that the Lakers won't clinch the 1st spot on the West but when playoffs come, I expect them to reach the Finals.

That would give an advantage to a team against the lakers in the East as they will have a home court this time although still fans are not allowed. However, if they keep improving, they might still hold the number 1 spot as they are already in the number 1 spot now though it's still a close competition against the lower teams.

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Quote from: ultrloa on January 11, 2021, 04:34:56 PM

Many though that the Lakers will dominate the league but the other team create their own statements by showing a good performance this year that they are a great contender and for this it makes the game more exciting since we don't know what will be the outcome.

Exclude me from that as I don't expect the Lakers will dominate the league. There are other teams that improved their lineup during the off-season.

The Lakers are good but their best of the best performance can only be seen more during the Playoffs to the Finals.

This season I even think that the Lakers won't clinch the 1st spot on the West but when playoffs come, I expect them to reach the Finals.

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I voted the Lakers to be the first team to 20 wins. They’re leading the league with 8 wins now and their team is healthy so it seems like the obvious choice to me. Although I’d be surprised if they ended the season with the best record.

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Quote from: ingiltere on January 11, 2021, 02:55:15 PM

We saw first 10-11 games and there is no big dominance. Best streaks are 8-3 Lakers and 7-3 Phoenix, Sixers, Celtics. The league looks like balanced for now.

Many though that the Lakers will dominate the league but the other team create their own statements by showing a good performance this year that they are a great contender and for this it makes the game more exciting since we don't know what will be the outcome.

Quote from: ingiltere on January 11, 2021, 02:55:15 PM

Warriors performance is quite impressive. Nobody expect them to play like this. I have doubts about their performance in the long run though.

When Thompson got injury again many doubts on what will happen to him but Steph lift his team and it creates confidence to his teammates that's why now GSW is a great contender and I would love to see them in finals since if they can able to reach for that far with their current line up well it will be big honor to them and those people who doubt will be shut.

We ha already seen on how it greatly affect the entire team when their superstars weren't able to play with the rest of the team and now that they are back in court then we
would really be seeing that old GSW performance that we had in the past but lets see if they can handle out those current beast rosters on this season.

Warrior are able to include themselves on top 10 having that 6-4 record. This season is getting interesting where teams and current rosters now are somewhat on the balanced side.

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Quote from: ingiltere on January 11, 2021, 02:55:15 PM

We saw first 10-11 games and there is no big dominance. Best streaks are 8-3 Lakers and 7-3 Phoenix, Sixers, Celtics. The league looks like balanced for now.

Many though that the Lakers will dominate the league but the other team create their own statements by showing a good performance this year that they are a great contender and for this it makes the game more exciting since we don't know what will be the outcome.

Quote from: ingiltere on January 11, 2021, 02:55:15 PM

Warriors performance is quite impressive. Nobody expect them to play like this. I have doubts about their performance in the long run though.

When Thompson got injury again many doubts on what will happen to him but Steph lift his team and it creates confidence to his teammates that's why now GSW is a great contender and I would love to see them in finals since if they can able to reach for that far with their current line up well it will be big honor to them and those people who doubt will be shut.

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Quote from: Reosta_ on January 11, 2021, 02:09:20 PM

I think Golden State Warriors-Toronto Raptors game was one of the games worth watching last night. GSW played the first two quarters nicely and finished the first half 10 points ahead. Raptors made a good comeback especially with their performance in the last quarter (33-19). But GSW managed to beat Raptors 106-105. Raptors were really good last season (finished the Eastern Conference as the second). But they couldn't have a good start this season (2W 7L).

Agree on this one!

A very nice game with very close final scores.You can really see each team how they'd perform when it come to their efforts on making up points.

I didnt really expect for GSW to be showing off their capability of this new season.Lots had already presumed that they wont really be making different and telling that
they wouldnt able to do significant of this current one.

About raptors then theres no doubt about past performances even though they had a bad start but doesnt mean that they wont able to cope up.

