Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 487. (Read 920810 times)

Correct, Harden is just chasing a ring and if he cannot get that on Miami for sure the same scenario what he do from his past teams he would leave them. Imagine the assets wasted if that scenario will happen to them so maybe its better for them to stick with their current roster and improve by signing some free agents that can help their team to became more stronger on certain areas. Harden is working for his own stats and not for his team so hopefully Miami will not gamble to get a toxic player in their team.

I think you are referring to Deandre Ayton, and yes, there's nothing wrong with him because his stats during the finals against the Bucks is just good enough. We can check his stats and we can see that he was really contributing to the team, it's just that Booker has some struggle too, but that was 6 games, so the team is still good in competing with the Bucks who are the bigger team I think.

There's nothing wrong with Andrew Ayton and seems to doing everything he can to get them back to the NBA finals so there's no reason for him to be traded to the other teams with some low offers. with the new fresh coach and other new players recently added, they will get back to that easily if they have some sort of player that can stop Jokic this year. I think KD will be able to play more comfortably this season because he rests well and finally gets back on track.

I agree. Looney is also not that type of a player, he mostly gets his score from offensive rebounds and then a put-back. Now, the Warriors could widen their options with an alley-oop play for Dwight Howard and since most teams are playing small ball he could dominate on that end. Defensively, he ain't a problem, we saw that during the bubble and it was just 3 years ago, I doubt he changed that much in just 3 years. Speed, agility, following the pace and chemistry, should be enhanced during their training if they want to be champions one more time.

Oh, and Draymond Green is not happy about how the news about Dwight Howard working out with him and Chris Paul leaked out that fast. I think they meant to do this as a secret and will just surprise everyone when the contract is given to Dwight.

The Heat management will make a big mistake if they decide to sign a contract with Harden. I hope that doesn't happen.
As for Lillard, it's worth noting that there have been many rumors that he could be traded before training camp starts, i.e. before October 2 or even earlier. So if the Heat are still hungry to get him, they will need to involve a third or even fourth team for this deal.

There will be significant changes in the lineup that could affect their chemistry. Having a versatile center with great perimeter shooting is already a significant advantage over others. I think they should keep him, as there are only a few big men who can do that nowadays. Ayton is still young and healthy, so it's necessary for him to be in the lineup, while Durant, Booker, and Beal should focus on offense.

They cannot mess up the current roster as they are starting to build great chemistry already. Ayton is not a bad player; he probably just had a problem with the previous coach, so we have to give him the benefit of the doubt and see if he can perform well in the coming season. With Durant as their new leader, I expect to see a dominant team, as Bradley Beal will surely be 100% healthy when the season starts.

Phoenix news is reporting that the Dallas Mavericks made a trade offer to the Phoenix Suns for DeAndre Ayton but it apparently was a very bad offer so they declined. I’m actually glad they did and hope they hold onto him. I think Ayton was a big part of their run for the Finals and with a new coach I’m expecting him to have a big year.

I guess it's hard to find  pieces for the other team to trade for a veteran superstar who most likely not going to make any difference if not being surrounded by another star or an excellent role players. Can't deny that Dame is not capable of leading a team to a championship, he'd be a great addition to any team who's already built to compete in the playoffs.
It's just ridiculous to think that some veteran superstars are now desperate to have a ring, bad thing is they'll create a drama to make their way out of their respective organisations lol.

There's a leak photo that Dwight Howard is already with Dray, Cp3 and DeRozan training together in LA.

We all knew that but he is past his prime but we're all happy to see him that there's this interest of getting him back on the league and with a good team, the Golden State Warriors. He's still one of the best defensive guy that a team can ever have, he may be older this time but his height and body are still the same. I'm thinking if he's heard with his tweet before and that was like the FIBA world cup when he's calling out that he can still play for the NBA. And well, we see that GSW obliged and answered him with this action.

If I remember it correctly, after playing with Kobe (RIP), which didn't work well for the Lakers. And I think it was the beginning wherein other teams think that he has an attitude, and so he bounce back from teams to teams and lost that enigma around him as the best center.

And we all know that he also got injured throughout his career. But I do agree that maybe he can still be that center that can intimidate anyone, but he should drop that attitude already specially if the Warriors absorb him as it's the best team that he could be getting after his years of not playing in the NBA. He should take his great opportunity.

