Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 37. (Read 912230 times)

Oh seems Nuggets doesn't really have plan to pay huge for those players who help them win a championship. If Gordon will be out in their rotation then provably that there chance to get another championship will became more lessen.

To bad for them and provably that there would be a lot more teams willing to give what Gordon ask. He's strong and performing well and for sure if he will be out on Nuggets this team will end up in half rebuilding mode. Gordon should perform good this season and stay away from injuries since if he could able to do that, maybe Nuggets will think twice not to give him what he deserve or he will get a lot of offers from other team.

Bronny James had himself a game today.  Finally he got to silence some haters.  He put up 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and a block.  He had some decent highlights too.  A pretty slick layup between two defenders (while he had two open guys on the wings) and he also caught an alley oop.  I still don't see him getting a lot of minutes during the year if he even stays on the squad, but it's nice to know he is capable of putting in some good NBA minutes for the Lakers.  Hopefully he keeps getting better as he gets more comfortable out there.

Yeah, exactly. They’re probably just trying to stay flexible so they can make sure to lock in their top guys like Jokic and Murray with the max contracts they deserve. No doubt, Gordon has made the Nuggets better, but the contract they’re offering seems a bit too high for someone who isn’t the team’s main star. He’s already won a championship with them, so hopefully, he won’t get too greedy and just take the deal to stay with the team and win more titles, and , at his age, it’s unlikely he’ll get a better offer elsewhere than what he’s getting now.

What can you say about this news?


https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10139947-nba-rumors-aaron-gordon-wont-get-150m-max-contract-offer-from-nugget

So it means that the Nuggets wanted to retain him, however, they don't want to give him the possible max contract. And so if this is the case then we might see another part of the core team of Nuggets who win their NBA ring might not be with team. He have seen, KCP is the latest of the Nuggets that decided to move out, so maybe Gordon will be the next one.

In any case, still plenty of time for him to show his worth in this coming season. Worse case scenario is that if the Nuggets won't make it to the finals, just maybe they will lose another great player in their team. Gordon has evolved into a high flyer to a veteran and a great defender and then he can still score if needed specially in clutch. Two years still though in his contract and by that time, maybe it's a different Nugget team or Gordon started to decline as well.

I said that it was a "curse" because they're making bad decisions over bad decisions over the years. I would say that it's a "metaphor", but you get what I said on that one.

Anyway, one of the worst decisions that the Clippers did is to give Kawhi an extension while they didn't give PG13 a new contract just because they're afraid that it will put the team to the 2nd apron. I get the idea that they don't want to sign PG to a max contract, but the Warriors did want to get him in exchange for young players, picks and some players as well, but the Clippers decline and instead, they let PG go for NOTHING. That alone is a bad decision already for them.

I agree with what you said that they need to rebuild, but the problem with the Clippers right now is that THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PICKS for the next years because they've been added to the OKC-LA trade that involves PG13, and in that package, that includes SGA, Tre Mann and J-Dub plus 3 future picks as well. Imagine the Clippers giving away the 1st and 2nd option for offense of Thunder now away for basically nothing because in the end, they gave away the player that they traded for it.

They're screwed, and they're screwed for the next 3-5 years just because they can't rebuild, and they will stick with the same roster for some time... at least unless they will trade Kawhi and there will be a team that will get him, but I doubt it will happen.

You know you’re a bad man when Snoop Dogg gives you a nickname. Congrats to Dalton “Westside” Knecht on his performance yesterday. He brought home a win, secured overtime, put up huge numbers, lots of highlights, and he made Bronny James look terrible. Lakers fans everywhere already falling in love with this kid.

This is true.
 
I remember that it is because of these three - Jokic, Giannis and Embiid. 3 MVP awards for Jokic, 2 for Giannis and one for Joel, and this has started since 2019.

Maybe an American is going to be the next one but who could that be?

No clue but the kid was nice in the preseason.  Definately had Ja smiling.  He is small out there but it didn't matter he is silky smooth in the pain dishing it to the right guy at the right time.  Dude has a crazy good basketball iq from the small amount of time I watched him.  Maybe he has his own insanity run one day lol.  That was a fun time.  Was battling kobe at the garden.  Calling his own game winner against Toronto lol.  Hope the kid makes it.

I just read a statistic that said the NBA MVP award hasn’t been won by an American born player in over 6 years and that seemed kind of wild to me. This would have been unheard to think about in the days of Michael Jordan. You can literally see the rest of the world catching up when it comes to basketball skills.

I think that he's got the Austin Reaves vibes and he's got the potential to be next star if he plays consistently like that in the regular season. I guess that even with AD and Lebron, Rui and Austin, CWood, he'll get the playing time that he deserve and JJ would also recognize him. Although it's true that with crucial times, it might be few times that will be entrusted on him. But he's still young and he'll be developed more with the team. At least right now, the Lakers was able to get him and he's on them.

