Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 2203. (Read 923556 times)

What do you think of this guys?

https://lonzowire.usatoday.com/2020/04/26/lamelo-ball-rumors-washington-wizards-2020-nba-draft-news-nbl-report-scout/
I dont trust the link since its named lonzowire.
So I look deeper and found this.
https://www.ibtimes.com/nba-rumors-wizards-appear-determined-draft-lamelo-ball-2964834

Looks to me like they are really determined to do it.
But why leak it? A chance of getting him may go 50/50 since they are on the 9th spot of draft lottery.
Or is it best to tell every team that they want this kid in their roster?

We can't be sure that everything will be back to normal, unless the end of the pandemic is because there is a vaccine already, if not, then things will not be back to normal fully. If they'll pursue to resume, most people would just prefer to watch it live and pay for the subscription fee, that way they are safe.


I think all of them have recovered already.

Yeah right, everyone missed seeing the NBA games all this time. I guess after all of this pandemic are done, every seat in the coliseum will be filled. There will be also some high consumers watching NBA online in the NBA TV. Everything about NBA will be alive again, Thankfully no players have been hit hard by the virus and most of the infected players are now recovering. we can expect to see some great play again soon especially from those stars players.

There's no war, unless this pandemic is later found out that it's man made to destroy a certain countries economy, but i don't think whoever will investigate will be able to prove that.

The support is their but fans would not go to the venue if there's no vaccine available yet.

Yeah, team plays will not be worked out.
Shadow basketball is what will happen.
Still, I consider that as a good sign that we are near in ending this virus thing.

Some of them may be living in condominiums alone and that is why they are giving this opportunity.
Unlike other players with homes where they could dribble and run in a spacious land.
They just don't want their players get rusty.  

At least they are now back on their practices but still the season is questionable on when the season start again maybe for entertainment they should released a clips on their practices or behind the scene so that their fans could see a glimpse on what's happening on them. I'm really excited to see the action back so hopefully this disease things will end soon.

Good news indeed and step in right direction, as even if season continues, players will need some time to prepare. It has many restrictions though and it's not like they will just jump into it normally, but I am sure that players will be happy with that. Small steps


There will be some restrictions:

• Only individual sessions, no group practices
• It is on voluntary basis, so each player can decide for himself
• Since it will be only available in areas where stay-at-home orders are loosened, teams from big cities with highest amount of covid 19 cases won't be able to join then anytime soon (like New York, Philadelphia  etc).

According to Wojnarowski, despite all this we are still not any closer to season resumption, but Ill take anything at the moment.
Source

So the chance that this players will be able to run again and execute practices are possible now. Good to know that if the government allows them without any prohibitions they can workout and begin to plan their next steps. A good sign though is not yet clear that the entire league will be resuming
since the pandemic virus still on the spread and vaccine still unavailable.

That is also why we can't do much but just analyze players now. Like KD and LBJ which is being discussed just a page away. 

All we can do is wait.
We can speculate everything but in the end it will be the US government decision and NBA management into when they will continue the season.
Yeah, that means they will need to abide by the rules of what the government tells them.

Here is one good news.
They could stretch those legs now.
https://secure.nba.com/article/2020/04/25/report-players-could-return-team-facilities-soon

Who are these people you are pointing to?

If you follow the discussions here, there's no user here that acts like that. And even people outside in the forum, they are not an idiot to think like that. They understand the situation and they just missing the games, nothing wrong about that especially if you are an avid NBA fan for years. It doesn't mean these people want the league to push the game. They already anticipated too that the break might take several months.

 If the pandemic ends is a big IF right now, plus this is not something that will end in a minute, it will slowly fade away so that means people would still have to be careful and a lot of people will be scared. I have been in self-isolation away from my wife for 14 days and when we got back together I hugged her and kissed her but I was so used to be being couple feet away that even though I don't have to anymore, I still have reflexes like moving away then realizing I don't have to.

 Its going to be a tough transition to real life after this, gonna have hard time by everyone in the world. NBA could return, thats not a surprise but at the same time it is risky as well, I think we should wait at least to august, 20 games and playoffs with shorten version could very well be done very quickly.

I understand that as fans we really want to watch the games, plus we are all stuck at home which means the games would be a lot better, I can literally watch all games everyday fully that much time I have in my hands right now so I get it.

However you are forgetting that THOUSANDS of people die everyday because of this virus, I understand that you may want to watch the games but people are afraid they will get the virus as well when the season starts, so they want to postpone it as much as they can to save their lives, I am sorry but health and well being of the players comes before your entertainment obviously. Will they eventually return? Sure they will, but that doesn't mean that it will be right away, it will probably take some more months before they can return.

What could be an issue if this pandemic ends? I can't think of it, maybe a war?

Whatever it is, the fans will surely buy their tickets for the first match of it and will definitely show how much they've missed the league. That's true support from the fans and how they really love the sport and NBA.

Fans will be there eve there's some issue after this pandemic virus. They will continue to show support since they've really missed the games.
Expect that most of those who are really fanatic to this league will accept whatever the management will bring them, this league is already
part of many people's entertainment.

Fans won't complain if the season will be shortened or will completely be stopped. We do miss the games even it's not the playoffs, it's for sure that whenever the regular season comes back there will be plenty of fans that wouldn't want to miss a game.

I am a fan and I am not excited what they are doing at the moment, I just want to see the season to resume soon, that's it.
The pandemic is still here, but hopefully it will not destroy the NBA season, we want to see how this things would go when they resume and this year, the Lakers has a great chance of winning, so let's see if they can stand against the their rival LA clippers, it's gonna be fun to watch Lebron playing Kawhi, hopefully he will get his revenge.

Then, if ever I will make a team I will put Lebron and KD. 
It will be much better.
A shooter which is unstoppable and then a good all around player with LBJ.

When it comes to strength though, I am really amazed with how Lebron does it.
Is it those oranges he keeps on eating during the game?
Dude never had a bad injury, just sores and finger problems which are natural in every player.
It says how he loves the game so much by keeping himself safe and healthy.

It will resume once the virus already been contained. The organization needs to complete thus season before opening a new one. Possibilities that
it will be shortened and expect good competitions once it resumes every games. Fans are already exited to see how their favorite players/teams are
doing within the lock-down and how the management and coaching staff updated their plans.

Delaying means the season will still resume, we will not be seeing a new season yet, this season will just be shortened but we will see the full playoffs schedule I guess because that matters a lot, and the NBA finals could earn a lot of viewers as that's where people show how they miss the NBA.

 There is also a bit of PR as well, KD has always been a kid inside and has always talked about whatever was on his mind, and he acted a bit childish during the whole OKC thing as well, he forgot about the burner account and wrote his mind from his OG account on twitter too. So when it comes to KD you think of just a player and a person and not something bigger. When it comes to Lebron that dude barely leaks anything to media that he doesn't want leaked, dude ran his teams like a GM as well which is where LeGM meme started from, he was all around a professional when it comes to everything off the court.

 Sure their talents could be compared, I still think KD is far better scorer, and he is a great defender as well, yet when it comes to team play, Lebron is so far ahead that it is not even remotely close, Lebron is the best passer I have ever seen who is not a PG, and he ranks top 5 in my mind on all players included. Dude could literally finish with 40k-10k-10k which shows how overall talented he is and not just one aspect of the court. With this break and him potentially not playing after his contract is over, he may not reach those numbers but he would be the closest one ever at least. Being the best ever on one subject and being the most overall player ever played are two different things, and thats why if I had to build a team around anyone I would still pick 35 year old Lebron over anyone else.