Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 427. (Read 920391 times)

Some bad news for the Sixers… Kelly Oubre Jr. was hit by a car near his house in Philadelphia on Saturday night. I can’t remember an NBA player getting hit by a car before… The circumstances haven’t been told yet to my knowledge, but let us hope it was just a freak accident and not something much more sinister. I hope he gets well quickly.

The Warriors had a big run at the start of the 3rd quarter, but now, Draymond has been ejected from the game. I'm not sure if the Warriors can still pull off a win. They might have won the 3rd quarter, but they still have 12 minutes in the last quarter where Draymond's energy and defense are crucial. Unfortunately, they're going to miss that. Now, everyone needs to step up, especially on the defensive end.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as expected. The Warriors had a tough second quarter, being outscored by 17 points after leading by just 1 in the first quarter. Now, it's time to continue supporting them. They are at -4.5 in the 3rd quarter, and considering the Warriors are typically a strong 3rd quarter team, I'm betting on them in the hope that they'll narrow the lead to single digits going into the 4th quarter.

That's true; Middleton hasn't been playing at his usual level. His stats have significantly dropped this season, averaging 11 PPG compared to 15 last season. Before being given a max contract, he maintained an average of 20 PPG, so there's a considerable decline in his performance.

Trading him seems like the best option now, but the question is, are there any teams interested in acquiring him given his current struggling performance?

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https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/middlkh01.html

They lost again. Giannis carrying the team as usual while outscoring the combined contribution of the rest of the starters which is crazy.
Giannis - 35 pts
Middleton/Lopez/Payne - 33 pts

I guess that further proves Middleton's inconsistency and strengthen the argument by some people that he should have been the one traded instead of Jrue. They are really missing a real PG at this point and I think Holiday could have been that one facilitator.

The Warriors and Cavaliers are currently facing off. The first quarter has been good; it's a high-scoring game, making it enjoyable, especially since it's also a close match. It's time to show the fans that the Warriors aren't afraid of the length of the Cavaliers, and the best way to prove that is by avenging their loss on the road at the Cavaliers' home court.

With Green and Payton back, the team now has a complete and healthy lineup. They should take care of business well.

The presence of three superstars (Harden, Kawhi, and PG) is already enough to excite the fans. What fans really want now is to see them winning, especially since they were already successful before the James Harden trade. The gamble doesn't seem to be working well, but let's see how this unfolds as we are still in the early stage of the season.

Let's consider the Irving trade last season; the team initially struggled with chemistry, but now the Mavericks have been playing really well. Kyrie and Luka have found the right chemistry and know how to complement each other.

I think it has something to do with the new stadium they are planning to build in the next 1-2 years. Kawhi and Paul Goerge may have expiring contracts along with Westbrook. Who knows who will still be with the team once the stadium is built but the owner is trying to have a lot of superstars on the roster IMO.

Obviously, they want to enhance their team, and Harden being a superstar, the expectation is that the team he joins will improve. Unfortunately, at this stage, the chemistry isn't clicking well. In the past, when a team created a big 3, there was significant improvement, so what the Clippers did was create a big 4. However, thus far, it's not going according to expectations.

But you're right; it's still early in the season. There's plenty of time to address and fix these problems. Let's remain optimistic that eventually, we will see the true potential of this current lineup.

Personally, I was initially skeptical about this trade, and I still don't understand why the Clippers management wanted Harden so badly. However, the regular season in the NBA is still in its early stages, and I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Harden and other Clippers players will be able to improve team chemistry well enough to perform well at the end of this regular season.

This guy is spot on, and we have been saying this all along with James Harden.

Let me quote:




And that mic drop, Lol, but all he was spewing is true though, we have seen his reactions when they lost against the Warriors with him and CP3. I remember that he knows what to do next, and that is get CP3 fired. Then he wants out of Houston, come in the season, not physically ready and wanted to go to Brooklyn with his friends KD and Kyrie. Didn't work things out again and so he forced a trade and go to Sixers, but then James Harden called Daryl Morey a liar, but the 76ers' fading star is the one failing to grasp hard truths. And now he is with the Clippers and it seems to be another bad marriage or will turn out to be very bad.

Anyone familiar with the NBA last 2 minute report?


https://official.nba.com/l2m/L2MReport.html?gameId=0022300169

This is the Warriors vs Nuggets game and the referee admitted that they make a bad call here,



You can see that in the video, they didn't make a call of out of bounds but instead allow the game to continue and Gordon saving the ball for the Nuggets.

I'm not saying that it will change the complexion of the game, but with the Warriors down by only 3, they could have a chance if they will have the ball to tie the score if they made a 3 or cut the lead by just 1.

