Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 424. (Read 920388 times)

So what would happen to PG being PG, Kawhi being Kawhi, and WB being WB?

If they'll allow James Harden to dictate the team based on his style, that will make his teammates less productive because his style is he'll be the one doing more on the scoring and the ball would be on his hands most of the time. I think the solution here is still sticking with the system they build before James harden but the crucial thing coach Lue has to realizet that he can't play this big 4 altogether.

Ty Lue doesn't seem to have that and he's willing to give him more authority on the court,

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10097062-lue-james-harden-doing-too-much-to-try-to-fit-in-with-clippers-since-76ers-trade

It looks like Harden will be the system again.

Harden definitely deserved all the heat he got, dude has been just jumping from one place to another whenever he wants and he is not happy, there are a ton of players in the league who would rather be somewhere else too, but they have contracts that they are abiding. I am not saying Harden can't get out of a contract, if he agrees to terminate his deal, he is free to leave, but asking for a trade means that he keeps pushing his teams to have worse squad. Sixers are much worse now after the trade, did they deserve that? They traded Ben Simmons for Harden, and all they got was a terrible player who failed at playoffs with an MVP teammate and bunch of picks after he left.

I do agree, however, I just read that he says that he need at least 10 days to fully acclimatized himself with the Clippers system and the players. So most likely this is just an excuse for him though, to at least justify that he is not the reason why the Clippers are missing.

But if we have followed NBA for a long time, we know that he has this history of requesting trade if he knows that his current team is not doing good or least himself is not the leader or the Alpha. So same here with the Clippers, Kawhi is the franchise player and not Harden. So maybe sooner or later after a disastrous season for the Clippers we might hear him asking for a trade again.

And this could be the last straw on James Harden, if the Clippers didn't go to the playoffs, or at least relegated to 6th spot in the West and then have to go to a play-in just to make the playoffs, then we know who should be the problem with the Clippers. They are just started to have a season with their big 3 of Kawhi, Paul George and then Westbrook. Unfortunately, the management decided to get James in return and they lost a good defensive player in Nic Batum, who can also shoot 3 in crucial minutes. Just because Harden wanted to go to Clippers that Steve Ballmer gave in to the request and think that Harden is a good addition. Harden has a history already and the teams should learn from it. Now the curse is on the Clippers right now, they've lost a bunch of future picks as well so for now we can definitely say that the risk is not paying off.

Same with Steph, they both like shooting a lot and coaches do allow this to happen because once they get hot it will not be easy to stop them.
I think the Milwaukee Bucks played well considering the Chicago Bulls is a decent team that almost defeated the Suns last time. …......

It isn’t just on Harden in the sense that he alone on the court isn’t responsible for the losses. However, they had to trade away quite a bit to get him. You can’t just gut your team to add one guy and then expect to hit the ground running. Plus, Harden is old. They had to know him and Westbrook aren’t All Star caliber players anymore. The real loser to all this is Kawhi, who is no longer the highest winning percentage player in NBA history. That severely damages his legacy.

To early to think about changing there coach since this could give them more problem....

Changing of coach would really be an insane idea since they don't actually need to do that....

"He's doing too much to try to fit in," Lue said, per Tomer Azarly of Clutch Points. "We had a meeting yesterday and we said he needs to be James Harden… we have to allow him to be himself… We're going to play through James."

Lue also said that he told the team that "James needs to be James" and that they will increase his time with the ball in his hands, per Mark Medina of Fox Sports.

Yeah, that was due to Giannis's dominant performance. Even though Lillard had returned to the lineup, you could tell he wasn't at 100% as he struggled in that game. It's still a positive for them, though, as long as Lillard is on the court, it inspires the team to play harder, especially when they have their full starting lineup.

Lillard had 12 points but 3-17 shooting? 

Changing the coach would be insane, especially considering that their decision to make the trade was aimed at addressing lineup issues. They are actively working to improve, so contemplating a coaching change seems like a bad idea. They are in the midst of fixing the problem, so it's important to give them the time to make the necessary adjustments.

That Clippers experiment seems to be a failure in terms of their performances, might be needed to change the coach or maybe another trade
the 4 stars selection is not working for them.

There have been at least a couple of teams over the past few seasons that have signed a few star players at once. Such rosters looked promising on paper, but they turned out to be ineffective in reality. It seems to me that the problem is that most of the current all-star players are egoists, i.e. they are more concerned with their individual stats rather than team results. I mean, there are only a few all-star players who would be willing to make concessions and change their role on the team to win a title.
As for the Clippers, their current roster experiment is likely to be a failure, and I personally don't believe that they will have any success this season.

