Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 2219. (Read 902300 times)

I have been planning to write about Spurs for a long time since the season started and they had that awful 8 game losing streak. Now they are not doing as bad as those times but they are still horrible and this Dallas game was the thing that broke the straw for me. I love Pop, he is the best Head Coach in the game right now career wise and he might be best ever in history of NBA, you can argue all you want about if he is or not but 99% of the time people would know why you argue he is the GOAT.

However, he is way too late for the "lets shoot threes as much as we can" idea type of basketball and he didn't built a team around that idea so now he forces that with putting Patty+Marco+Bryn on the field together and making awful rotations that lacks defense like crazy, spurs was known for their amazing defense but they are not bottom 10 for their defense.

Either pop starts to put in Dejounte+Derrick+Lonnie together more and give them minutes and give Demarre Carroll some more minutes instead of Marco, or this will be the first year Spurs misses the playoffs after 22 years in a row playoffs. Pop is amazing and he can miss the playoffs 10 years in a row and I would still love him but it is time for him to stop with young player hazing and give them some chances to show themselves and stop giving minutes to Marco freaking Bellineli.

What a horrible night for Sacramento Kings as they were boo'd for their shooting performances. Even if the game went to 2OTs they still got boo'd by people. Here are their horrendous Field Goal percentage:
Bogdanovic - 28.6% 18.8%3pt and 0% in FT
Cory Joseph - 30% and 0 from downtown
Harisson Barnes -16.7%
Buddy Hield - 30% 27.3% from three.

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Anyway a bad news everyone, Zach Randolph announced his retirement from the league

You're right lebron isnt your typical point guard he can pretty much do it all.  He certainly would be one of the best point guards on any given team.  He has great vision and game IQ.  If he isnt shooting the last shot it's because he sees someone else with a better shot.  That is the mark of a good point guard on a team. 

Indeed, Curry's shooting hopefully wouldn't be affected and he still able to bring those long range shoot. While in the other hand, Luka's able to easily recover from his injury and maintain his classic moves. It's determinations and how the player itself wanted to keep moving, great example is PG after
that hard injury that he got way back.

Really? LeBron having double digits in assists still you don't see him as effective PG? I mean come on man, this guys can score, defend, assist and most of all, his decision making during the game makes his team win aside from having AD.

That's sportsbet, they need to win by 11 points or more to get that x90, and if you have a price boost you can increase the odds.
it's almost similar to warriors vs rockets game where warriors are +11.5, and game ended up warriors winning by 12 points, so it's a good gamble.

Hey there. Where are you betting?
It is the first time I saw that kind of UI.
Well that is great too. With +11 only right? If Cavaliers could somehow make some good garbage time at the end of the 4th then maybe we could really win it.
That is only what I am hoping for since they might really lose against the Celtics. But who knows? Maybe they could also win it. 

I just noticed that the last 4 loses of Lakers are from teams about 0.600. Lakers are pegged to be on the NBA Finals, but if they can't win to those teams, how can they even win the Western Conference Finals? I do not think they are lacking in talent, so what do you think they lack?

Basketball players get a sprained ankle all the time. It is not serious and if you are young and healthy you can recover rather quickly, like Luka. Steph's injury is different. It is a broken left hand. It required surgery. Luckily he can fully recover and I hope his shooting is not affected because it is his bread and butter.

You really can't compare injuries though.

Maybe Doncic injury is not as severe as Curry and not needed some stretching to bring some fresh blood and some rest. As compare to Curry's broken finger which needed time to heal and you can't do anything about it but to wait and see how the healing process is.

Made sense, but 4 consecutive losses ain't good for the team though. Another loss and they will surely needs an adjustment, whether to trade someone or just improve ball movements. LeBron's style of game is an open book to any teams right now, and any teams with good defensive awareness and hussle like the Clippers or Bucks can shut him down and the entire team since he's running their offense most of the time.

Curry needed a surgery so it needs him to rest months.
https://www.nba.com/article/2019/10/30/stephen-curry-exits-wrist-warriors-suns

while doncic injury was just a sprain ankle so it's not really series, just a days of rest and he is alright, and so we saw his usual play again.

That's a speedy recovery for Doncic right there. I don't know what therapy he undergoes but but it seems too fast. Unlike the injury of Stephen Curry where it's his finger only and it took him months I guess and still didn't play until now.

Spurs are very inconsistent. There are games that you can really say that they have the chemistry, but the next game, complete disarray. They always try to make a comeback and it usually fall, just like what we have seen against the Mavericks.


Unless he really get's someone to really turn the team around. I don't know, maybe it will be very difficult to build another dynasty that the established in the 2000's.

Actually, IMO it is good for the team to lose sometimes. A high caliber team like Lakers will think they are invincible if they keep on winning. That will be bad in playoffs when they are playing in a series and their weakness is exposed. It will be too late then to make adjustments. At least when they lose in regular season, they can still make adjustments, trade players and remove their weakness.

Good luck mate, it would be nice if you can actually win that one.

I check on the betting site already, .. how about this one too?

Yeah, that is what I said. It is risky. But for +700? I think that is a good bet even for just $10? It is gambling though. 

It had been the case of the Spurs from the start.
There is just no chemistry there anymore.
Their game had been whack most of the time.
I am waiting for Belinelli to step up once again. That guy is a sharp shooter buy yet I don't see that anymore.
Same guys works the offense. Aldridge, DeRozan and Gay. They should really find some better improvement in the second team.

Indeed, he was really good and he made some good shots effortlessly.
The spurs seems to have a problem within, I think it's time for them to trade their stars like Derozan and L.A and replace with a younger players that has a good potential and still hungry for popularity.

Coach pop is a good coach, so I hope before he retires he'll be able to win a championship again.

Doncic simply amazed  the fans again, playing smoothly and still dominated the scoring stats. Though he came from the injury but looking from how he showed today seems that there's nothing wrong and he's recovery's already been done. Although Spurs with how they are playing right now unable to blend well.

Because the Lakers are one of the favorite NBA champions for this season. In my opinion, if there is a team that is a favorite and they experience a losing streak, this means there is a problem that occurred. I understand that the NBA has a lot of matches and that it's impossible to keep winning. But experiencing successive defeats ... this is a bit demoralizing from the players for sure