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Quote from: Rikafip on October 18, 2019, 12:24:16 PM

To reduce injuries, NBA should seriously reconsider shortening regular part of the season. I know that money is always an issue, and owners and sponsors are worried that they would loose too much money, but what we have now when top players are dosing their playtime during regular season ain't fun either, so many games look like exhibition.
And we all know that real stuff starts at playoff, so in the end we would have more interesting regular season, and healthier players in playoffs. Win-win situation.

There is no need to lower the NBA games. Why? It's because injury is always there to happen. What gives if we only low the stretches, yes NBA will lose money but these players are enjoying their jobs. They can get fame, money and happiness in one.

The only thing about injuries is to have a good physique. Just look at people that having injury most of the time. The unicorn, Kristaps Porzingis, he's injury prone. He's slim and he's big that's why he is injury prone. If you're big, the best thing to do is to build your body and put some weight to avoid injuries. Injuries are like accidents, it may happen all the time. Even during practices it may occur.

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Luol Deng was another case of a player who failed to evolve as age catches up on him. Careers of players who rely so much on their quickness or explosiveness will not last long. Chicago was kind enough to let him retire peacefully. I hope he got smart with the money he got from playing and not end up broke with life after NBA.

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Luol Deng was never really that much of a superstar, even at his best years dude wasn't really a superstar, he scored less than Kyle Kuzma has scored on his peak year (albeit on a slower pace I would agree) and he was a beast defender for sure but that is about it, I would say he was a offensively talented Tony Allen type player, just because he could be a role player to some team on their ring chase doesn't negate the fact that he was so bad at the end that people literally tried to get rid of him, it wasn't just about his contract, if you pay someone a lot of money and it looks like it is too much money, you at least play him a bit to get only a portion of that back, dude didn't get to play at all, he sucked that much.

So, at the end he became a meme among the NBA followers. Sure, he had his good times but I doubt it will erase his bad times.

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Quote from: Questat on October 18, 2019, 09:50:55 AM

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Quote from: Kasabus on October 18, 2019, 08:44:24 AM

I don't know if they can, what we are witnessing is just a preseason which players are not taking the game seriously.
yes, they dominated the Clippers, but PG was not playing and Leonard only played a small number of minutes, preseason games are just exhibition games, it's a no bearing game and starters usually does not play hard to avoid injury.

How should I say it coz uhmm.. I’ve high hopes with what Luka Doncic skills that he have and with a healthy now Kristaps Porzingis that can definitely enough to make in the playoffs, but let’s see how they’ll play in regular season and I rather want to see that they likely to continue dominating each of their game.

I research some article about the playoffs ranking in 2020 and found this one.
https://lwosports.com/2019/10/06/2020-nba-western-conference-playoff-predictions/

Based on its ranking,
1. Los Angeles Clippers, 2. Denver Nuggets, 3. Los Angeles Lakers, 4. Utah Jazz, 5. Houston Rockets, 6. Portland Trail Blazers, 7. Golden State Warriors, 8. San Antonio Spurs

Dallas was not included so they are an underrated team and it would be a surprise if they will make it to the playoffs.

Dallas is underrated indeed but looking with how Doncic and Porzingis enjoying each other they can simply build a good relationship and a kind of leadership this team needs to be more competitive, Back when the time where Kidd and Nowitzki play alongside and create a good chemistry. If Luka and Kris will let their team mates to be more involve and create space by moving without the ball, there's always chances to improve not because you are underrated means that you can't compete it's the leadership of coaches and star players to be combined.

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To reduce injuries, NBA should seriously reconsider shortening regular part of the season. I know that money is always an issue, and owners and sponsors are worried that they would loose too much money, but what we have now when top players are dosing their playtime during regular season ain't fun either, so many games look like exhibition.
And we all know that real stuff starts at playoff, so in the end we would have more interesting regular season, and healthier players in playoffs. Win-win situation.

