Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 321. (Read 914539 times)

I agree on this one. They may be inconsistent sometimes but these players have shown that in the times of need, they're there and they can perform well.

More time to get together and they'll be able to build chemistry. Most teams should just learn from the Nuggets journey that they don't have that much superstar caliber with their line up but they've built chemistry and they've won their first ever ring.

While for me, Reaves is like a liability of defense but in offense he's good at and we've got a lot of that in the past so that's what I think Lakers is trying to keep.

Jazz do seem to be getting some things under control, I did think that they would be going for tanking at the start of the season, so the fact that the yare winning is a surprise to me, but it is not a good thing neither for them. Right now they are 9th, not a good team, not going to win anything, but they are not tanking neither. So they will end up with neither a good playoff run, maybe not even be in playoffs, but they will also not be in the tanking system neither, not get a good draft pick neither.

This is the worst place to be, they get nothing from this, they will not become better next season neither, it is just not going to work for them. I hope that they could end up with a few more wins so they would at least be in playoffs.

It was weird seeing NBA games on so early yesterday. I guess it was due to the MLK holiday? Was funny seeing Durant post so early in the morning that Joel Embiid only needed 3 quarters to destroy the Rockets. I had to check to see what he was talking about so early….

Nice to see the Lakers closing back in on .500. With the trade deadline approaching things will start getting interesting soon.

Fans questioned the capability of Darvin Ham to lead the Lakers since for what talent he have he still struggle to strategize his team and get a lot of wins. Now they are in bad position and there's a chance that they can get a spot on play and got drop so bad in standings, They are so lucky to win against OKC and that might change  especially if there coach know how to rotate their players.

They still have a chance to figure out the problem and find a solution but if they can't fix there team and still after their recent win then lose again maybe its time to agree to the fans suggestion to change their coach then find those people who are right fit that can make their current talented players to work as a team.

They don't need to trade what they need is better system.

Utah Jazz has been performing really well in recent times. They have shown great performance. And if we talk about the last match, I have to say that they have shown a great performance. And they have been able to win this match pretty easily. Indiana Pacers have also shown a below per performance in this match. They had to do better. At least one player had to perform really well in this match for Indiana Pacers.  But that was not the case. None of them had an explosive performance which could save them.  And let's be honest, Indiana Pacers were pretty disheartened by the time they had reached the 4th quarter.  They were already so much behind in terms of points, that it was almost impossible for them to recover. And the third quarter made the difference a lot more before going to the 4th quarter.

This is expected as this team is full of superstars, and time will come they'll figure out how to win with the right chemistry.


However this one is quite surprising as Jazz is not even a playoff team but they are on a big run now. On their winning streak, they include the Bucks, Sixers, and Nuggets as their victims, so I would not be surprise if they'll beat another team like the Boston Celtics as they have been so dominant now.

Absolutely, this has to be emphasized as it's easy to blame the players while in reality it's the coaching staff that are struggling to make an effective team.

I would like to use some example so fans would believe that it's really happening in the present season.

1- The LA Clippers= When Harden was acquired, their struggle was very evident, but look what they become now, they became a championship team already. I would say they are one of the best in the West now, although not yet at the top 3 as per standing.

2- Utah Jazz = It's the present. We are seeing a healthy Utah team and they had a good run. I know you guys had watched their previous games and just like me you are also amaze. So question, did the Jazz played like this before? No, so there's still a chance for the LA Lakers.

It's not the player but more on the coaching capabilities, players are competitive but the way they are being rotate is something that
the team needs to adjust, they need to work hand in hand with these lapses.

They still have that chance if they start figuring out what they need to do in terms of adjustments, both defense and offense needs to be work out.

No need for the trade if they will be able to find that missing system that will help them to execute the right sets of game plan.

They can't be stop, I don't know when their win streak will stop, but the way they are playing now where everyone are involved, their chemistry makes their unbeatable. Let's enjoy their good run currently, 9-1 in their last 10 games, that's not the old Jazz their.

I was just wondering, it was rumored that JC is already in the trading block, will Jazz pursue the trade considering their great run?


A much needed win by the LA Lakers, and OKC just showed their youth and inexperience, it's probably what we will see in the playoffs.

Utah Jazz defeated Indiana at home and continues its superb performance. Match score 132-105
Indiana could only show resistance in the last period.
With this win, Utah rose to 9th place. The next victim will be Golden State in two days.
In the other match I was following, Los Angeles Lakers defeated Oklahoma on their home field. With a score of 112-105. The magnificent trio contributed well to the team in terms of scoring. (Lebron, Anthony, D'Angelo)
The match was competitive. The first half ended with a score of 50-50. The breaking point of the match was the 3rd period. When the Los Angeles Lakers opened the gap in the 3rd period, Oklahoma could not close the gap in the last period and the defeat was inevitable.

