It was Melo who mess with this team, they are a championship contender in the past but now they are struggling.
Lebron James is willing to let Melo play alongside him though he did not ask the front office to do it, does this mean that the Lakers is doom to be messed if Melo will be listed on their roster? I personally think so, Melo will always be Melo. A player that can't guard even a chair and it would be better for him to just retire or play ball overseas where he can hug that ball as long as he wants. Just my thoughts on him. 
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Timberwolves had the biggest win this season so far by defeating the Houston Rockets and overcoming the 19 point gap showed a great performance from the team overall. They have shown terrible offense and defense in the first half but luckily the Rockets started missing some buckets and they slowly took the lead in the 3rd quarter. Harden also got pissed (which probably messed up his game) that he ain't getting any trips to the free throw line every time he tried to pick up some fouls. RoCo was a great motivator to the game and I am seeing that he has replaced Jimmy as the leader of the pack.
Quick Notes
Quick Notes
- Chris Paul only made 5 pts (including 2 FTM)
- Rose scored nothing (4 FGA)
- All the Wolves' starter scored double digits (Yes including Wiggins)
I watched some high lights of the game and it looks like the Timberwolves has played perfectly against Houston. Yes they were down but suddenly they played good defence and shot 3's to closed the gap in the 3rd quarter and never look back. Although Houston attempted to come back and cut the lead to single digits if I'm not mistaken, Wolves able to hold that rally and then took Houston out for good.
Nah! It's just 1 win though and all I think is will they be able to get to the playoffs. I am not belittling the wolves but I guess it's too early to celebrate and what I have observed is that the rockets are not giving their A-game in these one.
And Rockets just lost again. I think it will be too late if they don't give their A-game. Lol. And it looks like they still feeling the Melo ghost inside their dug-out because they were blown away by Utah. So its going to be hard for Rockets to duplicate their performance last year.
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The ejection of Gobert is a blessing in disguise for them. I didnt expect that the Rockets will play like this where there are all healthy. Favors had a double double and showed that he is a good center too. The loss of their 2 defenders is their loss. If they sticked to their roster last year and didnt made some trades then there is a chance that this will not happen to them. They are a disappointment and many are feeling it. Rockets are not playing like they did last year.
Look at the Rockets, they get rid of Melo and now you can see them standing in Rank 2 and possibly will stay at number 1, that's because they have a good flow of offense now, we saw PG level up his game and Dennis Schroder as a back up of Westbrook.
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The ejection of Gobert is a blessing in disguise for them. I didnt expect that the Rockets will play like this where there are all healthy. Favors had a double double and showed that he is a good center too. The loss of their 2 defenders is their loss. If they sticked to their roster last year and didnt made some trades then there is a chance that this will not happen to them. They are a disappointment and many are feeling it. Rockets are not playing like they did last year.
What the hell just happened?!!!
Houston vs. Utah
Gobert was out in the first quarter in disappointment for 2 fouls in just 5 minutes.
And then the rest is freaking great.
Damn Utah ate Houston for 30+ point lead without Gobert. Is their chemistry better when their center is out?!!
Love how Favors played them and he got double double. Ricky Rubio is also on fire and same with Joe Ingles.
Exum also showed how great he played.
Quin Snyder might want to overhaul his player rotation by now.
Houston vs. Utah
Gobert was out in the first quarter in disappointment for 2 fouls in just 5 minutes.
And then the rest is freaking great.
Damn Utah ate Houston for 30+ point lead without Gobert. Is their chemistry better when their center is out?!!
Love how Favors played them and he got double double. Ricky Rubio is also on fire and same with Joe Ingles.
Exum also showed how great he played.
Quin Snyder might want to overhaul his player rotation by now.
Utah is not a bad team to start with, but 30 point lead is not what we see everyday. So I guess, the rockets lossing that large of a gap might be in a bad shooting night and the jazz just sinking their shot in an easy passion.
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That was a blowout loss for the Houston Rockets while at the same time really embarassing. And to add for that, Utah Jazz cager, Donovan Mitchell, showed an off-night performance on that game producing only 6 pts on 26 minutes but still Utah managed to pumped up the lead.
