Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 49. (Read 924084 times)

No one wants LaVine because of the new CBA currently, and with his current contract, that will eat a lot of salary cap to those other teams.
If there will be a team that can get him without putting them into the first apron or second, that might be the Brooklyn Nets or the Pistons, but they don't need them as well. Those playoff teams don't need him either just because of his current contract. Many wants LaVine. I mean who will not want a scorer in his team. It's just that, his contract hurts other teams so much. If he becomes a free agent then many teams will try to give him, but not the same contract as he is right now.

I know the feeling of frustration since I've been a fan of a team as well, but the Bulls had made terrible contract signings and trades as well. Now they're trying to rebuild, tank and trading their key players for a possible high chance to get a high pick on the upcoming 2025 NBA draft.

It's a win for the Warriors.

They've gave up a player that will not play for them for a season, and at the same time, they got a reliable PG that averages 6.6 APG this current season. Looking at the current roster of the Warriors, they don't have any PG on the roster right now, so adding him would be a good thing for them. He might be considered one of the best guards right now, but it's because he's playing on an average team like the Nets. Now that he's on the Warriors, I don't know if he will get a starting position especially under Steve Kerr where we all know is always changing his starting 5, so let's just see how he will fit with his new team.

TBH, it's good that Schroder is starting to increase his value again after what happened to him when he rejected the 4-year $84M contract back in Lakers.

For me, this is a great acquisition by the Warriors because they need someone to maintain the energy when Curry sits.

Dennis is a smart point guard, so I’m confident he’ll fit well within the Warriors’ system. He’s already proven himself by winning the FIBA World Cup and being the best player at the time. I believe he also won a championship with the Lakers, though feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.


For sure, this time I'm betting on the team that has a legit champion and that is Gianns and his squad. GL!

That's surprising. A small ball line-up adds another small. I guess they won't change anything in their plays. But, this adds more speed for them. Schroder can somehow run a play and also attack if he wants to. They will have more options now and the defense will somehow be scattered and not only focused on Steph and Hield.
Really, I thought they were going to add more shooters but I guess they needed this more. Someone who will break the defense and maybe spray the ball.

So, it's the Bucks and the Thunder for the NBA Cup Finals. This will be fun to watch and we might see a monster Giannis trying to achieve another title.

Even though I am a big fan of DS I think 3 draft picks (and D. Melton) is quite a big price for him. Under normal circumstances it's go but Schröder is on an expiring contract so he is an unrestricted free agent after this season.
I can imagine he wants to resign with the GSW if the price is right so maybe they already have some kind of understanding about this, who knows.
Anyway, I think he is a great addition to every team. There is a reason why he was the MVP in the FIBA world cup last year and this season in Brooklyn he also showed them. Coming from the bench he can lead the 2nd unit but also is a solid starter if necessary. Also his defender skill really have improved over the years!
Hopefully the deal gets done so he finally might have some sort of chance to win something in the NBA.

This is indeed a great move for Warriors for getting Schroder in their team. He has a lot of experience especially a well known good contributor for each team he plays.

Just curious about what's going to happen now since they have so many guards on their rotation https://www.espn.ph/nba/team/roster/_/name/gs/golden-state-warriors But let see how they gonna rotate their players and if they could find a good chemistry with their new added player.


I think this is the least they can do since they want to be recognize on what achievement they get from that Cup, but unfortunately people not buying it and it seems like what's more important for the fans is the championship a team could get and those side achievement is not creating any noise for them.

Oklahoma City Thunder managed to beat Houston Rockets 111-96. I wanted to watch Alperen Şengün in the finals but that won't be true, we will watch Milwaukee Bucks and OKC in the finals.

Of course it's not as serious and important as the playoffs or something like that but they managed to add a little more excitement to the NBA with the In-Season tournament.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played incredibly in the second half of the game and helped Oklahoma win the game, he really had a very productive game

Darvin Ham being undefeated in the NBA Cup isn’t a storyline I thought would be talked about this year but here we are. He must be good at convincing superstars that the cup matters. I’m glad for the Bucks to fill the first half of my parlay. Now I just need the Thunder to give the Houston Rockets the smackdown and it’ll be a good night.

Yes, it's  De'Anthony Melton and three second-round picks. I think it's a good deal for both team, a win-win situation. Melton got injured and so they didn't get something out of him although there are high hopes on him when he join the Warriors as a guard.

And we all know how Schroder is, if he wants to score, he will, if he wants to just a implementor inside, he can do that as well. So he is a well rounded point guard and who knows, maybe a good compliment with Steph and maybe we can see good passes to their big man as well.

The deal has been reportedly completed as per Shams Charania on twitter.

I don't know the Warriors have done this but it's probably their biggest win of the season so far, given up just De'Antony Melton who's out for the season and 2 second picks for Dennis Schroder who's definitely one of the best guard in the league this season, he's one of the core player and leader for the much improved Brooklyn Nets this season, it does feel like the Nets do have a whole of other pieces in their roster, but still it's a big loss for them imo, and the Warriors seem like the immediate winner of this trade for me.

Just in: Dennis Schroder going to the Warriors. I didn't expect this, when there have been other names tied to the rumors, Dennis was the man.  

