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I really think there is a positive that happens when Draymond Green is suspended and that is because in his steed there is Trayce Jackson-Davis that have changed the landscape of defense for the Warriors and I say Literal defense getting the block and now has helped the Warriors a lot and in their game against the Boston Celtics Trayce Jackson-Davis helped them a lot as the defense is so elite and with his tall stature those assist inside where a safe scoring spot now for the Warriors a truly a unicorn of his caliber and he is also learning the Warriors play style, for sure on the way he plays now he is like more reliable than Victor Wembanyama, but I think it is because Wembanyama ended in the wrong team,


There are many insane Comeback for sure and there are tons, the Ja Morant comeback for the Memphis Grizzlies from that 5 game consecutive losses has solidified the Grizzlies' winning for sure,

While the Golden State Warriors win against the Boston Celtics was really shocking a comeback for sure and because of Trayce Jackson-Davis there is a new dimension with the Warriors' defense and offense aswell and because Draymond Green is not around it becomes a good thing as now Trayce Jackson-Davis has more playing time and now that Steve Kerr have noticed this kid maybe he will surely give him a lot of playing time now,

Another Comeback was the 1st win for the Portland Trail Blazers after the 7 consecutive losses they had and now they won against the Phoenix Suns in a close game last time it was surely a victory for them,

I wasn't all in on embid getting mvp but he is playing with a chip on his shoulder it seems.  Dude is having the best year of his career and NO ONE can stop him.  What a great move shedding Harden from this team.  So long as embid is healthy they will certainly contend for the Eastern Conference Champs at a minimum. Very early on but dude looks different this year.

I think I can say that Joel Embiid actually single-handedly was able to win them the match.  Of course, he had support from another player, Maxey.  However dropping 51 points in a single match is definitely something to appreciate.  Well, it is pretty sure that if he actually did struggle,  his team would have lost. But of course the opposite happened. He was able to score and his team was able to win without any problem, to be honest. The team definitely got the win because of him.

I think now that we are nearing the All-Star weekend next year, we need some All-Star polls then. How about who will break Clippers winning streak, will the Thunder break it today or will they continue? Sorry, it may be short lived poll if they lost but good thing if they run it while they're hot.

Money wise, that's a sure bet for Green but career wise in terms of NBA, it might affect his team, and like you said he's still
tie with the contract it is possible that he may not allow to do this kind of deal.

Though if ever there's nothing like this that may prevent him, but he should think about his future career, short-term money making opportunity
but what may happen to his career after.

Whatever decision Green may take, he should be aiming for long-term career and not just a short-term money.

Joel Embiid really went off yesterday. Scoring 51 points against a team with the best record in the NBA and likely defensive player of the year. I’m actually impressed. I was thinking it would go the other way and Embiid would struggle and his team would lose. That was one of those games people get reminded about when the MVP voting starts.

Jake Paul just trying to ride with the hot issue in the NBA. I sure he is smart, he understands that Draymond is still under contract, if NBA players that are under contract aren't allowed to play outside the league because there's a risk of getting injured, how much more a contact sport that could potentially damage the health of Draymond Green.

So nope, this is impossible to happen for now. If Jake Paul is really interested, he has to wait until Draymond Green will retire and allow him to train in boxing first to improve his punching ability. 

It's one of the hottest issues right now in the NBA and Jake Paul being the hype job, he knows how to make fans interested on him and so they make Green a offer he can't refused, (if this is true). But I'm not sure if the NBA or the Warriors will allow him to do so. I mean he is still under contract and maybe there are some stipulations that Green can't do this kind of stuff outside of the NBA. And it will be bad for him, and currently it's not about the money, but his mental state. He needs to go to counselling first and re-evaluated in the next 3 weeks and not to think about this kind of matches that might added more pressure on his side.

With the type of character Draymond Green has, he will say yes to it. $10 million is a good opportunity to earn more during his suspension period. But Draymond has a contract commitment to the Golden State Warriors and it is necessary to get an endorsement first in the event that he does not back down from the challenge issued by Jake. In addition to that, it is clear that the Warriors will not permit Draymond to participate in an exhibition match.

Permitting Draymond to an exhibition match will worsen his personal issues because the marketing of the match will have face offs and the public interviews will be loaded up with low level types of rubbish talking and insults.