"They got off to a really good third quarter. We didn't make shots. They made shots. We had a couple mental errors on defense and they capitalized."
James Harden
"Starting off the third quarter, we were down eight. They went on a 9-0 run quick. We just got to be better."
Chris Paul
"They had 15 points off our turnovers in the third. That fueled them. They hit 3s that we gave up. We just didn't contain our guy. They just played a lot better than we played. Just driving and kicking, being more athletic, getting to the rim. They just beat us in every which way they could."
Mike D'Antoni
What the hell just happened?!!!
Houston vs. Utah
Gobert was out in the first quarter in disappointment for 2 fouls in just 5 minutes.
And then the rest is freaking great.
Damn Utah ate Houston for 30+ point lead without Gobert. Is their chemistry better when their center is out?!!
Love how Favors played them and he got double double. Ricky Rubio is also on fire and same with Joe Ingles.
Exum also showed how great he played.
Quin Snyder might want to overhaul his player rotation by now.
Houston vs. Utah
Gobert was out in the first quarter in disappointment for 2 fouls in just 5 minutes.
And then the rest is freaking great.
Damn Utah ate Houston for 30+ point lead without Gobert. Is their chemistry better when their center is out?!!
Love how Favors played them and he got double double. Ricky Rubio is also on fire and same with Joe Ingles.
Exum also showed how great he played.
Quin Snyder might want to overhaul his player rotation by now.
From being one of the worst teams of NBA to being in the playoffs is a big step, of course nobody did process like Sixers, they literally build a whole team thanks to waiting however Dallas has done it incredibly well as well, they were champions just 7-8 years ago and right now they are jumping back up again.
GM knew what he was doing by giving away next years pick as well because they are really fighting for a spot at the playoffs so their pick wouldn't worth as much as getting Doncic. I doubt they will matter or contend for championship for couple more years but if they keep this up in 5 or so years they will become one of the big names in playoffs for years.
Jordan is temporary he is not that young anymore but DSJ and Doncic can really make a difference for another 10+ years.
GM knew what he was doing by giving away next years pick as well because they are really fighting for a spot at the playoffs so their pick wouldn't worth as much as getting Doncic. I doubt they will matter or contend for championship for couple more years but if they keep this up in 5 or so years they will become one of the big names in playoffs for years.
Jordan is temporary he is not that young anymore but DSJ and Doncic can really make a difference for another 10+ years.
Doncic has been playing like a true superstar from the beginning of his career. Dude literally plays like the best player in Dallas and he is just 19 years old on his rookie season. He never shakes when its an important point and doesn't shy away from big plays neither. I really believe this guy can become one of the best European players we had in our game and that says something huge considering we had so many amazing European people (even his team mate is all time great Dirk).
I think if he improves upon this play and puts more on top of it, he has a chance to be top 3 player in the league in 5 years or so time and stay around those levels for 10 years straight. Lets hope he doesn't get injured badly or start to not care about his training or something because it would be shame for that talent to go to waste.
I think if he improves upon this play and puts more on top of it, he has a chance to be top 3 player in the league in 5 years or so time and stay around those levels for 10 years straight. Lets hope he doesn't get injured badly or start to not care about his training or something because it would be shame for that talent to go to waste.
Love watching that guy.
Ever since I saw him do some nasty moves on the game I got pulled into watching more of him.
Yeah, this is the start of him becoming a true star. He got to a team that makes him bloom more.
Let us face it there is not much going on at Dallas anymore after their championship game. Nowitzki is also getting weaker. Doncic is their new star.
Mark Cuban should keep this guy just like what he did for Nowitzki. Plus, he looks like Captain America.
IMO, Dallas is more improve this season compared to last year, and one big reason is this guy and of course, also give credit to Jordan.
If they can make the first round in the playoffs, that would already be big for them as an achievement.
Doncic has been playing like a true superstar from the beginning of his career. Dude literally plays like the best player in Dallas and he is just 19 years old on his rookie season. He never shakes when its an important point and doesn't shy away from big plays neither. I really believe this guy can become one of the best European players we had in our game and that says something huge considering we had so many amazing European people (even his team mate is all time great Dirk).