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We saw first 10-11 games and there is no big dominance. Best streaks are 8-3 Lakers and 7-3 Phoenix, Sixers, Celtics. The league looks like balanced for now.
Warriors performance is quite impressive. Nobody expect them to play like this. I have doubts about their performance in the long run though.

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I think Golden State Warriors-Toronto Raptors game was one of the games worth watching last night. GSW played the first two quarters nicely and finished the first half 10 points ahead. Raptors made a good comeback especially with their performance in the last quarter (33-19). But GSW managed to beat Raptors 106-105. Raptors were really good last season (finished the Eastern Conference as the second). But they couldn't have a good start this season (2W 7L).

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3-2 today and 6-4 last 2 days. Will pick another 5 tomorrow.

Today's 5 picks:

Okcity: +8.5
Warriors +3
Rockets -3
Heat -7.5
Knicks/den: over 214.5

All equally weighted. Anyone with thoughts on these 5 picks? Considering Denver-5.5 but as a knick fan I just can't lol. Grin

Went 2-2 totaling 8-6 so far. Todays 5 bets:

1) bucks/magic under 225.5
2) knicks +4.5
3) suns/wizards over 231
4) Portland -5
5) bucks -5.5

Good luck to everyone today. Go knicks

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Upon checking the standings for 2021 season, I saw that 76ers are in the lead in eastern conference with 7 wins and 3 losses the same with celtics. Do you think 76ers can maintain this standing until playoffs?

And for the western, still the Lakers are very dominant as they are in the lead with 8 wins and 3 losses followed by Suns with 7 wins and 3 losses also. I am wondering if Suns can also reach the playoffs in this season as they are in the good start.

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Quote from: ILuckyGuyI on January 11, 2021, 09:26:09 AM

LA Clippers played a home game against Chicago Bulls last night. Despite finishing the first half 52-59 behind, Clippers managed to turn the game around and won 130-127. On Clippers side, K. Leonard got 35 points. P. George got 28 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists. L. Williams got 21 points. On Bulls side, Z. LaVine played really good (45 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists).

I watched the game and it was really enjoyable. Both sides had a very good performance. Kawhi and LaVine put on a really good show. LaVine was really close to a new career-high by 5 points. His career-high was 49 points against Charlotte in 2019.

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LA Clippers played a home game against Chicago Bulls last night. Despite finishing the first half 52-59 behind, Clippers managed to turn the game around and won 130-127. On Clippers side, K. Leonard got 35 points. P. George got 28 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists. L. Williams got 21 points. On Bulls side, Z. LaVine played really good (45 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists).

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Quote from: Rikafip on January 11, 2021, 07:18:50 AM

At least that's how I understand this decision but as a fan of Zubac I don't have to like it Cheesy

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Fair enough, we always want the best for our favorite player. Zubac is good, he played with the Lakers and he was contributed to the team well, and now in Clippers he is doing the same, however, he does not have a star quality yet at this stage, he needs to seasoned more in order to be in the started.

Zubac is only 23 years, old, he might not be as good as the young players like Luka and Lamar Ball, but he in his role as a Center, he can improve and be more useful overtime. What I see from him now is his strength on the defense inside, on the offense side, there's a lot of room to improve.

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Quote from: freedomgo on January 11, 2021, 05:50:59 AM

There's nothing wrong with that, Ibaka is paid well, so he needs to have good minutes and he is already a veteran therefore a coach would choose him than any other player with the same position. Zubac is good but he needs to improve, look at the line up of the Clippers, they all look veterans and that's the reason why they are winning.

