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October 29, 2018, 11:40:11 AM
Bucks have been amazing this year. Giannis and Middleton were in the top 10 most minutes played last year whereas they are in the 60th range right now, both players talked about how they prefer the way bud is coaching because they are both unbeaten and also relaxing meanwhile. The system bud put there as a coach has improved that team insanely and even as a not so tough big brook Lopez found himself a good role to fill there.

Bud was amazing at a spurs assistant and he was legit the person people thought would replace pop when he retires but he went to Atlanta which than turned into 60+ win Atlanta hawks thanks to him, now he came to bucks and I can see them actually fighting for a spot at the finals, it won't be easy since it will be Celtics and Toronto most probably but Sixers and bucks are close behind them.
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October 29, 2018, 11:10:39 AM
Firing Lue won't do much for the Cleveland Cavaliers.  It really just comes down to how talented your team is.  I always thought the role of a coach in basketball is really overrated.  I don't think Phil Jackson is a great coach or anything but he always had the best talent on his teams ( MJ, Kobe, Shaq).  It's why he was able to win 11 championship rings.
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October 29, 2018, 10:07:40 AM
Another week again have passed. Here are some of the events that catch my attention:

Tyronn Lue fired as Cleveland Cavaliers head coach after a worst start this season - As expected, but the questioned is, does Lue the one to blamed? He wants Cavaliers to remained competitive without LeBron. He's not the only one who have to make adjustments but the whole team. Cavaliers management must not be blinded by the fact their current worst is really playing worst. They literally used to be carried lol. Solution? Trade the entire roster lol.

Jimmy Butler - Looks like the drama will now come to an end as Timberwolves are now almost closing a deal with the Rockets. It's a risky trade based on my view for the Rockets as their future 4 first round pick is really important. They are really eager to gave up on that for Butler. Let's see how it will goes.

That is too exaggerated move from the Cleveland management. It was really shocking.

On the other hand this might be a good thing for Tyron. He dont want to be kept by a shitty management so to hell with them.
He could improve more even if he is already good as a coach.
They changed player like every season while Lebron was there and yet he could still make a chemistry out of them and go to the Finals. Thumbs up to Lue.
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October 29, 2018, 09:48:32 AM
Another week again have passed. Here are some of the events that catch my attention:

Tyronn Lue fired as Cleveland Cavaliers head coach after a worst start this season - As expected, but the questioned is, does Lue the one to blamed? He wants Cavaliers to remained competitive without LeBron. He's not the only one who have to make adjustments but the whole team. Cavaliers management must not be blinded by the fact their current worst is really playing worst. They literally used to be carried lol. Solution? Trade the entire roster lol.

Jimmy Butler - Looks like the drama will now come to an end as Timberwolves are now almost closing a deal with the Rockets. It's a risky trade based on my view for the Rockets as their future 4 first round pick is really important. They are really eager to gave up on that for Butler. Let's see how it will goes.
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October 29, 2018, 07:00:05 AM
Let the kids stay.

Great performance by the Lakers once again, against the strong Denver Nuggets.
Yeah it was as great fight but don't forget that they lost against Spurs yesterday.

Though the scores aren't too far and the lead is only 4 points made by Spurs. First and second quarter was so good and in favor of Lakers but during the 2nd half, the tables turned.
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October 29, 2018, 03:28:17 AM
Let the kids stay.

Great performance by the Lakers once again, against the strong Denver Nuggets.
Ball, Kuzma have been donating a lot of help for Lebron.
Stephenson and Mcgee getting serious with their game.

Use them more even if Rondo goes back.
Rotate the players at a higher pace, instead of staying with Rondo at 30 minutes of gameplay.

But Denver though, this guys are crazy serious too.
Teams should be really careful when they go against the Nuggets.
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October 29, 2018, 02:26:27 AM
Only after 6 games played this season we already have our first coach firing. Seems like Cavs have just fired Ty Lue, can't say I'm surprised though. There were rumors the last couple of days if they lose to Pacers he might be gone.

Anyway, they should also trade Love and some other bad contracts and get as much draft picks as they can get and proceed with tanking.  Grin
I expected this to happen. The team needs to rebuild and aside from changing the roster, changing the Coach is one thing more that they need to do. Maybe they need to change their roster next year by getting the top spots in the next draft lottery and they will trade Love or other players to acquire some new players.

Right, the draft lottery will be their best options. I think they will just sail this season, maybe trading majority players to set up the their draft lottery next year. They still have some good players to retain but Love will be the viable option for now to be traded and totally rebuild the team for next year.
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October 29, 2018, 02:14:24 AM
Only after 6 games played this season we already have our first coach firing. Seems like Cavs have just fired Ty Lue, can't say I'm surprised though. There were rumors the last couple of days if they lose to Pacers he might be gone.

