Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 59. (Read 901983 times)

Not sure if there are players that are disrespecting Lebron, maybe after he retires we will hear stories how other players treat him. But for now, I'm not seeing any respect (I could be wrong though, this is just my observation). They even called him for his flop, but you can't hear stories of Jordan flopping or missing some games because of injuries. And we all know that is what Bronny is, he is not yet in the level, and the Lakers pick him up because of Lebron James. And it could be that Lakers misses another of their target in Gary Trent Jr, when he signs a one year contract with the Bucks already?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10128526-lakers-top-free-agent-trade-options-after-gary-trent-jr-signs-bucks-contract

This is not a statement, he just stated his own opinion. Everyone can have an opinion, in my opinion it is unnecessary exaggeration of Bronny.

Most players may think this way but they may not say it out of respect for Lebron.

He should use those criticizm to prove something and not to let to it go inside his brain, he need something to shutup his crtics by giving them good performance, I guess it takes time but with a wide range coverage of social media it's not going to be easy for this young player, he will continue to gain the attention as he's a good source of stories.

Bad or good content will still grab the attentions of the readers and viewers, it's not easy to be on his shoe as he's been judge already without allowing him to perform fully in this coming season.

That's just what it is, I mean even here in our own community, we thought that Bronny is not yet ready for the big league or if he will be ready even if he did college basketball because it's really different here.

And I don't think the players are going to give him special treatment as well, on the contrary there are a lot of players that wanted to give him the "welcome to the NBA" moments, and I'm wondering who will it be. Maybe giving Bronny a hard pick or just posterizing him,  .

There's a chance they kept that news so that they won't use that reason if ever they win or lose or maybe he broke at the last game of the Finals against the Celtics or after that.

Gary Trent Jr. with the Milwaukee Bucks? I think that's a good addition. Now they have more shooters and they need that badly because their plays are too predictable with either Giannis Antetokounmpo holding the ball or Damian Lillard. Also, I think they need some good plays and stop the isolation plays. It's a losing play in this era unless they are all KD.  

Seth Curry is now a Charlotte Hornets for a 1-year deal. I don't know if this is good because they are still a small ball line-up with forwards and guards. They need a legit center and pair it with LaMelo Ball if he is going to be the face of the Hornets.

I don't know, but it's only an exhibition game, and they don't need to go on full throttle on that match.

I doubt that they will go all in on other countries on exhibition games because there's a chance that they might get injured. They only won by 6 against Australia despite them winning by double-digit by a stronger team in Canada, but we know that the USA team will win, right? Like you, I don't also see it as a major concern as well, and I will not be surprised if they will be losing on one or two of their exhibition matches just because they didn't go all-in.

That's what you get when your father is one of the all-time greats. He knew it already right from the start, and the pressure is getting him.
We knew it already ever since he's in the college that he will not be the same as his father. Averaging single digit in points during his college stint is already a sign that he will not be like his father. The fans are only the ones that are expecting that he MUST be. I feel sad for him as well because he's getting this much attention, but it is what it is.

As for Brown's statement, with how he's playing right now, I guess I will agree on him. Bronny to G-league? There's a chance, but of course, Le-GM will use his powers again so that it will not happen. Poor kiddo indeed.

Shams reporting that Kyrie Irving broke his hand a month ago and just underwent surgery! That’s a bit of a surprise. At least to me. I would think if this wasn’t being kept secret I would’ve heard something about it. Maybe I missed the news? Anyway, I’m sure he’ll be good to go by the start of the season and probably won’t effect him staying in shape too much.

It may seem that the USA team had some problems with Australia in that showcase game, but that's clearly not the case. I think they controlled the situation on the court, considering that all the players of the USA team performed relaxed, and many of them were on the court for less than 20 minutes. By the way, Embiid only played 16 minutes.

The Patrick Beverly news was a bit out of left field but he said they gave him everything he asked for so he couldn’t say no.

I don’t know if I’d call it a statement from Jaylen Brown. People read his lips while he was on camera talking to some girls (I know who they are). I don’t think you can really hold that against him. Remember that interview where he said he was going to win a ridiculous number of championships? He gets around some cuties and just says crazy stuff.

Gary Grent Jr. signed a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.