I think if he improves upon this play and puts more on top of it, he has a chance to be top 3 player in the league in 5 years or so time and stay around those levels for 10 years straight. Lets hope he doesn't get injured badly or start to not care about his training or something because it would be shame for that talent to go to waste.
I think if he improves upon this play and puts more on top of it, he has a chance to be top 3 player in the league in 5 years or so time and stay around those levels for 10 years straight. Lets hope he doesn't get injured badly or start to not care about his training or something because it would be shame for that talent to go to waste.
Love watching that guy.
Ever since I saw him do some nasty moves on the game I got pulled into watching more of him.
Yeah, this is the start of him becoming a true star. He got to a team that makes him bloom more.
Let us face it there is not much going on at Dallas anymore after their championship game. Nowitzki is also getting weaker. Doncic is their new star.
Mark Cuban should keep this guy just like what he did for Nowitzki. Plus, he looks like Captain America.
I think lebron needs to take on a higher scoring load if his team is going to succeed. Especially in the clutch , lebron likes to differ to teammates instead of taking the big shots himself.
Lebron could of easily broke kobe's 81 point record if he was a more selfish player. I'm not saying kobe's playstyle is good but sometimes Lebron needs to be more assertive.
Lebron could of easily broke kobe's 81 point record if he was a more selfish player. I'm not saying kobe's playstyle is good but sometimes Lebron needs to be more assertive.
No need to changed style a bit. He's in the league for 15 years now. He has proven to literally changed a weak team into a better one no matter how bad he is on clutch or a flop queen like others say.
Let's put it this way; any suggestions given by others that he must do "this way" or "that way" will always lead into criticism.
He won = he got bashed
He loss = he got bashed
He achieved something = he got bashed
So no need to adjust as every action got criticized. He just have play on his usual style.
Doncic has been playing like a true superstar from the beginning of his career. Dude literally plays like the best player in Dallas and he is just 19 years old on his rookie season. He never shakes when its an important point and doesn't shy away from big plays neither. I really believe this guy can become one of the best European players we had in our game and that says something huge considering we had so many amazing European people (even his team mate is all time great Dirk).
Doncic really got my attention (well since Im a Mavericks fan) because even prior to draft pick, his name is one of the popular names that is expecting to joined NBA this season. He is one of the best players in EuroLeague that's why he created a hype.
Good thing, he was not an "overrated" player and really meet the expectations to him unlike.... never mind... I see he will be the face of the Dallas franchise for the next 2 to 3 season if everything goes well.
Are these NBA pre-season predictions on OP still valid? When does the games start? Though I don't watch NBA live games often but I love to play NBA video games well.
There's no prediction on OP. This thread is just the continuation of the past seasons, no need to create new. And as for the league, it already started its regular season last October 2018. Everyone surely plays NBA PS, PC or mobile video games. 
Spurs are going 11-14 right now and that is not really acceptable for spurs way of winning. There was no time in history Spurs have ever been under .500 for this long (in the past 3 decades, the last time they did they drafted Tim Duncan). There must be some thing that could be really helped and improved to change the team otherwise its going to hurt for them.
There will always be a first time and this could be it for the San Antonio Spurs. We have to admit that there team right is not as good compared to the last decade. They are on the rebuilding process and this would take some time before they can be a feared NBA team again, IMO. Doncic has been playing like a true superstar from the beginning of his career. Dude literally plays like the best player in Dallas and he is just 19 years old on his rookie season. He never shakes when its an important point and doesn't shy away from big plays neither. I really believe this guy can become one of the best European players we had in our game and that says something huge considering we had so many amazing European people (even his team mate is all time great Dirk).
I think if he improves upon this play and puts more on top of it, he has a chance to be top 3 player in the league in 5 years or so time and stay around those levels for 10 years straight. Lets hope he doesn't get injured badly or start to not care about his training or something because it would be shame for that talent to go to waste.
I think if he improves upon this play and puts more on top of it, he has a chance to be top 3 player in the league in 5 years or so time and stay around those levels for 10 years straight. Lets hope he doesn't get injured badly or start to not care about his training or something because it would be shame for that talent to go to waste.