Anyway, they should also trade Love and some other bad contracts and get as much draft picks as they can get and proceed with tanking.  Grin
I expected this to happen. The team needs to rebuild and aside from changing the roster, changing the Coach is one thing more that they need to do. Maybe they need to change their roster next year by getting the top spots in the next draft lottery and they will trade Love or other players to acquire some new players.
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October 29, 2018, 02:03:18 AM
Only after 6 games played this season we already have our first coach firing. Seems like Cavs have just fired Ty Lue, can't say I'm surprised though. There were rumors the last couple of days if they lose to Pacers he might be gone.

Anyway, they should also trade Love and some other bad contracts and get as much draft picks as they can get and proceed with tanking.  Grin

Yes, I was not surprised at all and it seems Ty Lue know its forthcoming specially when Kyrie and Lebron left the team. Oh well, they have their best times so just like the saying goes, everything good must come to an end.

I'm sure that they're going to rebuild the team in the next couple of years or traded the current rosters. Kevin Love is the only player they have to bait other teams. So let's see how it goes. It will be difficult to duplicate what they have accomplished with Lebron and Kyrie on the team so its another waiting game for all the Cavs fans out there.
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October 29, 2018, 01:51:35 AM
Only after 6 games played this season we already have our first coach firing. Seems like Cavs have just fired Ty Lue, can't say I'm surprised though. There were rumors the last couple of days if they lose to Pacers he might be gone.

Anyway, they should also trade Love and some other bad contracts and get as much draft picks as they can get and proceed with tanking.  Grin
The cavaliers needs a complete rebuilding just the like the spurs and they should hire a good coach who's as good as the Celtics coach.
I believe this team has a future, they were get use to individual play because of Lebron so when their best player was gone, you can expect a complete mess.
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October 28, 2018, 12:06:00 PM
LA braggart brothers James and Stephenson lost again to the Spurs! Wahaha So good to watch the replay telecast! lol Just keep on beating the Lakers so that we will keep on winning! lol
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October 28, 2018, 11:49:52 AM
Only after 6 games played this season we already have our first coach firing. Seems like Cavs have just fired Ty Lue, can't say I'm surprised though. There were rumors the last couple of days if they lose to Pacers he might be gone.

Anyway, they should also trade Love and some other bad contracts and get as much draft picks as they can get and proceed with tanking.  Grin
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October 28, 2018, 05:38:44 AM
I thought for awhile that the Lakers had already find their way to winning games but they are still weak, they cannot manage their lead and also
they cannot close out games which are very important. On the rematch, The spurs still won the game even Lebron still has his usual numbers.
I saw a replay in the last seconds where Rondo inbound the ball then passed it to Lebron and then he passed it to Rondo because he is free but instead of shooting it, he dribbled it away from the ring and pass it to another player. Don't you think that is the reason why the Spurs won?? Don't you think they choked in the last seconds of the game Cheesy.
Whatever their reasons, you cannot change the fact that the Spurs beat them.
The Spurs defense are getting better now and DeRozan is consistently stepping up, the Lakers are still young they need to get the ball
to Lebron all the time if they want to win, Rondo is a good point guard but based on what I notice, they win if Lebron will act as point guard.