I dunno man, Dwight is not nearly the player he use to be and he center position is not the way it use to be either (but of course you obviously know this).

I agree he could probably be playing in the league still, but I don’t think at a very high level and his shenanigans just aren’t worth it. If he was good enough they would put up with it.

Nothing new on the Harden front according to the article I read. He still wants to go to the Clippers apparently, but so far that hasn't happened.  There are other teams interested like Miami, but only if they don't get Lillard and people are also complaining he is a hard player to coach. Very unprofessional and getting old.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/philadelphia-76ers-many-around-the-nba-question-james-harden-s-professionalism/ar-AA1h4ezs

I would say the Blazers will reject all of the Bulls' offer for sure.
The Heat has better assets compare to the Bulls, and yet they didn't make a deal with them. What are the assets Chicago has? Lavine? Hardly an all-star caliber anymore. Vucevic? Who will be their center if they will trade him? After those 2, they don't have any attractive assets anymore that will make the Blazers trade Dame. Overall, I would say Miami would be a better team for Dame than Chicago.

I guess him not being given enough time with the Lakers made him like that in the locker room thus, the Lakers didn't sign him anymore.
I would agree with you if you said that he's a good center, but a top 10? Right now, I don't think he is. I can enumerate some center that for me is better than him. Jokic, Embiid, Giannis, Sabonis, Adebayo, Ayton, Gobert. Even centers like Mitchell Robinson, and Brook Lopez are better than him for me so I don't think that he's still a top 10 center right now.

That's if the Warriors will give him a contract. We will see that kind of connection... or not.
I remember how CP3 is giving DeAndre Jordan some lobs when he's still in the Clippers, and that Jordan dunking over a guard named Brandon Knight a few years ago became a meme. Would we see that kind of lobs again? Probably, but I would love to see it. After all, the Warriors still needs a big that can play for at least 10 mins per game.

You’re all tripping about Dwight Howard. He was forced out of the league because of his sideline and locker on behavior, not because he stopped being an elite center. He’s getting older sure, but he’s still a top 10 center in the league.

Portland trying to force Damian Lillard to training camp. I’m sure he’ll cooperate, but it’s not a good look. Haven’t heard much about the Harden drama lately.

But he is no longer in his prime though, maybe can play defense, but I don't see him as one of the best centers that we have in recent years. He is there, if ever the Warriors signs him, to give minutes when Looney is resting as he is the main center of the team.

So he is not the missing pieces that we should expect, he that his minutes will be restricted as a Warriors, but he should do his best when given the opportunity and for sure the Warriors are going to be very happy with that.

Max he gets is 10 minutes of playing time.  He has almost 20 years of nba mileage on his body.  Old teams never work.  He is a vet presence for the most part who could possibly help the younger guys out. With the way the game has changed do ypu really think he wants to play jokic out on the 3 point line?  He will get slaughtered out there.

Dwight Howard is defensive with his strength which is unmatchable, always ready to take on his opponents with zero chances of losing the ball. Perhaps he's on the rader of Warriors, the coach, Kerr picks interest in him and would be excited to blend him into the team were he will explore more options. Dwight Howard is often consistent but with severe injuries, he's an outstanding player who needs enough time to gain form and fall back to the team. There are expectations from his supporters, because he's am important player and his presence will definitely benefits his new team.

Giannis is under contract for a couple of years.  People trying to make predictions of where he might go are based on today's teams.  Golden state will be old and crusty by then.  My point with okc is teams pop up who weren't around a couple years ago.  If 3 years ago I told you Denver would be the hot spot no one would have said yep.  Giannis is on the Bucks and he will be for a coue of years and that's how it's gonna be.  Can't speculate until they are actually free agents.  I mean you can but it's almost pointless

Howard seems way too old to be in the league to be fair. Sure Warriors could use a big man and someone that can give them maybe like 10 minutes a game during the regular season, it allows the centers they have to rest during the regular season, hell you can jump that up to 15 even more minutes on unimportant games where the gap becomes too wide.

But when it comes to playoff time, Howard will not play any minutes unless there is a garbage time during the playoffs, which I assume will probably not happen. That dude was a fantastic player, hall of fame without a doubt, but he wasn't even in the nba for an entire year last year, so expecting him to contribute would be silly thing, they can do without him easily.