Dallas seems to have a good knack at getting good players from europe. We're probably looking at the next dirk in the same uniform lol. Doncic for me would likely be the runaway for roy if ben simmons doesn't take it from him lol 🤣🤣🤣
Doncic has been playing like a true superstar from the beginning of his career. Dude literally plays like the best player in Dallas and he is just 19 years old on his rookie season. He never shakes when its an important point and doesn't shy away from big plays neither. I really believe this guy can become one of the best European players we had in our game and that says something huge considering we had so many amazing European people (even his team mate is all time great Dirk).
I think if he improves upon this play and puts more on top of it, he has a chance to be top 3 player in the league in 5 years or so time and stay around those levels for 10 years straight. Lets hope he doesn't get injured badly or start to not care about his training or something because it would be shame for that talent to go to waste.
I think if he improves upon this play and puts more on top of it, he has a chance to be top 3 player in the league in 5 years or so time and stay around those levels for 10 years straight. Lets hope he doesn't get injured badly or start to not care about his training or something because it would be shame for that talent to go to waste.
Are these NBA pre-season predictions on OP still valid? When does the games start? Though I don't watch NBA live games often but I love to play NBA video games well.
LeBron James is on fire scored 42 points to lead the Lakers vs San Antonio for their 4th straight win. The Lakers team is unbelievable and undeniable! I can't wait to see them to against Warriors on Christmas!
By the way, Stephen Curry made 42 points against Cavalier. A great show for today I've watched.
By the way, Stephen Curry made 42 points against Cavalier. A great show for today I've watched.
I think lebron needs to take on a higher scoring load if his team is going to succeed. Especially in the clutch , lebron likes to differ to teammates instead of taking the big shots himself.
Lebron could of easily broke kobe's 81 point record if he was a more selfish player. I'm not saying kobe's playstyle is good but sometimes Lebron needs to be more assertive.
LeBron James is on fire scored 42 points to lead the Lakers vs San Antonio for their 4th straight win. The Lakers team is unbelievable and undeniable! I can't wait to see them to against Warriors on Christmas!
By the way, Stephen Curry made 42 points against Cavalier. A great show for today I've watched.
Its obvious that the Lakers are good on their home with a record of 10-4 but they are not good at road. Lets see how they will be if they will be playing consecutive games on the road. Anyway, good job on the Lakers. Lakers need LeBron to fire up especially on scoring in order for them to win the game.By the way, Stephen Curry made 42 points against Cavalier. A great show for today I've watched.
The highlight for me is how the Thunder erased their 20+ lead against Brooklyn to win on road 114-112. PG13 scored 47 pts and another triple double for Ninja Turtle (Westbrook).
LeBron James is on fire scored 42 points to lead the Lakers vs San Antonio for their 4th straight win. The Lakers team is unbelievable and undeniable! I can't wait to see them to against Warriors on Christmas!
By the way, Stephen Curry made 42 points against Cavalier. A great show for today I've watched.
By the way, Stephen Curry made 42 points against Cavalier. A great show for today I've watched.
It is starting to get a bit scary for Spurs. I mean Lakers is doing great and Lebron has managed to find his "not working too hard to save some energy but also manage to impact the game somehow" system at shooting threes a lot more than he is used to and he hits them too!
But even with that Lakers are still not a great team considering the side picks for Lebron is not that much greater than any other teams normal roster. Take Lebron out and Lakers is just a regular team.
Spurs are going 11-14 right now and that is not really acceptable for spurs way of winning. There was no time in history Spurs have ever been under .500 for this long (in the past 3 decades, the last time they did they drafted Tim Duncan). There must be some thing that could be really helped and improved to change the team otherwise its going to hurt for them.
But even with that Lakers are still not a great team considering the side picks for Lebron is not that much greater than any other teams normal roster. Take Lebron out and Lakers is just a regular team.
Spurs are going 11-14 right now and that is not really acceptable for spurs way of winning. There was no time in history Spurs have ever been under .500 for this long (in the past 3 decades, the last time they did they drafted Tim Duncan). There must be some thing that could be really helped and improved to change the team otherwise its going to hurt for them.
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