The NBA is over for Patrick Beverley for now, Patrick Beverley will now play for the Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Jaylen Brown's statement about Bronny James: I don't think he's at a level to play professional basketball.
I think Jaylen Brown is right about this, Bronny would definitely not have been drafted if it weren't for LeBron James.

I agree and people don't see that and they throwing all the hate on him without knowing what it's like to be him personally. Well, no qualms about it with that and hopefully that they'd end up with a good result for this season.

What they've got pretty much is a reserve player that they can develop just like any other teams. But those that have got a good rookie are part of their main roster and starting five already and we don't think that Bronny will be on that part for now.

He isn't good at all IMO. Bronny is at best a towel boy and should just take another career path. I'm looking at his stats and he averages 4.8 points per game in college, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists. That's not what it takes to play in the NBA, especially for the Lakers. He will not last long in basketball unless he shows some massive improvement.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bronny-james-1.html

I feel like he won't play that long, he will probably retire after this year if he feels like it, but we still don't know, dude is still okay.

Bronny on the other hand looks like he needs to calm down a bit first, he is missing shots that he normally makes, anyone who has seen his tapes, or his stats, would know that he can hit a wide open three, he is athletic a bit, not like his father of course, but nobody is athletic like his father, but shooting three is something Bronny can do a bit, like at least when he is open, and he is missing even those, hell he is missing FT's at a higher rate. Either that is because he is stressed about finally being in the NBA, which lets face it who wouldn't, or he is just letting all these nepotism callers get to his head.

I’m surprised how much attention Bronny is getting. My news feed is full of people seemingly happy that he’s having such a hard time. Jaylen Brown even caught on the sidelines talking about how he doesn’t think Bronny is an NBA player and will be in the G-league soon. Poor kid is having a rough time for sure so far.

Or perhaps they are just putting like 79-80% as this is just an exhibition match but when the real games begin, it will be a different effort. And again, Australia has been playing together for many years to it doesn't surprised me at all coming back, so let's give them credit for that.

For Bronny, yes, the spotlight is on this kid, but he should know how to handle it. His father has been in the same since he entered the league, and we haven't heard any rookie in the last 20 years with so big hype maybe except Wemby last year. But this is different, this is Lebron son's so there will be a lot of comparison and the media are going to scrutinized his every move inside and outside of the court. It might be good for him that he will turn out to be a good defensive player for all we know.

For sure a lot of pressure will come to Bronny as to many people expect a lot for him. Many fans would think that he need to improve since he has a nice team and his father is so good on the game they are playing.

If he will not produce good result and became a bench player of Lakers for sure that lots of criticism will come to him and he might be out on Lakers or maybe in the league in span of 2 or 3 years if he did not improve his performance.

But what thing about Bronny is  good defensively, but his shooting sucks that's why he need to work this out since their team needs a shooter.

Yup, he needs to work harder as he's being eyed by criticizm though it's good whatever it is that's publicity and his name will keep popping up from time to time, I like the way Lakers is using him but long term wise he needs to continue improving his game and like what you said he needs to accomplish something or else his NBA career will be shorter.

LeBron's influence might last for another 1-3 years enough time to give Bronny's his minutes to showcase his talents, we never know what will be his future but everything is monitored by both fans and critics.

After watching the Team USA vs Australia game I can say that it isn’t a major concern. Team USA got off to a big lead early on and then seemed to let off the gas. Players like Joel Embiid never seemed to really make a good effort. I think as time goes on we’ll see USA’s players put in a better effort.

The signing of Bronny will probably be a win-win for the Lakers, even though he's not a very promising player. At least because this contract allows them to keep LeBron for at least one more season, and I think the Lakers will probably try to capitalize on the father-son duo in various ways. At least the Lakers can increase ticket prices.

Many are expecting for it to happen, but I don't think that Danny Ainge will just trade his all-star player for developing players like Kuminga, Moody and Podziemski... at least for now. I mean we don't know what can happen.

As for now, the Warriors became silent for days already with regards to the Markannen trade, but IMO, I don't think that it will happen unless the Warriors will go all in, give all of their young players and draft picks just to get him which seems to be not plausible but can happen if the Warriors are that desperate to get him. I just saw a Facebook post a few hours ago, and it seems like the Jazz really want these 3 players alongside other draft picks to get Markannen.

Now the question is, will the Warriors give their young and talented players just to get one player that's considered an all-star. They can add Wiggins to the mix and don't get Kuminga and Moody. That would be better, right?