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Quote from: Questat on October 18, 2019, 09:50:55 AM

Quote from: asu on October 18, 2019, 09:30:55 AM

Quote from: Kasabus on October 18, 2019, 08:44:24 AM

I don't know if they can, what we are witnessing is just a preseason which players are not taking the game seriously.
yes, they dominated the Clippers, but PG was not playing and Leonard only played a small number of minutes, preseason games are just exhibition games, it's a no bearing game and starters usually does not play hard to avoid injury.

How should I say it coz uhmm.. I’ve high hopes with what Luka Doncic skills that he have and with a healthy now Kristaps Porzingis that can definitely enough to make in the playoffs, but let’s see how they’ll play in regular season and I rather want to see that they likely to continue dominating each of their game.

I research some article about the playoffs ranking in 2020 and found this one.
https://lwosports.com/2019/10/06/2020-nba-western-conference-playoff-predictions/

Based on its ranking,
1. Los Angeles Clippers, 2. Denver Nuggets, 3. Los Angeles Lakers, 4. Utah Jazz, 5. Houston Rockets, 6. Portland Trail Blazers, 7. Golden State Warriors, 8. San Antonio Spurs

Dallas was not included so they are an underrated team and it would be a surprise if they will make it to the playoffs.

I'm just wishing that no one else would get the extremely injured for this upcoming NBA season. Normally ranking always fail and most often the one who makes in the playoffs are literally not in the list.

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Quote from: Natalim on October 18, 2019, 03:54:52 AM

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Quote from: Rikafip on October 18, 2019, 01:42:00 AM

In the other news, Zion Williamson will sit out last preseason game against NY Knicks due sore knee.He is only 19 yo, i hope that Pelicans won't push him too hard in his first season, you gotta be careful with these kind of players.

Whether he adjust his playing style or he loses weight. His knee will not be able to withstand the pressure of the regular season if he keeps playing the way he does with his current weight. I do not want to see him turn into a top pick bust just because of injury. I want to see his full potential and what he can bring to NBA.

Check this video on why Zion has a high risk of injury. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGRnMIRCtDU

Nice explanation but his style of play is what makes him popular and became the number 1 in the latest draft pick.
I am pretty sure the Pelicans already understands that and if he will not play its full potential the pelicans would not get the full service from him.
All the teams who get the number 1 pick has a high hope that it will take the team to the playoffs and will remain to be a contender, so limiting him might not help the purpose.

Makes no sense for Pelicans to push Zion hard right from the start. They can't do much anyway, why should they endanger potential franchise player?
Remember Greg Oden? He was picked before Durant, experts were comparing him with great bigs like Olajuwon and Shaq, and we know how that ended.
I don't say that Zion is in same danger as Oden had issues even before draft, but with those strong and muscled players you have to be extra careful.

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Quote from: Natalim on October 18, 2019, 06:39:15 AM

Quote from: batang_bitcoin on October 18, 2019, 06:10:56 AM

A bit off topic I guess.
With the upcoming retirement of Luol Deng. Who's feeling a bit sad here that our childhood superstars are retiring? I won't mention the other superstars that have already retired but many of them are part of our childhood. Sorry for bringing nostalgia to this thread.

I watched him play but he is not really a superstar so it did not mark a lot to me.
Maybe if Lebron will retire than I would feel sad because we know he is the king in the NBA and he has a lot of fans although he also has a lot of haters.

Probably you didn't watch him more playing basketball. He's one of the players that even match LeBron James when James was in Heat. He went back and forth to many teams but he's a great player. Kudos to the dude that played almost 10 years with Chicago Bulls. And let's just thank Chicago Bulls that welcomed him with open arms so that it'll be the last team he'll played for.

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Quote from: asu on October 18, 2019, 09:30:55 AM

Quote from: Kasabus on October 18, 2019, 08:44:24 AM

I don't know if they can, what we are witnessing is just a preseason which players are not taking the game seriously.
yes, they dominated the Clippers, but PG was not playing and Leonard only played a small number of minutes, preseason games are just exhibition games, it's a no bearing game and starters usually does not play hard to avoid injury.

How should I say it coz uhmm.. I’ve high hopes with what Luka Doncic skills that he have and with a healthy now Kristaps Porzingis that can definitely enough to make in the playoffs, but let’s see how they’ll play in regular season and I rather want to see that they likely to continue dominating each of their game.