I think they are just making the deal because of how much the fans wanted to see it but this won't be easily happening because Green is not a fighter and he does his thing whenever his victims are in the blind spot. He cannot do that against Jake Paul, though I want to see him get beaten, he wouldn't sacrifice his career just because of the offer but let's see how this one will end up.

Sometimes its not about everything on their star  but rather how their role players and other core player play when their star is out of the game. Now we see how good they are if they could just step up and provide some quality plays to win a game.

But its just a single game also it can't prove anything yet so maybe they need more wins to convince fans that Heat can able to handle their opponent without their main star in rotation.

Still that is a good win since it can give them confidence that even without Butler in the team there are other player that can step and carry out them to get a win. They are far to take some spot but once they are consistent for sure they can reach to their target and do more better performance on upcoming Playoffs.

Herro signed a contract of $120 million for 4 years, so that's really huge. Though the contract is not as big as the main star of a team but to earn over $20 million per season, only few of the players are making that. Good thing that Herro is still with the Heat but if there are more opportunity for the Heat,  I think he is a good value to trade, so he needs to keep producing for the team so the trade will happen.

How about Herro+ player/s in exchange for Lavine, is it a fair trade?

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By the way, what team do you think will acquire Kenneth Lofton Jr.?

Memphis Grizzlies waive Kenneth Lofton Jr.

Probably this is one case that Herro really came up big in scoring as I will say that the team is really struggling for now as we all know that they are a new team, I mean some of  their players that really contributed to their finals appearance last year was no longer with the team.

And it's just about time for Herro to step up, he had a good contract so him and Bam and Butler are the core but they need someone in the caliber of Gabe Vincent and Caleb Matin, maybe it could be Haywood Highsmith as you have said.

It's great that they won the game without Butler. They showed that Miami Heat can win difficult matches without its star player. Herro and Adebayo were the team's top scorers, and in general, every player in the team contributed to the score.
Haywood Highsmith also had one of his best games in a long time and was a big support to Miami's victory

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Jake Paul Gives $10 Million Fight Offer to Draymond Green Following his indefinite suspension from NBA for smacking Jusuf Nurkic

As we are all aware of, Draymond is suspended indefinitely and that means he'll be losing millions of dollars while he's still in suspention. The longer he's out the more money he'll be burning. Therefore, I see this offer as an opportunity for him to regain his losses and probably have his debut in exhibition fights as maybe this will be the new path he'll go once his career with the NBA is over.

What do think about this? Will Draymond say Yes, or No?

Just sad though that Lavine was touted to be their franchise player after he was traded to the Bulls, and then in the first couple of years he said he wanted to have help so they get DeRozan from San Antonio and then added players along the way.

So it might be the problem though is Lavine here, and I will say that he is not the franchise player that everyone expected him to be, maybe just another B-level player and I think DeRozan might be a perfect fit for the Bulls, sorry for the fans of Lavine here.

Not against a good team though, at least at the current status because before the win streak, the Clippers was the center of criticism as they have 4 star players and yet they are struggling to win. Another run that Dallas made was against the OKC, they made a history on that one with a 30-0 IIRC but they didn't win that, they still fall short though.


It's better if he will not come back, I think he wanted to be traded, so there's no reason the coaching staff will play him, for what? To destroy their good chemistry?

And usually Luka thrived on this kind of comeback, but then again, the Clippers is also a good team that's why he had a hard time bringing the Mavs and then Leonard and Powell, specially Kawhi, came up big in the final quarter, so great job and their winning streak continues.

As for the Bulls, it's just 2 games though, maybe the absense of Lavine is doing great for the team right now. And this could be the lineup for them this season as there are news that Lavine wanted out of the Chicago Bulls and the rumor is that the Lakers is interested.

Depends on @ingiltere, but the last update was the team that can make the 30 wins. And I think it's a better poll as compare to the losing streak of the Pistons, it could be historic, but I don't think that anyone is going to watch them continue their losing streak.

As for the team first team that is getting 30 wins, still the Celtics on top my head. They are playing solid, except for that minor hiccup against the Golden State.

Celtics won the last poll, they might win again as they still retain the number 1 spot overall. But let's take a look at the Bucks, they are having a good run, currently a 5 win streak and counting... who knows they could overtake the Celtics at the top, and the most surprising is the Clippers, Currently at 9 win streak and number 4 in the West, just few more wins to get that 30, for sure it's unexpected but it could happen.


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