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A good question that they need to figure it out, is it the players or the coaching personnel who always relying with LeBron? Pairing players
with Both Bron and Davis should not be an issue.

They both playing to compete and what they are needed is someone who can play the same level, correct me if I'm wrong but it seems that the blending
of players inside should be the thing that the coaching staff needs to fix.

Trading though might be another option, finding players who can adds up to the level of competitiveness of Davis and LeBron someone who
can give both stars some rest but still have that same level executions.

And I think that's is the thing, D'Lo did good during the IST tournament as far as I know, he did contribute to the offense as a guard/shooting guard with the Lakers. And so if they just keep on winning, those trade won't happen as they wanted their core to be intact.

But the problem is as we have seen, after winning why the Lakers play goes down?

Should trading their players is the real answer? Or is this another bad decision on their part again and they seems to really can't find the right players to blend with Lebron and Davis.

 I also believe that the Los Angeles Lakers will make it to the play-offs. The nice thing about basketball is that even if you haven't done anything during the season and get into the play-offs, you still have a chance to win the championship.
When LJ and Anthony get tired, D Angelo Russel may be the player who will take the scoring load. He is both young and has a lot of energy to prove himself to be a star.
 I always follow the Lakers because of the king of the NBA. Almost like LeBron, I follow his team. LJ is undoubtedly the biggest legend after Jordan

You shouldn't be surprise with the players now. They were just exactly the same team last season, they qualify the play-in and  reach the playoffs. In fact, they reach the WCF but fall to the Nuggets. That's how dangerous the Lakers are, they seemed to be more competitive in important games, just like what they did during the in season championship, if you guys still remember.

Maybe there are players that will be traded but Davis and Lebron will remain. They have made changes already in the past but Davis was still there, so it's most likely D Angelo Russell that will be traded, that's for sure.

I believe something similar is happening with the Lakers like in the last season...
In the 22-23 season they had a regular performance, they had the capacity to get a good seed in the playoffs but finished in 7th place in the regular season.
I even imagine that the Lakers situation is unknown, they are a good team, but I don't know what's happening with them either, I don't know if it's a lack of chemistry between the players, staff or something like that, I imagined that one of the problems could be the current coach at that time (Frank Vogel), but he was traded to the Suns and Darvin Ham replaced him, but even so I feel that the Lakers are not that team with great potential that many fans (including myself) would be waiting.

But one thing I know, I have no doubt that the Lakers are still a dangerous team in the playoffs.
Last season they proved this, they had a season with a regular performance, they managed 7th place in the regular season and even so they reached the conference finals against the Nuggets.
I even dare to say that perhaps there is a missing player to help LJ and AD when either of them are tired and that he can take on the responsibility... I don't know if D'Angelo Russell, Prince, Hachimura or Reaves are ready for this (although they are "key players" who can help the team)

Obviously it's not Davis, but something deep that it's hard to understand because after winning the IST, they suddenly become a garbage team. Of course there is rumor of trade of some players, but still though, they should have the momentum after winning.

But they turn into a champion into a mediocre team in an instant. For me it should be Darvin Ham's responsibility, he is the coach after all and it seems that he is not doing his job currently. Make adjustments, but he can't find the right combination.

It's definitely not just him. Davis had a lot of injury trouble last year (if memory serves).
In the last game, LeBron and Davis tried to keep the team alive, but they were not enough. Even if two of them show performance that will win the match, the other friends should also contribute to the score at least a little. Last year there was Dennis Schroder and he also contributed well from time to time. He contributed an average of 10 points. He also went to Toronto. When it comes to NBA, many people think of the Los Angeles Lakers and I hope they get out of this bad situation as soon as possible.

The Detroit Pistons will be underdogs for a long time unless they are playing against the likes of the Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Wizards, and San Antonio Spurs. We might see a bit of spread added to those games. I think it will only change if they make some movement before the deadline on February 8, 2024. Big movements are what they need.

Oh yeah! Count me in! I will be voting for that dude.
Here are my picks.

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It will be in Indy, don't forget to vote for Hali. He had done a good job putting the Pacers in the Finals of the NBA Cup. They may have not won it but that's a great feat for a young team like them. Stats-wise, he is also the leader in assists with a 12.7 average per game. That's nasty. That young player is playing like Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns back when he got a back-to-back season MVP who also led the league in assists. I think he deserves to be an All-Star even if this will not be in Indy.

If you look at Davis' stats, you'll notice that he averages both scoring and rebounding this regular season as well as he did for the Pelicans earlier in his career. So, I don't think he's the reason why the Lakers have been so mediocre. The reason is clearly something else, and the Lakers need to figure it out as soon as possible since they have only won 3 games after winning the in-season tournament.

Gabe was not traded to the Lakers actually, they signed him as a replacement for Dennis Schroder which obviously didn't go well so far as we all have seen about his performance, plus he is now become one of the biggest liability to the Lakers for being out most of the games they played due to injury. Well, can't blame the Lakers management because Gabe played very well in the playoffs playing for Miami Heat but now he looks like being robbed of his talent disappeared when the team needed him lol.
On the other hand, the GSW will pull a trade for sure because they seriously needs adjustments, otherwise they'll losing.

