Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 312. (Read 914618 times)

Looks like the rivalry between Luka and Booker is still alive and this time it was the Suns who dominated the Mavericks easily. Looks like these star players are constantly improving and a rivalry like this one will further push them to surpass their limits. I'm sure Luka Doncic will not gonna forget this one and continue to train more after facing this humiliation this is just a regular season game, he needs to win next time in order to set their rivalry on fire because if he lets Booker win against them easily next time, it is as if he already forfeited. But at the end of the day, this is what I want to see, not just a single star player dominate everyone without even having any torn to stop him from winning games.

Houston Rockets lost to Portland 131-137 in overtime in a match that ended 124-124 in regular time at home.
Turkish Basketball player Alperen Şengün caught my attention the most.
He is gradually increasing his performance and statistics in the NBA, where he arrived in 2021-2022.
Alperen had good statistics again in the match played last night.
He finished the match with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, but this was not enough to prevent the loss.
If he continues to improve his performance, he will be transferred by other teams in the NBA. It wouldn't be surprising if he plays for the Los Angeles Lakers in the future.

Thanks for summing it up.

This is the reason why I don't want Doc Rivers in the Bucks now. Giannis is in a mental state where he wants to win a title again, and that affects his other teammates, but what they have is a coach that what I called in the past "Coach Choke Rivers". I mean let's face it, he's the type of coach where he will choke when his team is in the lead during the playoffs. Did it with the Clippers twice, also did it with the Sixers, and like what he said, he's responsible for 4 of the 13 3-1 lead series that ended up as a loss. I don't know what to say now, but if you ask me, Coach Budenholzer is way better to coach this Bucks team than Coach Choke Rivers, and for sure many will agree with me.

I just hope that Coach Bud will return, and coach another team if not Milwaukee again, and as for the Bucks getting a new coach, It's good that they got a new coach, but not a coach that's choking during the playoffs. I mean C'mon Bucks management. It's like they're gambling the future of their all-stars with this one. Anyway, I might be too pessimistic with Coach Doc Rivers so I guess let us just see how he will coach this Bucks team, and how fit he is in this role. I JUST HOPE THAT HE WILL NOT CHOKE DURING THE PLAYOFFS.

I believe we were talking about Giannis, not LeBron.  At least I was.  I think Giannis is the most dominant player in the key that today's NBA has and if he were paired with the best shooter the league has ever seen I think they would be nearly unstoppable.  They'd just need a couple other shooters who can play defense to spread the floor and another big man willing to bang with the opposing team's center every night and they'd be a lock for a couple titles in my opinion.

Golden state doesn't need lebron, they need more young fresh legs on the team.  Pairing old stars together always fails.  Just because of theor age it's always likely that one or two guys are always out or they get ran off the court by a younger more athletic team.  Also all the bench players feel like they just need to feed the stars holding back what they can offer a team.

That is crappy reasoning from the Bucks management and they hired a coach who specialized in offense so it's not like they did the right thing here.
Anyway, Coach Rivers is known as a veteran so I guess they will rely on his experience to do better than Coach Griffin. Still, I preferred Griffin more because he is young, which might have been a factor in the blooming Giannis.

CBS made an article about the Bucks' change of coach.
Why hiring Doc Rivers is a mistake for the championship-minded Bucks
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/why-hiring-doc-rivers-is-a-mistake-for-the-championship-minded-bucks/
If this team keeps on losing after he was hired, there will surely be a lot of locker room gossips and it won't be good for the team's chemistry.
A failure with tandems. He may have won a championship but when pairing players he ain't so good about it. The Celtics had a trio before which allowed them to win a championship, here in Bucks they have two stars that need to fill a lot of chemistry because they are newly paired. I just hope Coach Rivers has some format on how he could take advantage of these two great players.

That's like a punch to the face. Bucks' management should feel that.

Well, let's just take a look at the statistics and Coach Rivers is very popular with these numbers.

What are the Bucks expecting with their defense after giving away Jrue Holiday? It's kind of mind-boggling.

That has been the problem for the Bucks though, I mean it's always the head of the coach that will roll. Budenholzer is also a casualty, and as far as I can remember, there were reports that he will also be fired until he bring a ring into the Bucks. But what happen the following years? He was replaced and then the one another one?

So what's with the Bucks getting rid of their coaches in a snap right now? Adrian Griffin put a lot of effort since the trade to at least bring the Bucks in top or where they are right now. But then replace him 43-44 games? Let's see if this decision is a hit or miss, but looking at some of the replies, it might be the Bucks choking in the playoff with Doc Rivers.

Yeah, that was like we're the ones talked about it and it was just a rumor or there's some truth on it but we'll never know until it comes from him.

I reckon for that transfer if he's going to find another team then it should be with the Golden State Warriors. But what's funny here is that he's trying to get his brother as well some career attached to his and we'll see if he's like that when his contract expires or he don't sign any extension anymore if there will be some condition that he's only going to go there if they also sign his brother. I dunno but it's just a happy meme that I've noticed with the talks on the socials when the topic is all about him.

And speaking of Steph, did he just mentioned if there is another team that he'd love to play and it's going to be Hornets? Well, that makes sense since his father stayed there for a long time.

I mean looking at how Celtics are going, I wouldn't be shocked about that neither, Bucks might be good but they are not looking like the best team out of east at the moment neither. They might be second seed right now, so that is why it may look like there is just one single team (celtics) that looks better, but we have seen 8th seed go to finals before, which means that it is not impossible for Bucks to get knocked off by someone eventually.

All in all, I have not seen anything that indicate a finals for them, not that it would be impossible, we have seen them get a ring before, so it is possible that they could go there, but I still feel like it will not be all that easy, it will probably take some time to get to that level.

