Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 56. (Read 918411 times)

Something? Maybe defense lol. They had a double digit lead early in the 1st half, Warriors weren't draining threes. No Curry, no Wiggins, Pelicans should have slowed the pace a little and play some defense.  After halftime it was game over, Warriors woke up and caught fire.

I like the Warriors but I along with Vegas thought that without Curry and Wiggins they had no chance at a win tonight. It's early in the season, but if they can play like they did tonight without 2 stars, they'll be fine.

I’m honestly shocked that the Mavericks are seeing so much success with Klay Thompson. Defenders are downright disrespecting him and letting him take wide open shots. 29 of his 33 three point attempts so far this year have been wide open. He’s shooting at 46%. Teams are going to have to adjust. Seems like Klay may not be washed yet, but he’s literally getting wide open shots so it might be a little early for me to admit I’m wrong.

Wolves and Mavs are definitely some of the more interesting teams in the league. Flashy players like Luka, Kyrie and Ant is what people want to see. Flashy and effective basketball, also with a lot of passion!
About Randle, the problem was never his talent but his motivation and especially his health. I mean if he would be more healthy I doubt the Knicks would have traded him. Let's see how long he can stay the way he is now before something happens again, with him it often looks inevitable for something to happen.

Buddy Hield carrying the Warriors to a win over the Pelicans tonight with 28 points shooting 7-11 from three point range as Steph Curry cheers him on from the bench. He scored 19 points in the fourth to close out the game. Great seeing Zion back on the court getting buckets too. The Pelicans seem like they’re close to having a good team, they’re just missing something.

It will be interesting to watch both the Mavs and the Wolves in this regular season. Both teams can finish high in the standings, although it's still unclear what we should expect from them in the playoffs.
By the way, it's worth noting that Randle has performed very well in his first games in a Wolves uniform, which is even surprising. Looks like the Knicks made a mistake when they decided to trade him.

Haha, but his family is just happy about that recognition that he's got from the team. Well, they don't want to ruin the fun and that moment by being absurd criticizing the looks of the statue. It certainly him but differently looking. 

I agree, they should have asked Wade prior to the launching so that there could be some fixes and if it's already approved to him before the unveiling happened.

The Dallas Mavericks are off to a good start, winning two of their first three games of the season. However, given Luka Doncic's poor performance against the Utah Jazz, they will need to play a more solid game against the Timberwolves. For the Dallas Mavericks, Kyrie Irving's strong performance and the team's defensive resilience were effective, but it might be difficult for them to maintain the same success on the road.

The Minnesota Timberwolves, on the other hand, are in good form and performing well at home. Led by Julius Randle and Anthony Edwards, the Timberwolves have been consistent both on defense and offense. The Timberwolves have also won three of their last four home games and usually play better when they come out rested. The Timberwolves are also favored to win due to the Mavericks poor road performance.

I know right lol. I even don't understand why D Wade is happy about it when it's obviously ridiculously made. Not even a single resemblance I could see, except for the jersey and the number lol.
There should be somehow who's better at this craft and money ain't gonna be an issue for sure lol. Anyway, we've seen Kobe and AI's statue which were also not quite good, but this one for D Wade is the worst lol.

Terrible Dwayne Wade statue aside, that sculptor isn’t the only one who can make bad art…

Changing subjects though, Anthony Edwards is facing off against Luka Doncic tonight. Should be a great game and a playoff matchup from last season. I thought Minnesota was the better team then, but Luka is something special.

My god is this for real? lmao, this is one of the worst sculptures I've ever seen.  I can't imagine that Dwayne Wade is very happy about it himself. I mean it looks absolutely ridiculous.  Also to say no one could do any better is pretty funny, just go take a look at any pro stadium is all of sports and at the countless statues that currently sit outside of them, I think you'd be hard pressed to find one that comes even close to as bad lol.

While JJ Reddick isn't a great "coach" in the sense that he may not be awesome when it comes to coaching exactly, like not drawing up plays type of amazingness, there are few things about him that makes him much better than Darvin Ham without a doubt. What are those? Well first of all he is younger, which means he has easier time relating to younger players, so he is going to end up having much better communication without a doubt.

Plus, he is Lebrons close friend, and Lebron has always been a pure leader, meaning that if Lebron is respecting and caring about what JJ says, then the entire team will shut up and listen, or you would be traded next day. Also, JJ likes a style of basketball that is more fluent and based on motion, which works for this team better than just giving the ball to Lebron and expect him to do something.

All these combined, he is getting better results but also lets remember this is VERY early into the season, they have 75+ more games to play, so anything could happen, maybe they started this good but will end up terrible, we can't possibly know that.

Perhaps that is the picture that the sculptor took inspiration, but it turns out that the finished product is definitely wrong.

