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October 28, 2018, 10:49:52 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, 04:38:44 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, 02:38:53 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, 02:33:55 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, 02:12:22 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, 01:45:44 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, 12:13:28 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, 10:05:20 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, 09:43:14 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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October 27, 2018, 07:29:52 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.
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October 27, 2018, 07:09:53 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.
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October 27, 2018, 06:51:36 PM
NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.
Warriors know themselves already because their roster hasn't changed that much in these past seasons. If they will trade some players, it will be coming from their bench and whatever player they will trade, there is always a substitute into it. I think these helped them know who is red hot in every game. They know every strength and weakness of each player since they played for many seasons already.

I'm just curious into what is happening on Rockets right now. They have a slow start in this season.

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.
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October 27, 2018, 04:35:15 PM
I'm opening this season with a $20 bet on the Suns @ 2.00

Let's see if I can go 2/2 with my second bet of the season. I've picked Bucks handicap -9.5 @1.95

Reasons why:

  • the obvious one - home court advantage
  • Although Bucks had a game in Minnesota last night, the starters played only 20-25 minutes, it is also the start of the season so they shouldn't be tired of back to back games.
  • In fact, Magic had two pretty decent away games, 1pt loss to Heat and surprising win over Boston, I just don't see anyone able to guard Giannis, it's time they get a bad away loss.
  • Bucks are the highest scoring team in the East and have the highest point differential in the entire league @14.2pts
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October 27, 2018, 11:52:44 AM
NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.

It is just that GSW's chemistry is so freaking good.
They know who is hot and where to pass the ball. They know how their team mates move. It is like a brotherhood already with the same mind set.

It can be beaten but what team really plays like that?
They lose against Denver but just for a little deficit. Houston seems to be whack when CP3 is not around and their style is full of isolation plays. I would very much like to see games that includes every player on the court.

GSW's is playing for so long and win championships already so there's no doubt that the chemistry is there and they know each other even if those playing have their eyes close. We have seen it in last year's finals game with the Cavs. Just look at how they rotated and ever opposing man are covered.

Of course they can be beaten, but its extremely hard. As far as Houston though, CP3 is like a glue so if he is not around then expect players turn into a isolation with less passes.
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October 27, 2018, 09:05:26 AM
NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.
Warriors know themselves already because their roster hasn't changed that much in these past seasons. If they will trade some players, it will be coming from their bench and whatever player they will trade, there is always a substitute into it. I think these helped them know who is red hot in every game. They know every strength and weakness of each player since they played for many seasons already.

I'm just curious into what is happening on Rockets right now. They have a slow start in this season.
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October 27, 2018, 07:38:49 AM
NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.

It's the other way, Knicks didn't choke, they're just not that good of a team and despite having a close game until the middle of the fourth quarter. Warriors can finish ANY given game in a matter of minutes. Exactly what happened last night, Durant took over and it was all over in 4 minutes.

The team that really choked was the Nets, they had a 7pt lead with 1:50 left, then with less than 8 seconds on the clock, Nets had the ball and 1pt lead + no timeouts for Pelicans, instead of just holding the ball and getting fouled, stupid D- Lo turns the ball over for no fucking reason. After that Nets got a tech and another turnover trying to inbound the ball. This is a CHOKE JOB.
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October 27, 2018, 04:02:26 AM
NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.

It is just that GSW's chemistry is so freaking good.
They know who is hot and where to pass the ball. They know how their team mates move. It is like a brotherhood already with the same mind set.

It can be beaten but what team really plays like that?
They lose against Denver but just for a little deficit. Houston seems to be whack when CP3 is not around and their style is full of isolation plays. I would very much like to see games that includes every player on the court.
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October 27, 2018, 12:44:08 AM
NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.
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October 26, 2018, 01:32:46 PM
After starting with 3 losses in a row Lakers turned it around and won twice in a row. Without Ingram and Rondo that is a great accomplishment. I do not know why Michael Beasley is not playing in the games, last night he had like 2 minutes of playing time total, he could really help the team on the 4-5 spot when Mcgee is not playing, the only weak position of Lakers.

Considering Lebron has been really caring about the team again (he didn't really played, he "lecoast"ed first games thinking he can get away with it) we will see a different Lakers team this time around. They started out with a mindset of "lets see how this goes" and quickly realized if they do not give their best effort they can't reach to playoffs in western conference. They need to really work hard to be in the playoffs, Lebron can't lecoast and be in 4th 5th position like he did in the east.
I think for this there are gsw fans will react again and will say lebron can not make lakers go to finals because basketball is not one man team but the main tought is any team in the nba can bring into the playoffs even in the nba final by lebron james. I do not think anyone of the superstar of gsw can do what lebrons did.
Theres no question if we do talk about the capability of Lebron but I would still say that a good teamwork and collaboration will really be a great factor for them to reach into playoffs or even to finals.There might be some decisions had been made but they do saw that it doesn't really work.It just really needs time for it to be polished.There are really things that no other superstar can beat up on what Lebron did.
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October 26, 2018, 01:25:09 PM
After starting with 3 losses in a row Lakers turned it around and won twice in a row. Without Ingram and Rondo that is a great accomplishment. I do not know why Michael Beasley is not playing in the games, last night he had like 2 minutes of playing time total, he could really help the team on the 4-5 spot when Mcgee is not playing, the only weak position of Lakers.

Considering Lebron has been really caring about the team again (he didn't really played, he "lecoast"ed first games thinking he can get away with it) we will see a different Lakers team this time around. They started out with a mindset of "lets see how this goes" and quickly realized if they do not give their best effort they can't reach to playoffs in western conference. They need to really work hard to be in the playoffs, Lebron can't lecoast and be in 4th 5th position like he did in the east.
I think for this there are gsw fans will react again and will say lebron can not make lakers go to finals because basketball is not one man team but the main tought is any team in the nba can bring into the playoffs even in the nba final by lebron james. I do not think anyone of the superstar of gsw can do what lebrons did.
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