....but the Milwaukee Bucks still won that game with 118 to 109 final score for that game,

at least yesterday the lakers won the game against the blazers, this month it was not good for the lakers as they had 3 consecutive defeats and then in the game before that they managed to break the cycle of defeats by winning, and yesterday they won again and with that They already have two consecutive victories, but we will see in the next game if they will also manage to win and have 3 consecutive victories, with their inconsistency I see that they will hardly have a good campaign, I hope I'm wrong about that.

in this game against the blazers in the first period the lakers won by a small difference of points, there was only a 2 point difference, in the second period the lakers lost by a difference of 4 points and in the third period the lakers recovered and won by a big difference in points, there was a 12 point difference, one would think that in the fourth period they would also win again, but they lost by a difference of 5 points. In my opinion, the Blazers could have come out of this game with a better result if they hadn't made mistakes in the third period

In other words, even though the Lakers won in this game, they still don't convince me and I'm unlikely to bet on them, because they are inconsistent, in this game they won because they did well in the third period, but they could have lost, I see that in the next game the their chances of losing are greater, I hope I'm wrong

That DeMar DeRozan pass tonight was absolutely wild. Probably the best assist I’ve ever seen. Google for it if you haven’t seen it. Wild…

Edit: Here’s a link to it on X: https://x.com/bleacherreport/status/1724261168989270437

That DeMar DeRozan pass tonight was absolutely wild. Probably the best assist I’ve ever seen. Google for it if you haven’t seen it. Wild…

Edit: Here’s a link to it on X: https://x.com/bleacherreport/status/1724261168989270437

Clippers lost 5 in a row if I am not wrong, that seems like a situaiton that isn't just about Harden, hell Harden wasn't even there when this losing streak started. It's obvious that they are not aware how he plays, they need time to adjust. The team has Westbrook, Harden, Kawhi and PG together, if you ask me which four players would be able to play like this, like have some chaotic presence during the game, I would say these four.

Clippers lost 5 in a row if I am not wrong, that seems like a situaiton that isn't just about Harden, hell Harden wasn't even there when this losing streak started. It's obvious that they are not aware how he plays, they need time to adjust. The team has Westbrook, Harden, Kawhi and PG together, if you ask me which four players would be able to play like this, like have some chaotic presence during the game, I would say these four.

I mean it is a wonder how Kawhi played so many games so far, I would have expected him to sit out the season already, isn't that what he does, like play 5 games a year, and then sit out the year, hope that the team goes to playoffs and he comes back during the playoffs, that's all he is good for. In the end, I am not expecting much from Clippers, not because they do not have the talent, they do have talent, but each player does something seriously wrong, on or off the court, and that could be the reason they may do badly.

Harden going off the bench? His ego is too high to accept that. I'm thinking that Harden will be the next Carmelo Anthony. I think we knew what happened to Melo right?

I will not be surprised if the Clippers will make some stupid decisions even more in the future. They're desperate to get that title thus, they got 4 all-star players. Do they think that still work? Not already. Nets got KD, Kyrie, and Harden, and it ended up pretty badly. Look at the Nuggets last season. They only got Jokic, and Murray as their main players, and yet they won the title very easily (in my POV). Getting many superstars isn't the way to win a title now. It's getting the perfect role players who knows their role on their team.

He has, and always be the problem. Went to Houston, got Dwight, he forced the team to trade him because he don't want him anymore. Same thing with CP3 and Russ. Went to Brooklyn to play alongside Kyrie and Durant, and it ended up badly. He requested a trade to go to Philly. Helped Embiid to get a title, but now he requested a trade again to go to the Clippers. I will not be surprised if no team will try to pursue him after his contract this season because of what's happening. His value might decrease significantly because of the dramas around him.

Anyone else believed Harden is the problem? Me, I'm starting to believe he is. What Brian Dameris said was all true no cap heard on his statement regarding James Harden drama.
He's been moving from 1 team to another, teaming up with 2-4 superstars on the same team, but not even the finals he stepped into, except when they were  young in OKC.
Well, he's already there, I guess the Clippers will need to make a huge adjustments to utilise Harden effectively. I thought he'd be a great guy leading the 2nd unit.

That DeMar DeRozan pass tonight was absolutely wild. Probably the best assist I’ve ever seen. Google for it if you haven’t seen it. Wild…

Anyone else believed Harden is the problem? Me, I'm starting to believe he is. What Brian Dameris said was all true no cap heard on his statement regarding James Harden drama.
He's been moving from 1 team to another, teaming up with 2-4 superstars on the same team, but not even the finals he stepped into, except when they were  young in OKC.
Well, he's already there, I guess the Clippers will need to make a huge adjustments to utilise Harden effectively. I thought he'd be a great guy leading the 2nd unit.