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Quote from: OgNasty on January 15, 2025, 08:16:59 PM

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Its expected to see a decline on that age but still its good that he has a decent stats and still be called as high caliber player.

Lebron is indeed a freak and its extraordinary situation that we don't see a decline on him despite of his age. I guess we can see more for him especially that he's chasing for more records to break.

Both Harden and Butler decline and I guess its better for Butler to follow what Harden do to settle up with his team and stop acting like a crap since if he keep doing these troubles maybe he might struggle to find better team next time.

Also Clippers is doing good let see if they could able to stretch up their standing and possibly compete on finals with current roster they have.

One thing James Harden has going for him as he ages is that he’s more of a shooter than an athletic guard. So he might be able to hang around and provide value longer than someone like Westbrook who has his game based on explosive speed. Maybe Harden will have a hard time getting off step backs as he ages, but for now he still looks decent.

Somehow that is great adjustment to stay long on NBA since if he push his self to became more athletic guard then get some drive in the basket highlight plays maybe he might get a serious injury with that and sit for long time.

Its great that he decide to do that and be more careful the way how he play nowadays since we can still see that Harden is consistent player on the court and reliable guard for his team.

His play style is really different now since he became a facilitator and he adjust on his role in Clippers his role in Houston is different since there he is a super scorer.

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Quote from: Mr. Magkaisa on January 16, 2025, 02:31:55 AM

NO Joel Embiid for the Sixers and not just that. The support Center of the team is also injured.
Its a good win for the Knicks but with 6 points is not enough as i want to result.
Its a healthy Knicks versus a no tower Philly. im expecting more from them.

Not sure what you mean but it's balance matchup considering both Embiid and KAT are not playing for their respective teams, and by looking on the game stats, Maxey and Brunson both stars of their teams played well, the game went to OT and NYK managed to win the game, with PG and Oubre helping Maxey sixers didn't gave easily.

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I am looking for a great match-up tomorrow with the CAVS vs OKC.
But unfortunately the big man of the OKC is also not playing. CHET and Hartenstein are out!

Yeah, this is a great match-up, a revenge for OKC while for Cavs it will be a good step up to make a game edge from the current over-all standing, if Cavs wins again they will move to 35-5 win/loss while if OKC wins it, they'll be able to tie the stats with 34-6 win/loss as they are currently 33-5 leading the west side.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on January 16, 2025, 02:22:56 AM

Damn! I was forced to watch the 4th quarter garbage time of the LA Clippers versus the Brooklyn Nets game because of this:

Sadly, they didn't reach the mark that I set. Such a waste. And yes, the cashout option has not been available since the 3rd quarter. It's because the score was so low that they won't let it.

Kawhi Leonard is truly back. How I wish Kawhi stayed because he was hot in that third quarter but they need to take care of him as he just came back but he actually looks stronger and faster. Perhaps he misses playing that much which is why he is so energetic at that 3rd quarter even though they are up by 50 points. Grin

Good win for the Clippers.

If you had gotten the bet right, you would have made a very high profit, in the last 8 games the Nets have managed to score more than 90 points in each game, strange that in this game they only managed to score 67 points and the Clippers have remained consistent when it comes to scoring above 100 points in most of the last games they have played, I think that for this game, you were just very unlucky, these are the kinds of situations that don't happen every time.

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A ton of interesting trades being talked about recently. I think the Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Lakers, & Phoenix Suns are all set to possibly make some big splashes in the next month. I’m hearing the Pelicans might dump everyone but Zion, the Suns might dump Beal, the Heat have to trade Jimmy, and Los Angeles is desperate for anything.

As far as I know, the Heat are still far from finalizing a deal to trade Butler to any team. Apparently, other teams' offers aren't satisfying them yet. By the way, there were rumors that the Heat management might change Butler's suspension status to “refusal to provide services”, which means a double fine for him.

Yeah, it seems that Pat Riley is not giving up Jimmy Butler for now, maybe he was really looking for a good deal or just wanted to put Butler in a lose lose situation. In any case, I think Miami could do nothing but to really let go of Jimmy otherwise it will have a effect on the teams.

Knicks and the Sixers did go to OT, but in the end, Sixers has no legs and the Knicks win by 6 points.

Still no Joel Embiid for the Sixers, and it was all Maxey and Paul George for them. And obviously, it's not enough to upset the Knicks.