Warriors in advanced discussion to acquire Dennis Schroder

For a while Bulls were amazing, they had Lonzo playing good, Lavine playing amazing, and Derozan was there, after his time at Spurs, Derozan moved to Bulls and did great, they had Caruso from Lakers and he did great too. So basically all around everyone was nice, they all played well together and was a good team and they looked like they would be improving a lot.

I remember them having close to 50 wins one season and went to playoffs and I said if they keep this core for like 2 more seasons, they would win. Then everything went terrible of course, Lonzo injured, players traded, some left as FA, and lastly Derozan was traded away too. Only one player left, which is Lavine and he has three more seasons with his salary, so I doubt he will be leaving, we are just going to wait for him to run out his contract.

The lockout did change some things as they seemed to want to get their audience back so they changed some rules to give the offensive player a lot of freedom with the ball.  They also tried to protect offensive players by being much more strict on foul calling.  The result is a game where everyone is shooting 3 point shots now or driving to the lane just to get fouled...

They honestly had to do something though.  Remember when the NBA Finals cut out in the middle of the game to instead show OJ in a white Bronco driving down the street?

The NBA was very good before the lockout. After that, it was never the same. Of course, we watched very good players and very good teams, but we never had the same fun as in previous years. I think the Chicago Bulls are not fun at the moment, there is no player on the team that I enjoy watching. The squad is not weak or bad, but sometimes you look for something, something is missing on the team, and I think they need much more likeable and combative players to fill this gap

Not sure as Warriors already got Wiggins and compared with Lavine, Wigs already have a good connection with the entire team though not as consistent as before but he's still doing good when he's around, sad to see that there's no one who are interested to take that risk for Lavine unlike with DeRozan when he needed to be traded, Kings bring him to Sacramento.

Let see if what possible update that will take place regarding to Lavine's next desination, or he might ends his career with the Bulls.

Nah, I don't think the Mavericks will take him. But we have seen some shocking things so maybe. Rockets? Yeah, just like your analysis, they are more focused on their young and healthy roster and it's working out very well for them.

Rumor has it that the change of hair color is a sign of what team he wants to land in but I doubt that. Two teams have Oranges, Suns, and Knicks. He actually said he had been changing his hairstyle which is true so the hairstyle is not a sign or whatever. Beal for him. It's not a bad trade considering the age of both players. But the Miami Heat will probably want more and if it's not a draft, a roleplayer of the Suns will come with Beal.

I don't think he would be a good fit for the Warriors. I honestly believe that Kuminga is very similar to him so why would they want to get him when they have a younger version of him on the rest already.
LaVine is only 29 years old now but somehow it seems like his prime is already over. His contract is also overpaid if you looking at his output now. He still has 2 years left on his contract AFTER this season which would pay him 46 and 49 million per season. Of course nobody wants to take on a contract like this for a player that doesn't necessarily looks like super star caliber these days.

Bulls is trying to get rid of Lavine but unfortunately no teams is willing to get him. Lavine doesn't have trade value that's why Bulls cannot do anything that's why he remains in Bulls.

Good article to read regarding this situation https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10147111-zach-lavine-trade-rumors-nothing-has-changed-with-bulls-star-ahead-of-deadline

To bad for him that there's no team in NBA willing to take a risk for this trade. There's several discussion that he's a good fit on Warriors  but I guess Warriors is also showing dislike to get involve with this trade rumors they are spreading.

The NBA sucks.  I know I'm probably pretty far along in this conversation but my Chicago Bulls are never good and it just feels like most of the exciting players that I love are on their way out very soon.  I can't even watch basketball the way Jerry is running that team, but why is Zach Lavine still on the Chicago Bulls.  The only explanation I can think of is that no one wants him that much.  Anyone know if that's the case ?

And they've lost the game (and my bet), as the Pacers started hot in the first quarter while the Sixers has a lot of turnovers. Paul George shooting airball and then he lost the ball  while Haliburton with multiple three points.

Haliburton is big in this game, and just when we thought that the Pacers are having a losing skid and it will continue against the Sixers, suddenly they found a way to win. And it perhaps it was too easy for them as Joel went out because Matherin accidentally hit him in the face. Paul George, a dismal 12 point game for him.

Shams already said in a show that he will stand on what he said because he "trusts" his sources, and I also believe that what Shams said is true.

Let's not forget that Pat Riley had some beef with Butler already especially when Butler talked shit on the Celtics when they lost in 5 games last playoffs and said that the Heat would've won that series if he played. Riley said to Butler to shut his mouth especially if he didn't play. That is a sign already that Butler's having a problem with the team. On the flip side, the Heat are now on a winning streak though and as for this trade, I expect that he will be traded to another team when the trade season starts in a few days.

As for which team's interested in him, I also don't think that the Warriors are interested in him, but they have the asset just in case they want to get him. Mavericks and Rockets are on the talks as well, but I don't think that they want a 35-year-old player like him especially the Rockets that's now consists of young players. Suns for me is the best choice since they can just trade Beal, a role player, and a draft pick for Butler. The Suns don't have draft picks so maybe asking for some would be a good thing, but overall, let's just see what will happen with this drama.