Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 2490. (Read 898781 times)

A wise decision that they have made.It is just pointless to exert too much effort yet they are already out on the playoffs but expect on the outcome on next 5 games wont really be that good without him.

There is some more games to go and we still don't have the full picture on playoffs yet but it seems like the higher ups are already decided Portland probably won't leave their fourth position, they mathematically still could but not in just 5 games unless they start to suck all of a sudden ( I know Nurkic is injured but I doubt he would make that much difference) Jazz and clippers probably could change positions, we still don't know what will happen, if jazz wins 2 in a row they will be fifth and if they lose one and win one its a tie and if they lose both they are sixth, I assume fifth is more guaranteed.

It is the 8th seed that I wonder the most, Spurs and OKC will battle it out and neither will be happy about the result no matter what, 8th seed will face warriors and most likely get eliminated on the first round easily however 7th seed will get Denver, which plays amazingly this year and sure there is a possibility of an upset but I doubt it will happen in the first round.

On the other hand the east is still amazingly close, 8th seed and 9th position is all tied right now and nobody knows who will be the 8th seed on the east, we all know the finalists will be either Celtics or Sixers or more likely raptors or bucks but still going to playoffs is a big thing for any team.

Even on Top 5 at 85%. Recently, low standings teams upsetting dominant terms increasing Lakers chance for top picks.

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They are 3 games behind the last spot. That will be tough as there is only 5 to 6 games remaining for this season.

Hornets did a great job during the first phase of the season but didn't able maintained it. Kemba Walker is always on a Player of the Week list during that time so I really expect to see them at Playoffs. I laso believed they can able to deal in the competition in the East now and can get a spot even at 6th to 8th.

Well then, hoping that improvements and actions will be made by them in the off-season especially that the upcoming free agency will be full of big fish.

Let's not make this news any bigger as if you look at it the "rest of the season" for the Los Angeles Lakers is only 5 games out before they finish the regular season which I think won't change anything considering that they won't be making to the play offs. Pulling him out early would also assure the team to at least don't go up more in the draft lottery considering that they are toe to toe with other teams similar to their record. This would assure them to have at least to have a top 10 pick after the regular season is over.

Resting Lebron wouldn't change anything as they knew that they are already out of this season, no need to risk him for a possible injuries to happen,
better to have him in a good shape next season and adjust if how they can manage to comes up much stronger.

At last, they made now the good decision to sit him out. That's the end of the line for him this season, he should now workout for the next season to come.
I cannot expect less from Boogie. 

Good decision.


Cousins was ejected though with flagrant 2 foul, he is really playing very good with 24 points. The win also clinches their 5th straight Pacific Division title and a possible three peat.

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/03/30/lebron-james-sit-out-remainder-lakers-season-groin-injury

Lakers management has decided to sit James for the rest of the season.

I think this is good move, why take the risk when they are already out of the playoffs.  Warriors vent out against Charlotte, winning a whopping 47 point spread, 137 - 90.

Warriors are hammering the Charlotte Hornets now, they got disappointed on their last controversial loss, and now they bounce back real hard.
Hornets has no chance in the playoffs, I was not able to check their latest standing yet, but I guess they will not make it this off season.

It's still the team play that counts though Luka is an asset to the Mavs. Just 3 point lead for the Mavs, the game was close enough. Congrats Mavs boys.

The kid's still young so don't be too quick on his struggle with 3-pter.

Good job from Mavericks defeating the Thunder without Luka.
Talking about Luka, he's undoubtedly a sensational rookie. Im just too concerned if he could keep the pace for the ROTY against Trae Young. I mean Trae has been consistently becoming a monster in the NBA while he's still on his rookie year. While, Luka has been struggling in terms of 3 point fg percentage.
I would really love to see Luka win the ROTY.

I can't believe the Thunder loss again, No Luka for the Mavericks but still won the game.
What will be the OKC's performance in the playoffs with these constant losing even against the weaker teams.

At that point all he thought about was to hit the three in order to tie the game. From the Warriors game I watched I don't think Durant is the type of player that does a step back three very often and you definitely can't compare him with Harden since he does it in every single game and that's his special move.

Ok, here's my call. I reviewed the replay and I would agree that Durant was caught off-guard, he was beaten by a couple of steps by KAT, did try to recover it by being physical and some push.

So yes there was a foul, yes very controversial since it less than a second, but referee blew his whistle and made the right call in that game.

I do understand your frustration but you should get used to it yet these situations do exist on NBA where referee calls sometimes are questionable specially on a close fight game.As a basketball sports lover and a fan you will see clearly on how these calls are way too shady but we cant do anything about it.
When it comes to consistency plays i would vote for Durant yet we have seen on how Curry perform when he's double teamed but i agree on the fact that Curry do deserved that MVP award but who knows if he would able to pull it off this season.

I agree. I would say Durant deserves the Finals MVP because he was the most consistent amongst their best player that's why he got the awards. If Curry wanted it, he could easily get it, but during crucial plays, Durant delivered a dagger 3's, shifting the momentum in their side, thus winning the title.

We cannot say he deserve it when the Finals is not over.
Every time that Durant wins an Finals MVP award, I have no doubt that he deserve it, of the starters, he is the most consistent not only in scoring
but in other area as well. If Curry will let his presence felt in the Finals, then he will get it, but unfortunately we cannot expect that the way he play now will be the same level during the NBA finals.

I reaaaally do not want to see Durant get another FMVP, not because I hate Durant (which I kind of do) but because Curry deserved one and never really got one. First year for some reason they gave it to the 6thman Iggy, I mean the main guy on that team was Curry so why the hell they gave it to Iggy I will never know, than twice to Durant which I understand but Curry is the reason why Warriors exists, take curry out and that team loses.

I mean cousins is not gonna be there next year most probably so we are talking about only Klay-Durant-dray for warriors, hell OKC had better duo with Westbrook and Durant and even had some help with Adams and all that and failed, so believe me take Curry out and warriors are nothing, they desperately need Curry yet he never gets his recognition on FMVP time.

If that is so then why call it a professional basketball.
Refs doing that will lose their trust on them.
Do you reqlly think the refs are always on the GSW side? It will be breaching their profession and there is consequences for breaking that.
Either lose their license or they willpay a high price.

They are not perfect though. It is a decision of a human and what he saw.

Every team just needs to play hard if they really want to win the game. GSW is just doing that every game.
They can be defeated, you just need the right keys and perfection to every plays.

Yes, I know that this is not new, actually they have caught someone already and I'm sure everyone here knows about him. But my point is let the players play their game and not the referee who will decide the final outcome (as in this case). Everyone can also read this NBA Response to ESPN’s Tim Donaghy Story. Which brought more attention after the controversial call in this game.