Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 379. (Read 914538 times)

Warriors showing their dominance on the Sacramento Kings again, a huge lead at the end of the second quarter. Although the Kings was able to put back 7-0 run in the last 1:30 seconds, but with that huge lead the Warriors are comfortable going in the 3rd.

GSW hitting 18 three points shot, 50%, so that is huge for them. But let's see if the Kings can make a comeback in their home court.

They don't want to get another L from their rival. Draymond Green back from his suspension and playing point as well.

That's why it's a risk for this teams, the last time we have this kind of big players in the same roster is with the Nets, unfortunately, it still involves Harden. Durant leaving GSW another 2 rings, then team up with Harden and Kyrie to build a solid team. However, there is no support or role player for them. So in about 3 years, all of them are out of the Nets already.

This could be a similar scenario for WB and Harden. If they don't produce numbers that was expecting of them. Maybe in the next couple of years they will be on the trade block as obviously, it's not working with the Clippers team.

Giannis and Lillard putting another 30 point performance between the two of them, defeated the Heat, 124-131. Game was really closed and even if Heat doesn't have Jimmy Butler, they gave the Bucks a good fight here. Milwaukee needed a 11 point swing in the 4th quarter to win this game.

But the Bucks are clutch, Giannis setting another personal record if I'm not mistaken, surpassing Kareem's record as a Buck.

I think I'm good already for tonight's game, I bet on the Bucks -3.5 so I did win already.

So I'm trying to figure out tonight's games and figure out if the Knicks win do they automatically move on to the next portion of the in season tourny.  I have been trying to find a good explanation or rather easy translation of how this is all going down.  Also since the semi and finals aren't baked into the schedule do they just play 2 extra games than everyone else?  Haven't looked to far into it but I think knicks have pole position on the wild card right now if the Bucks still end up winning out of their geoup.

Yeah, I was thinking about that after I shared the bad loss of the Clippers. Someone will definitely be fired next if he cannot manage the player rotation of this superstar. If it ain't working, don't force it. There must be another way to patch things up. They are on the 11th seed now with 4 wins out of their 10 and it should not be considered as a strong win because they won twice against the San Antonio Spurs on those 4 wins. Their strongest win was against the Dallas Mavericks and I think that's the best Clippers I've seen so far.
If only they could repeat that same feat but I doubt that when they play against a defensive team. Coach Lue should start building a new rotation, I don't think it's working out and he should realize it after that game against the Nuggets.

Later, we have In-Season games. Look out for the Sacramento Kings versus Golden State Warriors game, I bet it will be fun.
Kings don't have Keegan Murray but I won't underestimate them. Fox is a monster although the Warriors do have Draymond Green back again.

It's just too good when the start of season came out and few games were actually good for Wemby and the Spurs. What's not good is that most fans have a lot of expectations coming from a rookie. There is no doubt that he's good and a candidate for rookie of the year but it's not just enough to bring a team up on his shoulders.

Anyway, the Spurs isn't all about Wemby but it's a team that has a lot of players too. They just need more experience and hone it until the coming years. And no doubt that there's still a room for growth, not just for Wemby alone but for the entire team.

I'd certainly avoid betting with or against Atlanta. They're too unpredictable, if we bet on them, they lose and the opposite if we don't. LOL. What a ritual.

That's probably a wild bet then. I think the ticket sales will probably gone down by now in value as well as the decline was inevitable. I didn't hope they'll break that record because for me that will be the worst, for sure they'll need improvement but I do think as well that it is a lot of improvement.

Might be good to beat on them though as they will surely be the underdogs in their every game and who knows, they might suddenly win at least 1 game to break that spell and for us NBA bettors, it will be good.

But against Atlanta? still a solid team in my opinion. We will see though, it seems that there are a big pressure on the shoulders of Wemby now, they will have to stop that bleeding and he should lead the team

Kings vs Warriors might be a good game tonight. They have this kind of rivalry in the bay area.

What do you mean? of course players and coaches are to blame when they lose games, what's interesting is that a former Clippers really did the damage in this game. Reggie Jackson shows his former team what he is capable of, double doubles, 35 points with 13 assists. And who is the next player to score for them, an old Deandre Jordan, I don't know how many dunks he had in this game alley oop from Jackson (he is also a former Clipper), so how ironic is it. And then the drama on WB, calling fans for heckling him. I don't know, NBA players becoming one of the softest professional athlete being paid my millions and yet can focus on the games itself and being affected by what the heckling fans are saying to them in the courtside. Although they have every right to make a case for a fan and get them out of the arena, but they should be just concern on the game and just block what they hear from fans.

To be honest it's both sided, you could have a team who trade their players for other players without noticing, the player may even learn that they got traded from twitter, it has happened a million times already. You could also have players who force their way out, making the team basically get nothing in return.