I am looking for a great match-up tomorrow with the CAVS vs OKC.
But unfortunately the big man of the OKC is also not playing. CHET and Hartenstein are out!

Thanks for this info, I think when the Cavs defeated OKC Chet also did not play. But I'm expecting that this could be a revenge game for the OKC as it will be held on their homecourt and the Cavs snapped their winning streak. Although the Cavs also ended their own version when the Pacers upset them. But still very interesting game and we hope that it could lead up to the hype again just like the last time wherein there are a lot of lead changes and ties. But in the end it was the Cavs offense against the best defense of OKC that won them their game. Also, Donovan Mitchell had a bad shooting night, but the two big men of the Cavs took over, with Jared Allen and Mobley doing the damage inside because Chet did not play. But I still think this is still going to be a very close game, and it can go either way. OKC though slight favorite in this game.

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Quote from: jaberwock on January 16, 2025, 03:48:33 AM

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As a Warrior fan, I also thought that they will be the dark horse of the West because of how they played at the start of the season. Well, they played well until they're on a losing streak that caused them being at the top 3 to now out of the play-in spot currently.

I don't want to pin-point players, but I guess I need to because his impact with the team ever since he joined is big, and when he played awfully, the team went down with it. Steph's performance is already given, and still giving huge numbers, but Buddy Hield is for me, one of the big reasons why they're out of the playoff contention right now. In his last 10 games, he scored only 8 points, shooting 31% from the field and 25% from 3-pt area. Hield had even been called as "the new Splash Brother", and halfway through the season, he crumbles down. I mean what's going on with him, and his performance.

Overall, I doubt that the Warriors will be a playoff contender right now. Heck even the all-star loaded Suns are now at the 11th spot which is hilarious if you will think.

Looking at Warriors, they are 12th in the conference, and I do not think that they could really go to playoffs, but the gap to play-in tournament is just a game or two, so they could get a few win in a row and they could do much better and could be in play-in position. In fact, so much so that, if they were to go like some 5 game winning streak type of thing, they could literally be in top 6, not saying they will, most likely they won't but at least they are around there.

And it's almost February so we will have the all star break which means we are half way already. And with that, they are really in a difficult position again, just like last season wherein they will really have to work very hard just to go in the play-in.

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Lakers looked great too, and in 7th seed, but they lost three in a row as well, this January window is a bit hard for most teams, and that is why most teams are not doing that great, even when one wins, they may lose a few later. The whole league has three teams with more than 2 wins in a row, imagine how bad all teams must be to have that.

Same case with them, they are not looking healthy. Although there is one case before, it was the Dallas Mavericks last season, wherein they are like in the 10th spot if I'm not mistaken, but then they go and have a winning streak then landed on 6th spot. And they go to the finals unfortunately they've lost.

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Quote from: LogitechMouse on January 15, 2025, 08:27:01 AM

As a Warrior fan, I also thought that they will be the dark horse of the West because of how they played at the start of the season. Well, they played well until they're on a losing streak that caused them being at the top 3 to now out of the play-in spot currently.

I don't want to pin-point players, but I guess I need to because his impact with the team ever since he joined is big, and when he played awfully, the team went down with it. Steph's performance is already given, and still giving huge numbers, but Buddy Hield is for me, one of the big reasons why they're out of the playoff contention right now. In his last 10 games, he scored only 8 points, shooting 31% from the field and 25% from 3-pt area. Hield had even been called as "the new Splash Brother", and halfway through the season, he crumbles down. I mean what's going on with him, and his performance.

Overall, I doubt that the Warriors will be a playoff contender right now. Heck even the all-star loaded Suns are now at the 11th spot which is hilarious if you will think.

Looking at Warriors, they are 12th in the conference, and I do not think that they could really go to playoffs, but the gap to play-in tournament is just a game or two, so they could get a few win in a row and they could do much better and could be in play-in position. In fact, so much so that, if they were to go like some 5 game winning streak type of thing, they could literally be in top 6, not saying they will, most likely they won't but at least they are around there.

Lakers looked great too, and in 7th seed, but they lost three in a row as well, this January window is a bit hard for most teams, and that is why most teams are not doing that great, even when one wins, they may lose a few later. The whole league has three teams with more than 2 wins in a row, imagine how bad all teams must be to have that.