I research some article about the playoffs ranking in 2020 and found this one.
https://lwosports.com/2019/10/06/2020-nba-western-conference-playoff-predictions/

Based on its ranking,
1. Los Angeles Clippers, 2. Denver Nuggets, 3. Los Angeles Lakers, 4. Utah Jazz, 5. Houston Rockets, 6. Portland Trail Blazers, 7. Golden State Warriors, 8. San Antonio Spurs

Dallas was not included so they are an underrated team and it would be a surprise if they will make it to the playoffs.

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Quote from: Kasabus on October 18, 2019, 08:44:24 AM

I don't know if they can, what we are witnessing is just a preseason which players are not taking the game seriously.
yes, they dominated the Clippers, but PG was not playing and Leonard only played a small number of minutes, preseason games are just exhibition games, it's a no bearing game and starters usually does not play hard to avoid injury.

How should I say it coz uhmm.. I’ve high hopes with what Luka Doncic skills that he have and with a healthy now Kristaps Porzingis that can definitely enough to make in the playoffs, but let’s see how they’ll play in regular season and I rather want to see that they likely to continue dominating each of their game.

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Quote from: asu on October 18, 2019, 08:38:17 AM

Quote from: freedomgo on October 18, 2019, 07:56:52 AM

same with this youtube vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4uL3YRDcok

I was also looking for a video where Leonard steals the ball from Luca while he is dribbling and made some easy shot in the other end.

Luca is good but he still has a lot to learn before he can beat Leonard, the Dallas Maverick now are a fun team to watch as ponzingis is already healthy.

And they're already good enough to make the playoffs. Luka Doncic is still rookie but with a good consistency of his playing, he'll be surely with the top dogs most avg. player every season.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YQJnvvO8Bpg
Crazy duel with Luka Doncic & Kristaps Porzingis (welcome back)

Yep, watch those as well, it's really crazy to see both of them playing high level basketball against Clippers, but then again it is still pre-season and most stars are not pushing themselves here.

Maybe both of them just wanted to display their shooting or what, but what matters is the regular season and see how they going to really blend. West is bundled up so it will be interesting as to where they are going to land in the standings.

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During the Pre-Season which has been going on for about 2 weeks, quite a lot of players, especially Rookie, are attracting attention. In addition to Top Draft Picks such as Zion, Ja Morant and RJ Barrett, there are also Rookie who showed quite surprising performance, for example Jordan Poole who was taken by GSW in the 28th draft pick did not play like a Rookie during this pre-season Grin

, then Brandon Clarke from Grizzlies had become the MVP Summer League still shows its ability as a Rebounding Machine

What do you think guys? Is there another Underrated Rookie that has the potential to become a Steal of the Draft?

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Quote from: asu on October 18, 2019, 08:38:17 AM

Quote from: freedomgo on October 18, 2019, 07:56:52 AM

same with this youtube vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4uL3YRDcok

I was also looking for a video where Leonard steals the ball from Luca while he is dribbling and made some easy shot in the other end.

Luca is good but he still has a lot to learn before he can beat Leonard, the Dallas Maverick now are a fun team to watch as ponzingis is already healthy.

And they're already good enough to make the playoffs. Luka Doncic is still rookie but with a good consistency of his playing, he'll be surely the most avg. player every season.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YQJnvvO8Bpg
Crazy duel with Luka Doncic & Kristaps Porzingis (welcome back)

I don't know if they can, what we are witnessing is just a preseason which players are not taking the game seriously.
yes, they dominated the Clippers, but PG was not playing and Leonard only played a small number of minutes, preseason games are just exhibition games, it's a no bearing game and starters usually does not play hard to avoid injury.

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Quote from: freedomgo on October 18, 2019, 07:56:52 AM

same with this youtube vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4uL3YRDcok

I was also looking for a video where Leonard steals the ball from Luca while he is dribbling and made some easy shot in the other end.

Luca is good but he still has a lot to learn before he can beat Leonard, the Dallas Maverick now are a fun team to watch as ponzingis is already healthy.