That game against the Spurs is really close and yes I agree that the defense has improved plus DeRozan is really doing good as a San Antonio. Plus the team has solid shooters as well and somewhat got their shots. Lakers though already got a win so those games against the Spurs has totally been forgotten by James and LA is then improving as well.
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October 28, 2018, 03:38:53 AM
I thought for awhile that the Lakers had already find their way to winning games but they are still weak, they cannot manage their lead and also
they cannot close out games which are very important. On the rematch, The spurs still won the game even Lebron still has his usual numbers.
I saw a replay in the last seconds where Rondo inbound the ball then passed it to Lebron and then he passed it to Rondo because he is free but instead of shooting it, he dribbled it away from the ring and pass it to another player. Don't you think that is the reason why the Spurs won?? Don't you think they choked in the last seconds of the game Cheesy.
Whatever their reasons, you cannot change the fact that the Spurs beat them.
The Spurs defense are getting better now and DeRozan is consistently stepping up, the Lakers are still young they need to get the ball
to Lebron all the time if they want to win, Rondo is a good point guard but based on what I notice, they win if Lebron will act as point guard.
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October 28, 2018, 03:33:55 AM
I thought for awhile that the Lakers had already find their way to winning games but they are still weak, they cannot manage their lead and also
they cannot close out games which are very important. On the rematch, The spurs still won the game even Lebron still has his usual numbers.
I saw a replay in the last seconds where Rondo inbound the ball then passed it to Lebron and then he passed it to Rondo because he is free but instead of shooting it, he dribbled it away from the ring and pass it to another player. Don't you think that is the reason why the Spurs won?? Don't you think they choked in the last seconds of the game Cheesy.
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October 28, 2018, 03:12:22 AM
I thought for awhile that the Lakers had already find their way to winning games but they are still weak, they cannot manage their lead and also
they cannot close out games which are very important. On the rematch, The spurs still won the game even Lebron still has his usual numbers.
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October 28, 2018, 02:45:44 AM
It's just a start bro. Let's wait until mid-season or maybe at the palayoffs. Best plays of the rockets comes when playoffs comes, so we have to wait for it and make bets against the well oiled warriors.
The Warriors is a team where you don't know who will click in a particular game. In the previous game it is Curry who click, then the last game it is Durant's turn. That's why i think they are going to return to the Finals this season sans injury to the core player. Rockets is just another block on the Warriors path but not  a threat.
Lots of key players that's why Warriors is strong but it seems this is the last year Durant will play for GSW. He got a ring already and it's all about business. Well, GSW is good before even without him it's just they are better with him and has a higher chance of getting the grandslam.
I think getting the grandslam is what the Warriors are looking at this season. It will be harder since West have better players compare to East but once they will win in the WCF in the playoffs, it will be easy for them to be champion again. For me, I think the Rockets became weaker with trading of Ariza and Anderson for Anthony. Those 2 are good defenders compare to Anthony and he doesn't fit in the Rockets. I think they will trade him after the All-star.
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October 28, 2018, 01:13:28 AM
It's just a start bro. Let's wait until mid-season or maybe at the palayoffs. Best plays of the rockets comes when playoffs comes, so we have to wait for it and make bets against the well oiled warriors.
The Warriors is a team where you don't know who will click in a particular game. In the previous game it is Curry who click, then the last game it is Durant's turn. That's why i think they are going to return to the Finals this season sans injury to the core player. Rockets is just another block on the Warriors path but not  a threat.
Lots of key players that's why Warriors is strong but it seems this is the last year Durant will play for GSW. He got a ring already and it's all about business. Well, GSW is good before even without him it's just they are better with him and has a higher chance of getting the grandslam.
Warriors didn't seem this interested playing last year, it is not that good to see them play with this much fun again. It reminds me of the 73-9 year they had, even though they didn't win the ring at the end they really fought till the end and got the best record in history for it.

I think it is marvelous that they had so far 3 championships and still can go out there and score 50+ a night and shoot like 10 threes in THREE QUARTERS and than just sit and relax. When needed Durant actually helped out last night as well. The only person who has not had a night that was insane is Klay right now. Dude plays with 12% threes and that is just not Klay, we all know Klay is much better than that and it will probably go back to what it was which means in order to average it out he will have some amazing nights where he scores like 40 points in two quarters and than go to bench.
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October 27, 2018, 11:05:20 PM
It's just a start bro. Let's wait until mid-season or maybe at the palayoffs. Best plays of the rockets comes when playoffs comes, so we have to wait for it and make bets against the well oiled warriors.
The Warriors is a team where you don't know who will click in a particular game. In the previous game it is Curry who click, then the last game it is Durant's turn. That's why i think they are going to return to the Finals this season sans injury to the core player. Rockets is just another block on the Warriors path but not  a threat.
Lots of key players that's why Warriors is strong but it seems this is the last year Durant will play for GSW. He got a ring already and it's all about business. Well, GSW is good before even without him it's just they are better with him and has a higher chance of getting the grandslam.

Yes. They added a great option for a higher percentage of shooting.
Before it is difficult to defend the players of GSW for their plays are scattered. Now it got more complicated.
But I am betting there are already plays that have been created now to go against it or defend it.

As I see their plays now it looks like more of the plays of Phil Jackson and also the rotations. Well it is Steve Kerr, he might have studied all the Bulls plays.
Good thing is they are using every player on the bench too.
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October 27, 2018, 10:43:14 PM
It's just a start bro. Let's wait until mid-season or maybe at the palayoffs. Best plays of the rockets comes when playoffs comes, so we have to wait for it and make bets against the well oiled warriors.
The Warriors is a team where you don't know who will click in a particular game. In the previous game it is Curry who click, then the last game it is Durant's turn. That's why i think they are going to return to the Finals this season sans injury to the core player. Rockets is just another block on the Warriors path but not  a threat.
Lots of key players that's why Warriors is strong but it seems this is the last year Durant will play for GSW. He got a ring already and it's all about business. Well, GSW is good before even without him it's just they are better with him and has a higher chance of getting the grandslam.

I think they are aiming for the grand slam this year. They could have gotten it, if not for James and Irving derailing like a couple of years ago. Those superstars really know who to step out if needed and let the others take the spotlight, it could be Durant, Curry and Thompson. And the funny thing, we seldom see those 3 getting off-night. Its either 1 or 2 of them will click in a given night and if we are lucky enough to see those 3 getting big numbers specially in important games.
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