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Quote from: Dave1 on January 16, 2025, 01:58:42 AM

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A ton of interesting trades being talked about recently. I think the Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Lakers, & Phoenix Suns are all set to possibly make some big splashes in the next month. I’m hearing the Pelicans might dump everyone but Zion, the Suns might dump Beal, the Heat have to trade Jimmy, and Los Angeles is desperate for anything.

As far as I know, the Heat are still far from finalizing a deal to trade Butler to any team. Apparently, other teams' offers aren't satisfying them yet. By the way, there were rumors that the Heat management might change Butler's suspension status to “refusal to provide services”, which means a double fine for him.

Yeah, it seems that Pat Riley is not giving up Jimmy Butler for now, maybe he was really looking for a good deal or just wanted to put Butler in a lose lose situation. In any case, I think Miami could do nothing but to really let go of Jimmy otherwise it will have a effect on the teams.

Knicks and the Sixers did go to OT, but in the end, Sixers has no legs and the Knicks win by 6 points.

Still no Joel Embiid for the Sixers, and it was all Maxey and Paul George for them. And obviously, it's not enough to upset the Knicks.

NO Joel Embiid for the Sixers and not just that. The support Center of the team is also injured.
Its a good win for the Knicks but with 6 points is not enough as i want to result.
Its a healthy Knicks versus a no tower Philly. im expecting more from them.

I am looking for a great match-up tomorrow with the CAVS vs OKC.
But unfortunately the big man of the OKC is also not playing. CHET and Hartenstein are out!

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Damn! I was forced to watch the 4th quarter garbage time of the LA Clippers versus the Brooklyn Nets game because of this:

Sadly, they didn't reach the mark that I set. Such a waste. And yes, the cashout option has not been available since the 3rd quarter. It's because the score was so low that they won't let it.

Kawhi Leonard is truly back. How I wish Kawhi stayed because he was hot in that third quarter but they need to take care of him as he just came back but he actually looks stronger and faster. Perhaps he misses playing that much which is why he is so energetic at that 3rd quarter even though they are up by 50 points. Grin

Good win for the Clippers.

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Quote from: dwyane36 on January 15, 2025, 09:23:18 PM

Quote from: OgNasty on January 15, 2025, 01:38:20 PM

A ton of interesting trades being talked about recently. I think the Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Lakers, & Phoenix Suns are all set to possibly make some big splashes in the next month. I’m hearing the Pelicans might dump everyone but Zion, the Suns might dump Beal, the Heat have to trade Jimmy, and Los Angeles is desperate for anything.

As far as I know, the Heat are still far from finalizing a deal to trade Butler to any team. Apparently, other teams' offers aren't satisfying them yet. By the way, there were rumors that the Heat management might change Butler's suspension status to “refusal to provide services”, which means a double fine for him.

Yeah, it seems that Pat Riley is not giving up Jimmy Butler for now, maybe he was really looking for a good deal or just wanted to put Butler in a lose lose situation. In any case, I think Miami could do nothing but to really let go of Jimmy otherwise it will have a effect on the teams.

Knicks and the Sixers did go to OT, but in the end, Sixers has no legs and the Knicks win by 6 points.

Still no Joel Embiid for the Sixers, and it was all Maxey and Paul George for them. And obviously, it's not enough to upset the Knicks.

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I was watching the game between the Clippers and Nets, and for a moment, I thought the score was broken, Grin

Final score was 126-67, a 59-point victory by the Clippers... It got me curious, and I thought they might have set a record for the biggest loss in NBA history. But turns out, there’s an even bigger one, it's the Thunder holds that record from a game back in 2021.

Thunder Suffer 73-point Loss, Largest in NBA History

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The Oklahoma City Thunder were on the wrong side of history Thursday night.

Fielding a starting backcourt tandem in Ty Jerome and Tre Mann in the absences of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey, the Oklahoma City Thunder were hounded by the Memphis Grizzlies 152-79 on Thursday.

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Karl Anthony Towns is in Philadelphia tonight as the New York Knicks take on the 76ers. A funny thing happened as Bleacher Report posted this picture showing that KAT changed out of his Philadelphia Eagles gear at halftime. I wonder who it was that gave him a hard time for sporting a Philly sports team against the 76ers.

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Quote from: OgNasty on January 15, 2025, 01:38:20 PM

A ton of interesting trades being talked about recently. I think the Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Lakers, & Phoenix Suns are all set to possibly make some big splashes in the next month. I’m hearing the Pelicans might dump everyone but Zion, the Suns might dump Beal, the Heat have to trade Jimmy, and Los Angeles is desperate for anything.

