Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 2320. (Read 902006 times)

Zion is doing well from this pre-season and if the whole team will let him to lead the way chance for Pelicans to have a good spot in the regular season will be expected. Talking about Ingram, we've seen how he played last year and even LeBron can't control him once he wanted to have the ball and attack to make a basket.

There's should be big adjustment that the coach needs to build in order to blend everyone. Chemistry is very important to build up the entire team and become competitive.

Maybe.

Or it could be possible that he will take new heights to go above KD?
Why not?
There may be some ways to surpass that guy right? Who doesn't want that?
He is still a young player which will have much experience if he can avoid injuries and that may also be the key into reigning the NBA floor.
The game is way different by now and it aint about muscles anymore.
The better shooter you are the higher the chances you will become a superstar. If he could just improve every year without a fight then maybe, just maybe he could make it to the all-star.

Im for Lakers as well. IMO, Lebron's leadership is far more better than Leonard. The only thing Leonard is good at than Lebron, is the defense.
With the Lakers current roster is a championship contender. I predict they'll be 60-22 this season. There will another air-tight competition in the Western conference again as the teams are still tough.
I'll be placing most of my bets in this two LA teams.

That's a pretty high bar, if brandon can become 75% of kevin durant that would be an accomplishment.  It's not fair sometimes to put these kids up and say they will be the next "insert superstar name".  It sets them up for failure.  I mean being a 15ppg, 7rb, 4assist guy would be amazing.  That's nothing to scoff at.

True, that guy is like a Kevin Durant in the making.
Long hands, tall guy but not slow with a smooth perimeter accuracy.
That kind of game was KD when he played with the Oklahoma Thunder in his younger days.

Soon this Brandon Ingram will also be building his three point shots which will be unstoppable.
It will be great if he will be compared to KD on the next years to come.
He should just avoid getting into trouble for so many times.

The Pelicans has a young core which I think the most difficult to adjust is their chemistry. Yes they are both talented specially Williamson and Ingram but I don't think they can be a huge threat to top caliber teams this season. Both have some things to prove in the NBA and that's why they might do a one man show for them to lift up their status in the league.

It has a chance that something like that is on his mind. He might like to show that Lakers wasted a talent like him in exchange for Anthony Davis.

This pre-season, Ingram is just silent and allowing Zion to be the main man of the team. We don't know if the same setup will happen once the season starts. There is no way Ingram will just allow himself to be a second option.

Yeah, nothing to worry about his sprain. And it's a plus that it's still a preseason although some other teams are looking forward to show themselves on how's the new roster they have.

It's not worth it for him to play if it's possible to him just to take the rest and play for the main season.

I'm with the Pelicans in terms of pre-season games. They are playing aggressively and we all noticed that. However, in terms of a head-to-head meetup, once the seasons commences, I will go with the Raptors. Even without Kawhi, we all noticed their evolution coming from a choked team to a well-improved team. Raptors shut down most of the top player's last playoffs especially the Greek Freek which is unstoppable not just because of Kawhi but the whole team's effort playing defense. Their defensive type of play will surely continue even without Kawhi. They stopped the monster Giannis so I'm sure they can handle well the young Zion even how athletic he is.

As for the Pelicans, there is one thing I want to follow if he will blend properly to the team, especially to Zion, and that is Brandom Ingram. I want to see if he will still pursue his desire of being the main center of the offense. As you noticed in his 3 years unsuccessful run with the Lakers, he always acts as the main man even LeBron was there. He always does that ISO thing and failed last shots during clutch even there are other players around who is uncontested. There are lots of failed selfish plays etc.

Now that Lakers traded him, I'm sure there is a sort of "I will show Lakers how good I am" on his mind and surely he will more focus on improving his offensive phase. I just hope he is matured enough to think that he needs to let go of his pride if he saw Zion is playing good in every particular game.