His records and performances were no doubt at his best and together with Rui Hachimura, both them were loved by the LA fans.

But if the Lakers management doesn't see their worth, they can't do anything with that and a transfer is going to happen no matter what type of love they show for the franchise. That's it in the NBA. 

There were talks about him going to Golden State but I think that was mostly fan talk.  However, I believe he still hasn't signed an extension to his contract so I think after this year (or is it next?) he can decide to go wherever he wants.  In my opinion he needs to go somewhere with good defense and shooting.  That to me screams Golden State, but they'd need to hold on to Klay (is he still playing good defense) and Wiggins for their defensive abilities and shooting.  Draymond would be as good as gone.  I don't think it would really matter though.  Steph and Giannis would be a combination that would be impossible for any team to stop.  I think it would be more effective than Shaq and Kobe. 

IIRC, Doc just let James Harden do his thing when they were together. It may not be the best choice for the Bucks but I agree that this is just some welcoming development when they need some changes.

Well, that's probably his next move when things don't go with the way he wants it to be. Was it that there were talks about him wanting to transfer in GSW, right? at some point like less than a year ago. Anyway, I am not expecting to have some good things happening with Bucks with Doc's first games with them and that's normal if they get a few loss but I am not trying to be negative as I want to be.

I don’t think Doc will be any better. The Sixers let him go for a reason…. The Bucks have underperformed over the years though so they need to do whatever it takes to make Giannis happy. I still think ultimately for the good of the game of basketball he should pair up with Steph Curry for at least one season. I think that pairing would be like LeBron and Klay on steroids.

I am a Giannis fan but I don't like what has happened there all of a sudden. Giannis just heard something wrong with what Coach Griffin said against his brother and now, I've seen some articles saying that there's something wrong with his coaching and so him and Damian don't listen to his tactics and instructions. As a franchise player, you'll really gonna be heard by the management. But as an athlete and professional player, is this a right thing to do?

Anyway, it's just pure business for the Bucks and they'll listen to their franchise player whatever the requests are so that their star won't leave the franchise. I'd say good luck to Doc Rivers if he's going to coach this team but he's just answering the call in the times of need and that's fine and he's having a job so any coach that they prefer, they just need someone who's going to replace Griffin as soon as possible and same scenario might occur again in the future.

Everybody has a slump game, but D'Angelo Russell got some consistent Slump for the Lakers, but for sure he needs to get this done right now D'Angelo Russell must get his game together while Andrew Wiggins in my opinion is also getting a game slump aswell well, I am saying this because from dunking in face against Luka Doncic, to this Wiggins that is having a mistake, for sure the Warriors if they don't have any trade available I think they don't really need to trade at all, they could wait for Wiggins to reawake from this kind of nightmare and they could give him a word of advise to be the Wigs back then, but for sure if this happens then the Warriors will be in a whole new level again,


For sure the new Damian Lillard would need guidance from the coach and what is his position to the team could be, but the team is inconsistent in the start of the season when Damian Lillard is on the team, for sure It is Adrian Griffin's fault or negligence well, this speculation that the Bucks will fired Adrian Griffin's was back since the Bucks Lost to the Indiana Pacers which is on December which for me I think that the Indiana Pacers is a reliable team right now so losing to them is just OK in my opinion, but the Milwaukee Bucks for sure doesn't want Adrian Griffin anymore and to change that they are giving their trust to Doc Rivers,

https://theathletic.com/5222650/2024/01/23/bucks-adrian-griffin-firing-why-doc-rivers/

They just wanted to fix their team as soon as possible because if they do it later, they might gonna facing some huge problems with their adjustment and they need to boost their defense also they need a veteran coach like Doc and it should be worth a try if they can further improve their games with stronger defense this time with their new coach. Nevertheless, there are no worthy candidates to fill that position right now for the Bucks, and to make it even worse, they are not the only ones who are looking for a good coach like Doc Rivers because other teams are also considering hiring him as well.

There are reports that says players were not happy when they lost in the in-season tournament and he lost the locker room eventually. I would not fault the management for stepping in despite Griffin's good record since that is a valid excuse. They are an ambitious team that's aiming for another title so any crack among players and staff should be dealt with as soon as possible.

Well, the record is definitely bad. And they will have to utilize every chance to win. I think in the next game they have a pretty good chance. Because you know the opponent is not very strong at this moment. I think in the next game Utah Jazz will have to lay confidently. Because if they are unable to win the next match, it is definitely going to be a little surprising. And it will also be a chance missed for them. But at the same time, wizards also might think the same thing. Because Utah Jazz is not performing very well they might also think that this is a chance for them. I personally think it is going to be a pretty competitive game.

They aren't using the combo of Clarkson and Lauri Markkanen, instead they make Sexton as their superstar which is easy to predict since he loves to attack the paint but not good in passing the ball. I think they should go back to their old style, make Clarkson to penerate and make him a good passer. Last time I remember they have a perfect offense was when Clarkson got a triple double, first in his career.

When they are moving the ball well, they seemed to play better. However, a loss to the Pelicans is not surprising at all as the Utah Jazz are not a good road team while the Pelicans came from a blowout loss to the Phoenix, so it's imperative that they'll bounce back.

Let's see on the next game of the Jazz, they will be playing with the Wizards who are also a struggling team.

By the way, to prove they have a bad road record, here's their record "7 - 17".....  

JJJ should be part of the starting line up, he has more positive contribition on the floor han Martin. I hope he will be back soon.

And there's the latest update about him.  https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4432848/jaime-jaquez-jr

Once he is 100% okay, will play his usual, this Miami team could be a championship contender team.