As far as I know, the Heat are still far from finalizing a deal to trade Butler to any team. Apparently, other teams' offers aren't satisfying them yet. By the way, there were rumors that the Heat management might change Butler's suspension status to “refusal to provide services”, which means a double fine for him.

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Quote from: avp2306 on January 15, 2025, 06:58:33 PM

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Yesterday i was seeing the Clippers game and i was thinking to myself, what a crazy thing seeing Hardem never coming back to his super high level. I mean he is still for sure a super player but his not close to the good he was in his golden era.

He is 35 years old. Dont base it on people like lebron aging.
Lebron is a freak most times after 33/34 years old it goes downhill quick. As a big guard 35 years old he cant manuever like he used to. I feel the same way about jimmy. Everyone is talking butler moving but he is gonna decline quick too. Old players usually never help teams win at a high level. Harden would be good on a team who only needs him for 25 minutes or so.

Its expected to see a decline on that age but still its good that he has a decent stats and still be called as high caliber player.

Lebron is indeed a freak and its extraordinary situation that we don't see a decline on him despite of his age. I guess we can see more for him especially that he's chasing for more records to break.

Both Harden and Butler decline and I guess its better for Butler to follow what Harden do to settle up with his team and stop acting like a crap since if he keep doing these troubles maybe he might struggle to find better team next time.

Also Clippers is doing good let see if they could able to stretch up their standing and possibly compete on finals with current roster they have.

One thing James Harden has going for him as he ages is that he’s more of a shooter than an athletic guard. So he might be able to hang around and provide value longer than someone like Westbrook who has his game based on explosive speed. Maybe Harden will have a hard time getting off step backs as he ages, but for now he still looks decent.

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Quote from: Volgastallion on January 15, 2025, 12:13:23 PM

Yesterday i was seeing the Clippers game and i was thinking to myself, what a crazy thing seeing Hardem never coming back to his super high level. I mean he is still for sure a super player but his not close to the good he was in his golden era.

He is 35 years old. Dont base it on people like lebron aging.
Lebron is a freak most times after 33/34 years old it goes downhill quick. As a big guard 35 years old he cant manuever like he used to. I feel the same way about jimmy. Everyone is talking butler moving but he is gonna decline quick too. Old players usually never help teams win at a high level. Harden would be good on a team who only needs him for 25 minutes or so.

Its expected to see a decline on that age but still its good that he has a decent stats and still be called as high caliber player.

Lebron is indeed a freak and its extraordinary situation that we don't see a decline on him despite of his age. I guess we can see more for him especially that he's chasing for more records to break.

Both Harden and Butler decline and I guess its better for Butler to follow what Harden do to settle up with his team and stop acting like a crap since if he keep doing these troubles maybe he might struggle to find better team next time.

Also Clippers is doing good let see if they could able to stretch up their standing and possibly compete on finals with current roster they have.

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Quote from: Volgastallion on January 15, 2025, 12:13:23 PM

Yesterday i was seeing the Clippers game and i was thinking to myself, what a crazy thing seeing Hardem never coming back to his super high level. I mean he is still for sure a super player but his not close to the good he was in his golden era.

He is 35 years old. Dont base it on people like lebron aging.
Lebron is a freak most times after 33/34 years old it goes downhill quick. As a big guard 35 years old he cant manuever like he used to. I feel the same way about jimmy. Everyone is talking butler moving but he is gonna decline quick too. Old players usually never help teams win at a high level. Harden would be good on a team who only needs him for 25 minutes or so.

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A ton of interesting trades being talked about recently. I think the Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Lakers, & Phoenix Suns are all set to possibly make some big splashes in the next month. I’m hearing the Pelicans might dump everyone but Zion, the Suns might dump Beal, the Heat have to trade Jimmy, and Los Angeles is desperate for anything.

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Yesterday i was seeing the Clippers game and i was thinking to myself, what a crazy thing seeing Hardem never coming back to his super high level. I mean he is still for sure a super player but his not close to the good he was in his golden era.

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I thought that the Golden State Warriors could be the dark horse in this season as they really started hot with Buddy Hield. But obviously, it was just a burst in the beginning and now they are no longer in the top and keep on struggling every game.

