Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 472. (Read 903602 times)

Yup! They should follow what the Golden State Warriors are doing right now they are enhancing their bench so even if their main players are injured they still got a solid team bench I really think this is where Chris Paul the Veteran may enter they will need Chris Paul to take on Stephen Curry shoes when Curry needs rest, and yeah I think that the Management of the Boston Celtics needs this kind of mentality for their team to be successful for sure,


Yup! For me I think the Boston Celtics need to do is to center their focus on the Duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and on that focus build a roster that could help them in winning more buckets, for sure these two are the focal core of the Boston Celtics and Jayson Tatum is the 1A and Jaylen Brown is the 1B for the team if the Celtics could play and revolutionize a game surrounding this two maybe they can have a much bigger chance for the Champion,


Now that many are talking about the Salary worth of the NBA players I have recently seen this news and after some NBA players notice that kind of Salary of Kylian Mbappe Social Media was exploding with the funny reactions of the NBA players well because Saudi club Al Hilal has offered to pay the French soccer star $766 million for one season

Well, the NBA player's reactions were really over the top because comparing the offer of Mbappe to Lebron James's initial earnings in 20 years was $531 M while Kylian Mbappe's offer was $776 M in just 1 year,

Here are the Best Reaction of the NBA players

Still Nuggets on that list tbh, I don't think I'll put Mavericks on that list unless they pull something off in the playoffs. I think speculating on the championship right now doesn't mean anything, maybe in the middle of the season that will have more clearer things than right now, teams are still rebuilding their rosters and signing players aren't done yet or some other crazy trades.

I highly doubt that westbrook could be any star in any team after what happened at Lakers. We have seen him become worse and worse, his shooting is getting more and more awful each year, and he is not a scoring threat anymore.

This is the end of every explosive guard, if you do not learn how to shoot lights out, eventually your legs will grow old and you won't be able to get inside quickly and dunk, he is not capable of doing that as much as he used to and because of his agility getting worse, that means he had to rely on his shooting a lot which resulted with him missing a lot of shots. That's why people called him "westbrick" and that made him quite angry as well but it's true that he missed a lot hence the nickname.

All of these teams look good on paper. So it's hard to decide which one will be the better team. At this point, I'd call the Nuggets the team that will be close to the championship next season, although it's worth noting that the offseason is still in full swing, which means that unexpected trades can happen, and some teams can become much stronger than they are now.

I doubt that but maybe it will happen if oil money enters the NBA. French football star Kylian Mbappe has been recently offered by a Saudi team with an annual salary of $221M and that could rise to $774M according to reports so compare that to the $304M 5-year deal. I read that even Lebron and Draymond jokes about moving to Saudi after that news.

I don't expect salaries of top paid footballers in Europe to stagnate given the sponsors their league and team gets. It will only go higher in the next couple of years.

Big news of the day already it seems. Jaylen Brown’s contract gives him an insane 70 million dollars in the final year. Absolutely crazy money. I know we have all been commenting on that possibility, but it’s now official. Jaylen Brown is the highest paid NBA player of all time. Given that he isn’t the most talented player in the league, I suspect the next couple of years are going to have some contracts that will begin to rival global soccer stars.

Jaylen Brown has extended his contract with the Boston Celtics for 5 years and $ 304 Million.
Jaylen Brown will earn $60.8 Million annually.

Bronny James was hospitalized for cardiac arrest during training.
His condition is stable now.

Dude c'mon we do not all know it's the vaccine.  I mean do you know if he ever even took it?  Not really the place to discuss this, but I certainly can't agree with you here.  It's not like this has been a big issue with a lot of people all of a sudden. 

That said, it's definitely a sad situation and one I'm just hearing about.  I know he's continued to improve, but do you know if he's going to be starting?  I've just been curious how much better he's truly been getting, like I know on his HS team he wasn't even starting for a while.  The younger James apparently might end up being the better of the two.  I'm sure you've seen how tall he's gotten.  Could be a beast. 

One thing is for sure in my mind, MJ is the undisputed goat, but Lebron's (2nd best ever imo) kids will certainly have better careers than MJ's did lol.

I’m just now reading about the Bronny James story. Bronny apparently suffered a cardiac arrest yesterday during a workout at USC. This is horrible news and I’m sure LeBron James missed a lot of sleep last night. Insane that these athletes are having so many heart problems suddenly. We all know it’s the vaccine, but that doesn’t make it any less heartbreaking.