Both sides are not really loyal to each other, and if you are really seriously loyal then you could be either like Giannis where you get a bit lucky but also build a decent team around you, or you could be like Dame where the team owners basically reject building a decent team around you to save some money and make you spend over a decade trying to achieve the impossible. In the end, the owners make hundreds of millions in profit every year when their teams are valued higher, and players are making tens of millions of dollars for playing. That is as good as both sides could hope for, there is nothing wrong with that and I think it should be decent enough.

A bunch of in-season tournament games today and a couple of them will be aired on TNT for Chuck and the crew to give commentary on. First up is the Miami Heat vs the Milwaukee Bucks. Then you have a rematch of last year’s playoff battle between the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings which I think will be a good one.

Trade is a gamble, but there's a reason for the trade, and that is the hope to improve the team.

On paper, the Clippers, with four superstars on the team, already look unbeatable. However, right now, we haven't seen that expectation fulfilled, as the Clippers, while not a bad team since they have won some games, are just inconsistent. However, this is an ongoing experiment, and the season is still too early. There are many things that could change, so I don't blame the Clippers for deciding to trade multiple players just to acquire Harden, as they hope to secure their first championship.


Judging by the outcome of this game, the Clippers seem to have no chance. However, as I stated, it's still too early. There's still time to polish their lineup, and they could achieve the consistency they are looking for.

It's really hard to have committed players that's why they should consider not always trading their players nowadays because they may end up like this and with their current state, there will be no doubt that they cannot get to the NBA playoffs with this kind of performance. The Clippers should consider fixing their plays and strengthening their chemistry because it is such a shame that they can't even win a game from a team that resting their star players, what more if they meet up in the Playoffs in the first round?

Of course, we hope that he won't get injured, as he is rare in the NBA. There are lots of big men, but he is different because he can play both outside and inside. As for Victor, if he could improve and add some muscle, he'll become unstoppable. However, that does not guarantee him winning a championship, as even Giannis needed fellow stars to support him before they finally won a championship.

Maybe they should not blame this to the players but people need to see how there coach use his 4 stars. If he can't create a solution to make this team works then maybe they need a new coach that can manage them well. Clippers have 4 stars in the team and there's no reason for them to experience such embarrassing defeats.

Westbrook already adopt his role but still they are struggling so I bet there's problem with the coach or the system used since they don't click well as a team. If Clippers will not go to playoffs then provably they will be a huge team upset in history since imagine they have this stars which still in their prime but they can't manage to win.

I don't think anyone expects phenomenal results from the Spurs this regular season. It seems Coach Pop is still experimenting and trying to find the best way for the team's further development. By the way, it's worth noting that Victor's individual stats continue to improve. So, if he doesn't get injured, he could really become a team leader in the next few seasons.

Like what in the post above you mentioned a star-less Denver managed to beat
the home team is composed of an all-star squad!

Things are really not working well and it was a big disappointment losing at home with that kind of margins,
showing carelessness and nothing is really going well for the whole team.

Sorry for those who think that it will be an easy game for the home team and for sure
if there's someone at risk for ML, they are really enjoying it.

Paul George has one of the worst game in his career as a Clipper here, 6 points? WTF is that kind of performance? It was only Kawhi who really wanted to win in this game but unfortunately, the help is not there. And after the hype on Mann, he also got 5 points?

So their big 4 didn't produce any good numbers here, Harden and WB also has a minimal contribution.

On the other hand, the Sixers just demolished the Lakers and won big, Lakers even didn't get to century mark. They were beaten by a huge 46 points. It was a total mismatch between this two teams.

And as what we have been criticizing the Clippers with the James Harden trade, not going to work with 4 superstars and then it looks like they are really trying their best to win games. But they don't play defense though, and this could be their downfall.

There's still a bright light when they won games, but it's against not a tougher opponents. Now they were tested by the Nuggets without their best players, and guess what the result it, they have lost the game. For sure this is going to hurt them more.

It was now a great tandem it seems that the constant training with each other paid off you can now see the coordination of Damian with the other players it has some progress but yeah his position with the team can truly progress if he constantly moves the ball to the other team and make team plays but there are many ball hugging that is happening when it comes to Dame time, but it truly progress a little but there is a needed improvement for sure, because he is working with a team that is good with the right kind of team play,


I like it when a certain team doesn't need all of their main pieces to win a game and this is also not an easy feat for the Phoenix Suns because the New York Knicks now is not a pushover team and it is likely that the Phoenix Suns is having a hard time against them as the game was a close one 3 points and the game will be a tie, and the Suns doesn't have any stamina to continue the game any further, that means Jalen Brunson with the help of Immanuel Quickley could easily take the rhythm towards the game and could win this game,


With his age right now and still breaking records and breaking teams for sure and even though the Los Angeles Lakers keep on losing every game the Lakers still are profiting with Lebron James is on the team and for sure they are still readying for the team to enter the play-offs even if they fall down in a lower seed, this is what I am seeing just like last season, as the Los Angeles Laker and even the Miami Heat have done something like this,