Nothing betrayal happen to Dray and its pure business matter since he also need to understand that what he do recently can really affect his position on GSW. And since he became a toxic member on the roster for always having a controversy then he should understand that decision like this is likely to happen. Also it make sense to GSW to have good changes and Dray and Wiggins will be a good piece for them to trade then get a good return since I think they still have a good trading value.

GSW is in bad shape so I guess there's something roster adjustment will happen to them since for sure they don't like to be on bad position which they are in trouble to get a slot on playoffs.

Gabe was not a good trade for the Lakers. And I have heard of the rumor trade from the GSW about releasing Wiggins and  Draymond.
I think that is going to get some good change for the GSW if they will get to trade the two and who are they going to take? I wonder how Dray will feel if he is betrayed like Poole but then, it is a business decision.

Sga is a great young player but embid literally wins games all on his own.  Not just on offense but defense too.  Take embid off that Philly team and they are one of the worst in the league, keep him on and they can contend for a championship.  Putting down embid and jokic in co.parison to sga is a weird angle they are all great.

Sengun is a great kid, I keep seeing him all the time on instagram with NBA account, he definitely averages almost all-star levels on stats as well. Even if we assume that he doesn't become all-star, which is totally possible, back in the day he could have been, it was every position, now it's just guards and forwards basically, it's not the same, and Sengun doesn't have that many spots to be picked.

However, even if he doesn't, we could safely say that he would be around, like if one or two people misses it, then Sengun will be there to get in, that is without a question true. His only unlucky part is that no other all-star level players seems to be injured, which means he would probably not get that chance to play.

I see it is just a coincidence if you look at all of the Detroit Pistons games they are all so close to winning yet they are losing every game for sure if you look at every game they have you can see a great player like Bojan Bogdanovic, Cade Cunningham Marvin Bagley III that is doing great with every game they take, and for the game on the Toronto Raptors it was Jalen Duren in my opinion and his participation on the game that made a slight edge winning for the Detroit Piston, for sure many want Piston to retain the Lossing streak record but it is a bad reputation for the team to get this kind f results,


Philadelphia 76ers had many injuries going into the Chicago Bulls game and it was quite a bad idea getting a bet on them but for sure they got it, and their massive 2 consecutive wins were the thing you are sure about that is why you bet for them but as I think it is just a coincidence that some teams are losing and some team don't this is the game of basketball and anything can surely happen that is why it is really hard to predict,


I agree! Zach LeVine is certainly a unique, player but maybe because of the rumors that the team will trade him out have got him a little out of context, but Chicago Bulls is so much ready every time Zach LeVine is on the team but apparently, if they would trade him for a better player then I think Zach LeVine deserves a good team, I really wish he can be in a team where his type of playing will work in their system and that he could be a Pillar and not just a backup,

It's amazing how Los Angeles, which won its first in-season tournament as champions, ended up in such a bad situation.
Yes, LeBron is the star of the team, but despite his age, he plays more than 35 minutes in these matches. If there is no other player next to LeBron who can support him and contribute to his scoring, the championship is considered a dream. Anthony Davis looks far from his old form. Injuries set him back a lot. If he regains his old form, LeBron and Anthony will be enough for Los Angeles.

NBA nowadays is more on offense and sacrifice defense that’s why the total score is always a score fest especially when the fight involves top seed team. Team usually just focus on recovering through scoring in return unlike before that defense is always an important part of the game to limit any team from scoring. I believe only 4th quarter when score is tight defense starts to take effect.


Chicago bulls? Are you talking about MJ or Rose era because this the only time I saw bulls dominate the league. Boston Celtics is always been the running for top seed for a long time.

Sengun will probably not be an all-star this season due to his position, although he had an all-star level season. Jokic, Davis and possibly KAT is almost certainly will be selected in his position. If one of them can't participate, he will probably be next in line. But I expect him to be a regular in the coming years. To make a simple calculation, the first five of the 2024 western all-star team will be sga-doncic-lebron-durant-jokic. the reserves will be curry, fox, booker, ant, davis, kawhi and george. So there is only one spot left. His opponents are players like towns, markkanen, sabonis and ingram. In my eyes, Alperen is ahead of them, but his team is a little unstable. If his team catches a series and goes to 6-7th place or something, it will be a little bit glamourized, but it's hard.

Lately I have not been a fan of NBA until I started following other people bets and I saw a huge amount of bets at least in the casino where I usually play which is the one in my signature are on basketball.I love playing every single game there with over as my preferred bets as they score a lot of points usually and the over bet is the most played from other people too.I find it quite strange that since the time I used to watch every game of NBA several years ago when Chicago Bulls used to dominate this and then it was Sacramento Kings,since then I have lost the interest to watch games here yet the interest is sparked again and seeing some team like Bolton Celtics leading the NBA is strange to me at least.The NBA keeps me wake at night when there are no soccer matches to entertain myself by betting in here.

All-Star voting continues until January 20. Votes cast today will be counted 3x.
Don't forget to vote for Alperen Şengün in the voting. He deserves to be an All-Star with the play he played this season. He became the locomotive that carried the Rockets and broke records in many areas as a young big man. He would be an entertaining All-Star player with his passes, he is already a very sympathetic person. I hope the coaches, media and players pick him even if he isn't picked in the top 5.