It's basically a battle between the duo of defense vs the duo of versatility. I'm not saying that PG and Kawhi are not good in the offense, I'm just stating their trademarks as a player. I assume that most of you are saying that the splash brothers are duo of three point shooting, so just made a name for duos since NBA is back with just 2 superstars in a team not composed of superteams.

What is your take regarding the NOP vs Raptors? I'm going with NOP this. They practically hammering every team on their way just this preseason. Look, I know that New Orleans isn't a team that have an experience in playoffs, unlike Raptors that is a championship contender team but they have the best passer in the league and soon to be ROTY. If they can continue this chemistry they are building, I'm sure they'll be unstoppable. With the raptors, losing Kawhi is a big thing. Trading your best player(Demar DeRozan) in the team for a championship and then the star that brought you championship left lol. I am pretty sure that Pascal Siakam could limit Zion's offense in this game. Remember, after preseason, that's where the real game starts.

Nobody should expect some sort of championship run from them, that would be silly, these are all young kids, almost all of them under 25 years old, its just too new for them. However with 5-6 years of development together they can be serious heavy hitters, maybe not win the championship (they totally can as well) but at least they would be contending like for example Rockets have been doing for the past 3 years.

I don't care if people think they are not talented, they really are to me, sure they have their problems, Lonzo is a blackhole on offense aside from passing of course, he can't score at all, Ingram is not an avid scorer neither but he is fine, however he has a temper, he reacts badly when something doesn't go in his way, there are other small stuff like that but over time I am sure they will figure something out and become much better.

Both squads have good selections of players, be rooting for the lakers Lebron being the PG have a great visions with or without AD chances for lakers to win is still possible. Maybe it's pride for both teams to eagerly showcase their star caliber types of game. The season opener will be the first impressions of the fans, making it more enjoyable will bring more support to this league.

That will be exciting to watch. I am sure both teams are eager to prove which team is better, which tandem is best and if Kawhi is now ripe to eclipse the era of Lebron. I'll be rooting for Clippers on this one whether AD will be playing or not.

I'm also waiting for the opening of the NBA regular season. I hope Antony Davis gets well soon and can play for the Lakers when facing the Clippers. I think the game is awaited by NBA fans, to find out who is the best team in Los Angeles

That's what I thought too. At least he still have 10 more days to rest and I hope the swelling subsides that time.

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However, what do you think the result at the opening tip of the 2019-2020 NBA season? Let's say AD isn't injury that day and will play the game against the Clippers. It's good to see a year when Danny Green and Kawhi wearing different uniforms. I'm still rooting for the lakers when the time comes. But, at that tipoff, basketball will be harder than the preseason. That's where the real game starts. The same day, it's also the defending champs, Raptors vs New Orleans.

The preseason does not matter.  The only thing it is good for is to fill out the bench with the 12th-15th players on the team.  AD can sit out the rest of the preseason and some ayers do so they dont get any serious injuries when subpar players are flying around the court.

Luckily the injury suffered by AD is not too serious. in the last match against Nets he only scored six points. and looks like he won't be able to play for the Lakers when they fight against Warrior right?

I doubt that AD will take a long rest, looks like the extend of his injury is not that worst, probably just a couple of weeks rest and he will be back and play with his new team.

Definitely, everyone will be dependent on Lebron's leadership we all see what happens when Lebron is not in the court last season. Although you can argue that this is a different team now, however, Lebron is still the key for the Lakers to be successful.

He'll probably be rested for the rest of the pre-season action. His injury aint too serious, It was just a sprain on his thumb. They'll just rest him until the swelling subsides, since theres a more important game coming up for the opening of the NBA regular season against the Clippers.

Lol, even if it's a preseason game nothing's a good timing when it comes to injury. Luckily it's a minor injury yet, it's still part of the game injury comes to every players.

Well, we do not expect that AD will miss a lot of games, as said in the news he'll be sidelined so he could take some minutes if he can play.