And this is what the artist have to say:


https://x.com/WillManso/status/1851012075100790986

Of course he will defend his work of art, but for fans, it really didn't looks like DWade.

How about the Suns vs Lakers game, it was really very close, but the Suns was able to beat the Lakers this time to stop the run by Los Angeles. But it was really a fun game, KD and Booker, combine for 63 big points, as they don't want to be 0-2 against the Lakers are early.

Lebron though has a quiet night as compare to when they beat the Suns the first time with just 11 points. And it was still AD who lead the team, with another double double.

Wizards getting their first win this season against the Hawks.

Lol, even Wade says that we don't know who that statue is, just too bad for Miami to let this one go un-noticed. I mean before unveiling, they could have check and consult with people if they are going to make it public or not because it really doesn't look like DWade and it's a disrespect for him. I'm sorry but the one they hired do a bad job on this one and hopefully this could be the last one that we will see such sculptor of supposedly a person but it doesn't resemble him or her. As for Steph, yes, hopefully it's not that bad and he can get back to play because the Warriors had a good start for this season.

Damn, instead of that statue will give an honor to Wade's name now it became a meme. Miami should do something with this since its like they made fun of Wade's statue. Other legends got decent figures but Wade just got like that for sure he would never be proud that he have that statue since it really doesn't look like him.

Some people do mind conditioning that its fine, but actually its not. Now this became really a source of joke and for sure people will remember how terrible things happen when this statue of Wade revealed to his fans.

That photo looks more like Udonis Haslem. I guess the sculptor is trying to combine them into one sculpture. Or maybe a confusion happened.

A 50-pointer for Paolo Banchero and winning at home against the Indiana Pacers. Damn, that kid can really be a big threat on the offensive end and that is why I put the Magic in the wild cards that might shake the playoffs. They cannot underestimate them.
I thought they would actually lose that game after the Pacers made a big swing in the 3rd quarter scoring 39 points against the 22 points of the Magic. It helped Indiana delete the lead made by the Magic and switched to be their lead.
But Paolo cannot be stopped and scored more and with the help of Jalen Suggs they still won the game. Good game.

Maybe someone needs to freshen up your memory. Do you see the resemblance now? 



The creators of memes already have taken interest in this insult of an honoring. I am sure there is more to come and this is just the start.
Hopefully for everyone involved they can somehow consider working on the face a bit more because if this stays as it is I don't think people will actually see it for what it should be but more for a joke.

Is that Dwayne Wade? Or Dwayne WEIRD?
Kidding aside, we all know that the statue doesn't resemble Wade at all angles. The late Kobe's Sculpture in LA resemble, but this statue? The criticisms is just enough, and I hope they will change it, but I doubt that it will happen. Anyway, fans can just criticize but at the end of the day, Wade will be one of the best Heat players in the history of the franchise.
And they're facing against a below 500 team in Raptors and yet, they're having a hard time beating them.
TBH, I have low expectations towards the Nuggets this season just because of how bad the role players they have now. When they won a title, their bench is very deep (the deepest at that time), but now? Ever since they traded Jeff Green, and Bruce Brown, it's been a disaster for them. Westbrook on the other hand isn't contributing that much at all or at least he doesn't meet the expectations from his teammates. I will predict that they will be at end at the 5th-8th spot this season.

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Anyway, let's give our prayers to Taylor Hendricks of the Utah Jazz for having that scary leg injury. I don't know, but it's almost the same as Gordon Hayward or Paul George's injury. I tried to watch it once, and I can't do it anymore. That's how awful that injury is. I wonder how will this one affects his career along the way. Hoping for a fast recovery still. Here's the video of it:
https://youtu.be/IFCFm3VpM4g?si=dl9DxEe7-Ck9JNtz

Banchero had an impressive 50 points in the win against the Pacers, along with 13 rebounds and 9 assists - almost a triple-double! This guy is really special, and he keeps getting better each season. I find him quite underrated, especially since he doesn’t get the same level of recognition as other players with similar production. It’s probably because his team isn’t a consistent playoff contender yet.

On the other hand, the Nuggets almost faced a three-game losing streak. Fortunately, Murray managed to bring the game to overtime, and the Nuggets squeaked out a win by just 2 points, thanks in large part to Jokic’s 40 points and 10 rebounds. Honestly, though, I feel this team isn’t the same as before; they’re not as dominant anymore and almost lost to an undermanned team.

As avp2306 said above, if this sculpture had not been wearing a jersey with Wade's number on it, it is unlikely that anyone would have guessed that this sculpture depicts Wade. There is no resemblance at all in the face and facial expressions.
In any case, it's nice that the Heat management decided to pay tribute to Wade, but I agree that they should have redone it.