And they're already good enough to make the playoffs. Luka Doncic is still rookie but with a good consistency of his playing, he'll be surely with the top dogs most avg. player every season.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YQJnvvO8Bpg
Crazy duel with Luka Doncic & Kristaps Porzingis (welcome back)

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Quote from: asu on October 18, 2019, 07:39:41 AM

Kawhi Leonard shows great defense against to Luka Doncic who have better offense.
(https://www.facebook.com/215317338498946/posts/2946024865428166?)

I love the fight duel and the intensity that their brought.

same with this youtube vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4uL3YRDcok

I was also looking for a video where Leonard steals the ball from Luca while he is dribbling and made some easy shot in the other end.

Luca is good but he still has a lot to learn before he can beat Leonard, the Dallas Maverick now are a fun team to watch as ponzingis is already healthy.

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Kawhi Leonard shows great defense against to Luka Doncic who have better offense.
(https://www.facebook.com/215317338498946/posts/2946024865428166?)

I love the fight duel and the intensity that their brought.

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Quote from: Viscore on October 18, 2019, 07:14:05 AM

What do you think about this article?
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nine-bold-nba-predictions-for-2019-20-season-joel-embiid-wins-mvp-zion-williamson-becomes-all-star/

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2. The Warriors will make the Western Conference finals

Which of the above prediction you think will likely to happen?

I think the this one will likely to happen, warriors are going to the NBA finals beating the Clippers, Lakers, and the Rockets as the favorites in this season.
Without Durant, it's not gonna be easy for the Warriors but curry being curry, everything is possible.

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Quote from: batang_bitcoin on October 18, 2019, 06:10:56 AM

A bit off topic I guess.
With the upcoming retirement of Luol Deng. Who's feeling a bit sad here that our childhood superstars are retiring? I won't mention the other superstars that have already retired but many of them are part of our childhood. Sorry for bringing nostalgia to this thread.

He was a good player but I don't think he is one of the top class players. I'd say he's a star but not a superstar. He was 2 time All-Star, that shows his value. His retire is a loss for NBA, he was only 34. He could've played 2 more seasons but that's his choice.

I feel like we are getting older as my heros retired already. Iverson, Carter, McGrady, Kobe, Duncan, Nowitzki and all other early 2000 superstars are already gone. The game changed and evolved, but I think 90's and 2000 basketball was more fun to watch, more competitive and tough.

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Quote from: ingiltere on October 26, 2015, 06:54:56 AM

2020 NBA Talk
Let's talk about 2019/2020 NBA regular season here.

-Archive-

2019 NBA CHAMPION Toronto Raptors
Finals MVP: Kawhi Leonard

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2018 NBA CHAMPION Golden State Warriors
Finals MVP: Kevin Durant

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2017 NBA CHAMPION Golden State Warriors
Finals MVP: Kevin Durant

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2016 NBA CHAMPION CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
Finals MVP: LeBron James

Two of many of the predictions that will shape the trajectory this season are - the offensive mark stays intact, but the defensive line ups may fall apart. Among Cavaliers, Hawks , Suns , Knicks , someone will do worse. Also watch out for Brandon Clarke, the rookie from Gonzaga who looked like a steal from the draft with his dominance in the summer league.

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Quote from: Natalim on October 18, 2019, 06:39:15 AM

Quote from: batang_bitcoin on October 18, 2019, 06:10:56 AM

A bit off topic I guess.
With the upcoming retirement of Luol Deng. Who's feeling a bit sad here that our childhood superstars are retiring? I won't mention the other superstars that have already retired but many of them are part of our childhood. Sorry for bringing nostalgia to this thread.

I watched him play but he is not really a superstar so it did not mark a lot to me.
Maybe if Lebron will retire than I would feel sad because we know he is the king in the NBA and he has a lot of fans although he also has a lot of haters.

Luol Deng was one of the best piece in the Chicago Bulls, who competed with Lebron in Miami. He became a superstar twice and was included in NBA all defensive 2nd team. He didnt get too much attention and was underrated because of D Rose's presence in Chicago.
He's like the Lamar Odom of Chicago, remember how Odom became a perfect complement for Kobe?

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