I don't think that size of Ibaka contract have to do anything with the amount of time he is playing. After all, Ibaka has only 2y/19 million contract so its not like he is on supermax. Ibaka being starter has to do with the the fact that he is pretty solid at 3 pts shooting so he is able to stretch the floor and give more room to Kawhi and Paul George. At least that's how I understand this decision but as a fan of Zubac I don't have to like it Cheesy

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Quote from: Viscore on January 11, 2021, 07:01:34 AM

If you'll look into his statistics here https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/z/zubaciv01.html

You'll see that there's not much improvement, his playing time is still almost the same as the previous season, I think it's okay for him to take that rule, he is still young, he doesn't need to rush things and I can say he is not yet ready to be a starter, no offense but my honest observation only.

I am perfectly aware of the stats. But bare in mind that last season he was starter and had good chemistry with Kawhi while now he is part of the 2nd unit, which doesn't play good at all at the moment. For example, just look at Lou Williams numbers this season and compare it to previous one (he was good though in the last game vs Bulls), so no wonder that Zubac numbers ain't great either.

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Gotta vent a bit in regard to my countrymen Zubac and his situation in Clippers. After Doc Rivers got replaced with Tyronn Lue and Montrezl Harrell left them for Lakers, I kinda expected that this will be his year and that he will finally get some decent minutes but unfortunately I was wrong. Once again he is 2nd option behind Ibaka, who is obviously better defensive player, but Zubac is young, can score and is a great rim protector. He should have been treated as a future of Clippers and not some rotation player.

There's nothing wrong with that, Ibaka is paid well, so he needs to have good minutes and he is already a veteran therefore a coach would choose him than any other player with the same position. Zubac is good but he needs to improve, look at the line up of the Clippers, they all look veterans and that's the reason why they are winning.

Correct I think Zubac is in a better position with Ibaka on the team since he will be a starter center in the future, what he needs to do is learn a lot from Ibakka, during the course of time, because sooner or later he will be at the center position of the team, that is if he is willing to learn under Ibaka, lots of people take this as bad but if I were zubac this is a big opportunity.

If you'll look into his statistics here https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/z/zubaciv01.html

You'll see that there's not much improvement, his playing time is still almost the same as the previous season, I think it's okay for him to take that rule, he is still young, he doesn't need to rush things and I can say he is not yet ready to be a starter, no offense but my honest observation only.

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Quote from: Rikafip on January 11, 2021, 04:28:12 AM

Gotta vent a bit in regard to my countrymen Zubac and his situation in Clippers. After Doc Rivers got replaced with Tyronn Lue and Montrezl Harrell left them for Lakers, I kinda expected that this will be his year and that he will finally get some decent minutes but unfortunately I was wrong. Once again he is 2nd option behind Ibaka, who is obviously better defensive player, but Zubac is young, can score and is a great rim protector. He should have been treated as a future of Clippers and not some rotation player.

There's nothing wrong with that, Ibaka is paid well, so he needs to have good minutes and he is already a veteran therefore a coach would choose him than any other player with the same position. Zubac is good but he needs to improve, look at the line up of the Clippers, they all look veterans and that's the reason why they are winning.

Correct I think Zubac is in a better position with Ibaka on the team since he will be a starter center in the future, what he needs to do is learn a lot from Ibakka, during the course of time, because sooner or later he will be at the center position of the team, that is if he is willing to learn under Ibaka, lots of people take this as bad but if I were zubac this is a big opportunity.

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Quote from: Rikafip on January 11, 2021, 04:28:12 AM

Gotta vent a bit in regard to my countrymen Zubac and his situation in Clippers. After Doc Rivers got replaced with Tyronn Lue and Montrezl Harrell left them for Lakers, I kinda expected that this will be his year and that he will finally get some decent minutes but unfortunately I was wrong. Once again he is 2nd option behind Ibaka, who is obviously better defensive player, but Zubac is young, can score and is a great rim protector. He should have been treated as a future of Clippers and not some rotation player.

There's nothing wrong with that, Ibaka is paid well, so he needs to have good minutes and he is already a veteran therefore a coach would choose him than any other player with the same position. Zubac is good but he needs to improve, look at the line up of the Clippers, they all look veterans and that's the reason why they are winning.

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