Those Lakers teams were all old.  It's not like they got malone and Payton when they were in theor prime.  Harden is a good individual basketball player but his teams are not because the dude isn't a good team player period.  He can dish the ball and does it well but he doesn't make any of his teammates better.  I have a wierd feeling this is going to be his last chance before he starts getting phased out. 

I remember also a super team back then the Lakers, with Kobe, Karl Malone, Gary Payton and Steve Nash if I'm not mistaken, I don't know maybe we can compare them on the firepower that the Clippers had today. Or maybe we can say that Harden is someone of a bad luck, because the teams that he joins after he luck OKC, they are not close on reaching the Finals. The closest is with Houston, him and CP3 but we all know that because of injuries, they were knockout by the Warriors.

So let's see how it goes, if James is really a bad luck or it boils down to the coaching staff of the Clippers on how to maximize this superstars so that they can find that winning formula with Harden around because it not, then for sure some drastic changes might happen again to the Clippers, whether it is the coach or some high profile players getting trade (including James Harden).

I believe is not having a hard time to balance this roster since he has a full potential roster. The problem is within this superstar players themselves since you can’t win on NBA if all of you is taking charge to offense while defense is literally zero.

Clippers line-up is pure offense while most of the NBA team nowadays is very good on 3s due to the Golden State era of 3 points shooting. A team like Clippers that doesn’t have good defense will surely experience a hard time if they fought a team with balance defense and offense since their star players will sooner exhaust and lost accuracy. Clippers should make harden as six man and stay with their regular line-up with PG and Kawhi as starter to guarantee a good play even on late game. Surely they need to distribute playing time evenly if they want this roster to succeed.

The problem is the hype is just too much that people are expecting him to play like a superstar in his rookie season.
This is the problem when the media is overhyping you. This is the problem with Wembanyama, but it seems like he's unbothered, and he's just playing, and playing.

His averages in his first games are great TBH. It's just that, people are expecting him to have like 20+ PPG, and with his height and 8-foot wingspan, many expect him to have a double-double average right from the start. I'm not saying all are expecting like that, but I'm sure there are some, especially those Spurs fans out there. Kind of ridiculous, but as for me, I think there's a chance that he'll be an all-star in his rookie season. The last player who did that was Blake Griffin. Dude's a future franchise player of the team already. Just give him some time, and lower the expectations. He'll be a superstar someday that's for sure.

3 games is just a small number for us to make a conclusion, but it seems like the team doesn't have the chemistry.
It's simply Harden, and Westbrook don't co-exist with each other.

They played really well when they were still in Thunder, but when they were in Houston, things got really awkward, and they didn't fit to play with the same team together. Now they're 0-3 like you said, and I will not be surprised if either one of them will be traded. Harden is holding the ball so much that even Kawhi is sometimes upset with it. 3 games like I said is just a small number. Maybe let's look at their record after playing 7 games more with Harden, then let's make a conclusion.

Just like what  I have expected. We have seen similar rosters like this before and most of them weren't successful, unless if someone give up their position and be a complimentary player to the star who the team while shine the most.
Just like how DWade and Chris Bosh gave up their roles and leave it up all to LeBron who orchestrate most of their plays.
I'd rather have a spot up shooters on my team than James Harden who is just like a Russell Westbrook to my team.

We can also say that to the Bucks, they've lost Holiday and pick up Lillard, but so far the marriage is somewhat off, and they don't have a good record at the start of the season and obviously the chemistry has been disrupted since there are a lot of new players in Bucks roster.

And we have been discussing it even before Harden goes to the Clippers, they already have like 3 stars already having a problem as well. And then adding Harden in the equation? It's going to be very hard to the coach on how to balance their superstars. Although the Clippers organization might think that they have won the trade since they didn't give up most of it's players, but there is still the question on how Harden is going to fit and so far, he is not doing any good.

I feel that I am watching a live 2K honestly. But we can't do anything with that until the organization reads and the comments reach to them that those court designs suck.

That's nice so that's a month that we have to wait and good thing that there's going to be an ending for that type of court. I feel that watching it live is gonna be more terrible than just watching it on stream.

It's better to hear it from someone who has been on the court and tells how displeasing it is to his/her eyes.

That's what I was thinking as well.
First I thought these strange floor designs are only for the inseason tournament but now I see them all the time.
Sure it really has some style but for watching it long time it's kind of hard on the eyes. I only watched a 10 min highlight video and already had enough , haha.

Don't know how they come up with this. The classic design is so nice normally.