Since Westbrook hasn't won any championship till now, it's pretty reasonable that his salary has gone down lower that how it used to be because the way he plays is not helping anymore like how he used to be in the OKC. Now he is lucky that a team signed him despite the rumors spread against him these days that wherever he goes, he curse that time to lose the NBA playoffs and not gonna get to the NBA championship ever. The Lakers truly made some huge mistakes to acquire him last time and they were lucky enough to trade and get rid of him.

Interesting to talk about. For now, these are my top favorite picks:
Denver Nuggets
Boston Celtics
Phoenix Suns
Milwaukee Bucks

I don't see Dallas Mavericks as a threat in the west unless injuries are happening. I really doubt Luka-Kyrie works and the latter will always have something dramatic if in case he is not injured next season. They just came from western conference champions into failing to qualify in the playoffs when Kyrie joined them sacrificing some key players Finney-Smith.

Philadelphia 76ers will most likely lose Harden before the trade deadline if in case no team can satisfy Philly's trade demands. So I also doubt this team is capable of beating Boston and Milwaukee.

There are still key players that need new teams like Lillard and Harden. If Miami can get Lillard then they can be a force to be reckoned with. If Harden lands with LA Clippers, I still doubt their capability since both PG13 and Kawhi are always not able to remain healthy and play a full season. Maybe PG13 can but  Kawhi is a no-hoper IMO.

He needs that playing time to showcase again his talent, this new season may give him that chance if the coaching staff allow him to play more minutes.

He may negotiate about the money if he plays well in this upcoming season and make a big impact
for the Clippers, but without anything we may not hear anything about that salary, it might be
possible that he will end his career and think about it after the contract.

Hard to say at this time since teams haven't settled yet. I mean I can have a better idea once all teams were done with their trade business.

Lakers and Warriors are expected to at least make it to the playoffs and who knows what's going to happen after that. I'm doubtful on Heat's case after they broke their core. There's always that air of uncertainty when you bring in new players.

Which teams are closer to the championship this season? Tell me first 6 teams please so I'll refresh our poll.

Nuggets
Suns
Sixers
Celtics
Mavericks
Bucks

Do you think there is a team other than these 6 who can be the champions? Lakers, Warriors, Heat?

Money is not that important to him anymore because it seems to me that Westbrook is on a revenge mode to gain his confidence and reputation again, and I believe that he still got a chance if he will be given an enough time to play as a main role with Kawhi Leonard because being a 6th man in the team was seriously not suitable for him. He just needed some time to take care of his own business to bring back that old version.

Yeah, I really thought that Kawhi will be healthy last season, I mean we have seen a lot of improvements in his legs. The trainer did a good job on his 2 seasons ago to improved his lower body as it was too weak to handle the rigorous NBA games. And thus, in the beginning Leonard looks healthy until he suffered the same injury if I'm not mistaken. So back to 0 again, but I guess they can only strengthen the muscles around the tendons. But if tendons are to weak then not sure if there will be trainings that can improved that part of our body. But if he becomes healthy this coming season then it might be a very different LA Clippers. And then Steve Ballmer, who has put out huge money in rebuilding the Clippers again, then might be happy if at least they go on the finals.

Yes, Westbrook's net worth is already $200 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth: https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/nba/russell-westbrook-net-worth/

So he can take a lower salary because he already has a lot to fall back on. The Clippers did not have to make a difficult decision on what they could offer Westbrook, as he willingly accepted a very low salary. Just imagine, that's only more than 10% of his yearly salary during his prime.

He probably just want to solidify his achievement because as an individual player, he already made a history, so winning a championship will make it better.

I do agree with that.
Kawhi Leonard will be the key to them winning a lot of games and taking the highest seed possible without hurting himself. That way, he can rest all he want by being in a safe spot and then he can wait for the playoffs to come.
This is the problem with fragile players, he cannot even complete the whole season anymore after the championship with the Raptors.
But whenever he is around, the plus for the team is way high that it almost looks like a mismatch against other teams. Just one player can make a big difference especially one with both powers in the offensive and defensive ends.
Seems like WB will take anything now at 34 years old, especially on an All-Star caliber like the Clippers and I think that's a good offer considering he will become a backup guard for them.

Westbrook can receive a lower salary as he already made a lot of money during his time with OKC. On the other hand, in the cases of Oladipo and Dennis Schröder, they were at their best when the contract was offered, but they gambled and got a bit greedy, looking for bigger offers. Unfortunately, it didn't happen, and for sure, they regretted that decision.

And that might be the biggest decision by WB in his career, take the pay cut, and still play high level basketball and help the Clippers to win a ring and he will also be in NBA history, for taking the biggest risk.

As compare to let's say Oladipo or Dennis Schröder by declining a huge contract and then later on signing for lesser money. But in this case, WB is on the opposite end of the spectrum and it could paid off.