Yup, that is true. The playing minutes that he'll get and hopefully that it will be all in fairness to him once the regular season comes. He's very like a rising star in the making but we'll see.

Yup, same with Yuki he's providing decent numbers when given that chance to play though we can't tell if that same treatment will be provided once the regular season begins. Knowing that those stars who eat a lots of minutes when playing they might get those chance and if they continue playing great they might be consider on the set rotations.

They need to showcase everything even in practice so they'll be able to established that trust and not just for some games but will be a usual practice then they've got a chance to play.

I understand it's still early into the preseason but Knecht has been showing that he's a bucket getter and could be a huge boost for the Lakers bench, Lakers struggled a lot last season to find offensive fire power beyond, AD, LeBron, Reaves, and occasionally D'Angelo Russell, so having an extra body on the bench that can help gets buckets of the bench would come in really handy for the team.

Even with a deeper bench, without Kawhi Leonard, this team will struggle to make the playoffs. Leonard’s leadership and experience as a champion with different teams are on another level. Now, with no Paul George, Kawhi is the only superstar, and he has the freedom to run the team how he wants, just like he did with the Toronto Raptors. The good news is that things are looking up for him. While he was reported injured with no clear return date, his coach gave a positive update.

That's nice! I missed that game. Well, this is still the preseason so let us see if he can still connect in the regular season. Minutes, that's what he will need. Do remember, there are a lot of great players that the Lakers traded away and never knew they would be stars now. Kuzma, KCP a champion, and more. So, Knecht must work hard to get those minutes and maybe that will make him shine more to be on the starting five.

Good news Clippers' fans.
Lue on Kawhi: “Soon, he will be on the court”
https://www.eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/1730233/tyronn-lue-talks-kawhi-leonard-injury-los-angeles-clippers-nba/


Kawhi Leonard had been one of the important players in the league but became an injury-prone one. When he plays, the plus was so high for the Clippers to win a game but before they could even reach the playoffs last year he was hurt again. But now, the Clippers bench is deeper and they can win without him. This must be the focus of the Clippers and stop relying on him. They now have young legs, they will reach the playoffs again and Leonard being there is a bonus.

It's the same with the Japanese player with Memphis, point guard Yuki Kawamura and he is really that good. However, we are not sure if he can have a spot as this pre-season, mostly they like to expose not their stars and so Dalton Knecht has been given that exposure and the good thing is that he takes full advantage of it.

But not sure if he will be given playing time once we are are in a full mode regular games. It's totally different, it's Lebron and AD's team and then they have a lot of good players as well. Maybe he will be given time to play but I don't expect him to be a regular.

For what he showed in pre-season then it give an idea for Lakers on how they could able to use him. But I don't know if he could able to do that performance regularly in pre-season since provably roles will be adjusted and also they provably would get less touches in the ball since for sure Lakers rotation will also go in favor with LBJ and Davis.

Although there's nothing much special toward their performance done but at least we see them perform nicely in pre-season. But if they could able to retain that performance and able to score same like figures the same on what they perform on pre-season then maybe sentiments change and provably that lots of people will get hype to watch those young guys.

It’s good that he showed his shooting, but let’s see if he can still put up the same numbers, or at least 20 points, in the regular season. If he does, then he’ll likely secure a starting spot. I didn’t catch the game either, but I hope he’s not just a shooter and can play solid defense too.

I’m not getting too hyped on young players yet as it’s still early. The Lakers have a lot to figure out, especially with the new coach. Plus, other teams have made some big moves, like the Kings adding DeRozan, which is huge, and the Nuggets bringing in Westbrook. There’s a lot of competition ahead.

After that game, he might gain the attention of the fans and if he continue bringing that same intensity both in practice and real game he might get that minutes for sure, though it's going to be different when playing with LeBron and AD most likely the design of the play is for both of them, not unless coaching staff will create a play that will let those role players to be more involve with their offense, but, until LeBron continue to design the play inside the game things will be different for those role players and new stars.

Teams are championship driven, specially when Steve Ballmer become the owner of the Clippers, he had a lot of money in the line. And if that they didn't any, then for sure, sooner or later  they will have to trade Kawhi as he is not a liability.

But just to think of it, he came from a championship team when he join the Clippers. But it was a sudden turn of events has he has injuries after injuries of season ending and we haven't seen him that much in Clippers uniform for much of his contract with them. So when push comes to shove, Kawhi should by now know that he could be traded anytime, in my opinion.

Instead of becoming an asset for their team he became their liability due to the injuries gotten by Kawhi. Now Clippers really struggle to find good pace towards having back to back games since they cannot rely on Kawhi in that situation since they need to make him rest since they don't want to risk he's health. For sure Clippers struggle because of this reason and provably that they might struggle to compete due to their star availability.

For now we don't see Kawhi go anywhere since its like Clippers still want to give a shot on their roster. But if they still didn't get much better result maybe its time for them to think about rebuilding since if they don't do this for sure they provably would struggle to bring a championship in their organization.