We'll see, although I honestly doubt it. The Warriors have played almost half of the regular season and are still at the bottom of the standings. I mean, they aren't performing convincingly, and their current results aren't even good enough to qualify for the play-in tournament.
I'm still inclined to think that Klay's leaving has affected them. Even though Curry is still doing well, he can't win the championship alone.

As a Warrior fan, I also thought that they will be the dark horse of the West because of how they played at the start of the season. Well, they played well until they're on a losing streak that caused them being at the top 3 to now out of the play-in spot currently.

I don't want to pin-point players, but I guess I need to because his impact with the team ever since he joined is big, and when he played awfully, the team went down with it. Steph's performance is already given, and still giving huge numbers, but Buddy Hield is for me, one of the big reasons why they're out of the playoff contention right now. In his last 10 games, he scored only 8 points, shooting 31% from the field and 25% from 3-pt area. Hield had even been called as "the new Splash Brother", and halfway through the season, he crumbles down. I mean what's going on with him, and his performance.

Overall, I doubt that the Warriors will be a playoff contender right now. Heck even the all-star loaded Suns are now at the 11th spot which is hilarious if you will think.

That's him, which is why the Indiana Pacers gave him up. Inconsistent. He is a great shooter, I will not doubt that but it's on and off. He will show a good performance on a good night but never on a bad night, unlike players like Steph, Durant, James, and more. They can be off at night but they can still find ways to contribute to the team. If they have a bad shooting night, then they will attack the paint or they can be a playmaker.
Hield doesn't have those kinds of skills. He is a shooter and that's it. The thing is, it can be predictable and defenders will easily know your moves especially if you are known to be unable to attack the paint. His 3-point shooting dropped to 37 percent from 42+ in his days as a Pacer.
The Warriors must do something to maximize his usage again or just put him in the 2nd team if he won't be helpful. He is still playing 30+ minutes even with bad stats.

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Quote from: arwin100 on January 15, 2025, 05:45:14 AM

He's stats is promising on their first 5 game early this season that's why many people think about that he's a big deal in the roster and people feel like Warriors made a good decision to get him then let go of Klay in their roster. But unfortunately now he's inconsistent and performance is declining. See his stats here https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/buddy-hield-stats-when-starting

With his shooting capabilities, yeah his fit with Warriors system but if he can't adjsut with what the opponents will do to him that's going to be a big problem to them, they are lacking with heights and if they missed a lot of outside shots it turns against them defensive rebounds can convert to easy fastbreak points.

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Maybe he's just pressured on the expectation he got from fans that's why he's afraid to commit a mistake because he will be highlighted on news with these situation. But hopefully next year Hield and Warriors could sort out the issue and they could able to start strong then could able to maintain their momentum. Their system is overused and many teams already know how to counter it so maybe they should think about other thing since adjustment is important to win their games.

Yeah, that also adds up, the pressure with how fans will react if he missed a lot knowing that he replace one of the top caliber player who play for the team, that's something that him and the warriors managment needs to work out, let see if how they'll going to adjust to improve their winning chances.

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Quote from: dwyane36 on January 14, 2025, 09:46:33 PM

Quote from: Dave1 on January 14, 2025, 04:00:37 PM

I thought that the Golden State Warriors could be the dark horse in this season as they really started hot with Buddy Hield. But obviously, it was just a burst in the beginning and now they are no longer in the top and keep on struggling every game.

We'll see, although I honestly doubt it. The Warriors have played almost half of the regular season and are still at the bottom of the standings. I mean, they aren't performing convincingly, and their current results aren't even good enough to qualify for the play-in tournament.
I'm still inclined to think that Klay's leaving has affected them. Even though Curry is still doing well, he can't win the championship alone.

As a Warrior fan, I also thought that they will be the dark horse of the West because of how they played at the start of the season. Well, they played well until they're on a losing streak that caused them being at the top 3 to now out of the play-in spot currently.

I don't want to pin-point players, but I guess I need to because his impact with the team ever since he joined is big, and when he played awfully, the team went down with it. Steph's performance is already given, and still giving huge numbers, but Buddy Hield is for me, one of the big reasons why they're out of the playoff contention right now. In his last 10 games, he scored only 8 points, shooting 31% from the field and 25% from 3-pt area. Hield had even been called as "the new Splash Brother", and halfway through the season, he crumbles down. I mean what's going on with him, and his performance.

Overall, I doubt that the Warriors will be a playoff contender right now. Heck even the all-star loaded Suns are now at the 11th spot which is hilarious if you will think.

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