Yeah, and now another win for them against the Indiana Pacers. Solid team. That's what they are right now. If it's not Sexton then it will be Clarkson, if it's not Kessler then it will be Collins. They have wide options of defensive and offensive players this season and I think they will keep this streak until it goes to 10. The only trouble that they might face is after the game against the Warriors, which will be a back-to-back game where they might get exhausted and lose the game. But like I said, they have a wide range of players that are stepping up their game and their stars could rest if they want one while trusting their bench to fill the hole for them.
This is the Jazz that we saw at the start of last season, very aggressive, the defensive rate is high, Kessler with 5 super blocks, and he might not be contributing offensively but his presence is always felt by the team.
Markkanen is so damn strong today, with 32 points and 10 rebounds in just 28 minutes of playtime. The Pacers were not given a chance to get close to them during the whole game. They have short runs but the Jazz always answers with short runs too.

Lakers won! Finally. I thought they were going to sink for a couple more games but finally, Anthony Davis stepped up his game big time. 27 points and 15 rebounds. This should be his normal stats every game.

If they won't let Reaves go then that trade is not gonna happen. Well, it's evident that the Lakers are struggling but it's not too late for them, I mean they can still figure out how to start winning again. Like tonight, they are up against one of the hottest team in the NBA now, if they can beat this OKC team, then people will start talking positively about them and would probably forget that trade rumors.

Dlo showed he can still contribute to the team, like their previous game when he was the top score, although it was a losing effort but we saw what he can do. It's not the players, it's the coaching staff that needs to be fixed, get back to normal and everything will be fine.

The Lakers players and coaching staff should look for the cause of their failures in team chemistry instead of trying to get rid of role players. Sure, guys like DLo, Reaves, Rui are sometimes very inconsistent, but I still believe these guys can be very useful to the team when they find their right rhythm of play.
By the way, the last rumor I saw is that the Lakers are interested in Dejounte Murray, but they don't want to include Reaves in that deal.

As if things couldn’t get worse for the Wizards. Now their player Ryan Rollins is being accused of stealing candles and soap from a Target store (7 times). This is a guy that makes over a million dollars a year. I’m not sure if this is a case of old habits being hard to break, or if 1.7 million dollars really isn’t enough to get by in today’s economy for some people…

Dame is really fitting with the Bucks very well. One thing that is missing from their system right now is a killer Dame-Giannis pick and roll, not that they do not do it, but they are not doing it all the time and quite often. Look at Nuggets, they are literally just spamming Murray-Jokic pick and roll, they do that maybe a million times a game, they know it works, doesn't mean that either of those have to score, it means that if they do that pick and roll, there will be some help defense, and when that happens, Jokic can pass out to whoever is open. Dame and Giannis pick and roll can't be defended that easily, and if any help comes from anyone else, both of them could pass out to the open person, if no help comes, they can both score.

Nah, DLo is inconsistent, though he is the 3rd or 4th guy in the team in terms of scoring, but his inconsistency made him look like just a mediocre player. There could be a lot of pressure in LA, just like what they say, LA Lakers has a different kind of spot light, plus you've got LeBron and AD on the same team.
Though the Utah Jazz have been a good team since a couple of years ago, but I don't think they are in perfect form yet. They made it to the top in the last season, but I'm not sure what happened to them as they just gradually fell out of the playoff picture lol.

The Lakers just had exactly the same standing today and last year throughout their 40 games of the regular season. This could be a bad omen, especially now that the team is talking a lot about trade and it involves significant names like DLo, Reaves, Rui, Vando, and Cam Reddish. These guys might be a good fit for any team and the Lakers are going to build another chemistry if they pull up another trade.

Great game between the Pelicans and the Mavericks. Dallas took a good lead in the first quarter, but the Pelicans try to comeback in the 2nd. Now we are in the 3th and they made a 9-0 run talking a 8 point lead.

Luka is not playing but it was Kyrie that is carrying the team right now with already 30+ points under his name.

I think this game is going to the wire and it's very hard to predict who's going to win as the Mavs doesn't want to lose in their homecourt.

Yeah it's definitely looking like it will work out, I think what a lot of people were concerned about was all the picks they gave up for gobert.  If it didn't work it would set them back a long time because of the lack of flexibility they have moving forward.  Ant has been something else.  I think he is the one that made the biggest step up and make the wolves a top tier team. 

Wolves are doing something that has to change for a long time, and I think they are doing something that nobody really expected, that's the good part. Back when they got Gobert, people had some worries because they believed that during the era of small ball, and everyone shooting threes, they got another big man when they had KAT already, nobody assumed KAT would be able to play the PF role, that dude is the modern Center in person, he was doing well too not like he was playing badly, but they still got Gobert for some reason.

Everyone thought this "experiment" would fail, but so far they are looking good. Of course there are other players who are contributing very well too, but those two big playing together without an issue is very crucial.

Winning five in a row is no easy feat and what's more impressive is that they defeated three top teams. They are definitely on a momentum but I doubt they can break into the top 6. I think qualifying for the Play-in is the best they could do in the regular season. Who knows if they could pull off what the Heat did last season.