Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 74. (Read 920810 times)

Still a long way to go for Bronny, and he knows that every body is watching his career, or even every games he played and so he is willing to give that body of him in the game. And so you can see that he has flashes of his father, although he is a big smaller, but he can play defense and read it just like his father.

So still this early, we can say all we want against his and he knows that. The only thing he can do so shut down his detractors is to play really hard, not just in scoring, but also playing tough defense so that he can be given more time by the new coach JJ Redick.

It would seem that 17 points with such a poor field goal percentage would not surprise anyone, but still, we should give Bronny credit because no one expected such a performance from him. This shows that he is gradually gaining experience and improving his skills, so his future in the NBA isn't quite as hopeless as it may have seemed at first. But at the same time, we shouldn't expect that Bronny will be able to repeat the path of Isaiah Thomas, who was selected with the 60th draft pick.

Obviously, he can play just like the rest of 54th pick before him. The argument though is that he is not NBA ready and that Lebron James with his influence from the Lakers management, wanted them to pick up him so that they can play together and make history.

How about him no scoring that much when they've lost the Suns? If I'm not mistaken, he only got 4 points.

And then you can see Booker reacting to him and saying that he is not that good as compare to his father.

Well, you don't underestimate the influence of his dad. But we'll see how Dalton will be given some minutes, to be honest he's more promising.

I wish the team all the best as they're always one of the crowd favorites and with their lineup doesn't seem to be bumped unlike the others. I hope to see them go in the playoffs again and reach further with this roster.

Bronny can play. I don't know why some people hate him, lol. For sure it's because of his father?
About the franchise, I agree with it, they will not risk their franchise just for Bronny like for the fame only because they know how controversial right on this father and son duo, especially it's Lebron James. It's still early to judge.

Well I guess Lakers is not to dumb to place Bronny if he cannot perform well since somehow they need to win rather than babysit him. For sure they are thinking about giving some good minutes for Dalton since they provably how the young guy perform.

Everything will be in balance since for sure that Lakers management don't want to lose since this is bad for their franchise. But who knows maybe in Lakers Bronny could learn a lot and he became a good player just like his father then he get good role from this team.

Whether people will argue if he deserves the spot or not, no one can do anything anymore with that because he's already signed.

It's too early to tell but that was an impressive game from him. What I think for now is his teammate Dalton that even if he gets an impressive plays for this preseason, I doubt that he'll get more playing time especially when he's with Lebron.

Whilst for Bronny, he'd sure get more playing time than him.

I think this is different for a player that is still rookie on NBA. Even a blow out game is still important for Rookie since they are playing against an NBA caliber not college players anymore so making a shot against these players is different against when you are on college.

It gives confidence top if you finally have something good on your stats sheet since it’s still a score and recorded on his preseason data.

People is comparing him already to veteran NBA player while he is just a rookie.

In a game where they were fully dominated, that stat really doesn’t mean much because they weren’t playing any defense. It would’ve been interesting if they somehow made the game close, but that wasn’t the case, and Bronny’s success came during a blowout loss.

One game isn't enough for a player to be called "deserving" especially if he isn't consistent. One player can score 50 points and then score 2 points in the following games.

Despite the 17-point performance against the Warriors, this doesn't change the fact that he doesn't deserve to be in the NBA, but... he has his dad that will help him stay and knowing how powerful Le-GM is, he will do everything to let his son stay in the league. It's quite funny how the media is talking about this, and nobody's talking about Knecht's monstrous performance against Phoenix. I'm not saying that nobody's talking about it, but there are way more people talking about the 17-point performance of Bronny James than Knecht's 30+ point game and carried his team like he's, their all-star.

No offense from Bronny, but I don't see any significant thing about him and there might be some that might agree with me on this one. Like you said though, let's see how he will be playing during the regular season because 5 pre-season games aren't enough for a player to be judged IMO.
Well, if having a pay cut would mean new title for them then money doesn't matter to them. There are players who care to win the title more than the money that they can get, and vice-versa and like you said, I appreciate them as well. I hope that Gordon will be as good as he is when they won a title and at the same time, accept a pay cut if needed for the betterment of the team.

It will still have to depend on Gordon's performance for the next two years, if he is willing to have a pay-cut then good for the Nuggets. But if his play declined and not be as valuable as he used to be then maybe the Nuggets might cut him out.

But we appreciate players who do this kind of pay cut, I mean they are not selfish likes others who just wanted to have a good pay and continue to play despite having a bad performance or even not playing. And it will be good for Aaron to stay with the team though that give him his first ring and give him a chance to evolved as a two way player.

They are packed with high-paid players now because of the last contract with Jamal Murray. Luxury tax will be a big pain in the ass if they will give Aaron Gordon such a huge amount. They are saying that now not maybe because they saw less value in Gordon but I think they are just trying to not go way beyond the salary cap while Gordon still has a contract with him. They still have a year so there's no rush although I believe some players can be boosted when they are given the high amount of payment.
Well, I am sure Jamal Murray will play harder after his new big contract but the Nuggets still need some pieces that will strengthen their bench. No disrespect to AG but it's possible that the Nuggets are also saving the money to pull more roleplayers and make them a champion again.
Truly, the value of Gordon now is better thanks to their championship and we saw how he can easily create chemistry with great passers like Jokic and I don't doubt that many teams will be delighted to sign him up.

Lol, this just another statistics for him, he really need to show us something if he really wanted to carved his name as not only the some of Lebron James. So I'm not buying that 17 points, sorry. Not a hater, but media has to find a way to sensationalized what Bronny will do. What's next? the most turn-over or the most 3 point shoot made by a 55th pick?

And if we look at the numbers, how about Tom Brady 100th++ pick but then becomes the GOAT?

Funny how the media is coming up with yet more "statistics" to make Bronny look good.
And well, 1 thing though. Normally a number 55 pick doesn't start in a preseason game and logs 35 minutes of playing time, even in the last game. He played the 2nd most minutes of all Lakers in this one.
It's not THAT hard to get 17 points in 35min as a starter, especially in a blowout that is even less serious than a regular preseason game, and mostly against the bench of the opposing team. LA just played an 8 man rotation so between 8 players to get shots you have to make something with 35min on the field. By the way, they lost by almost 60 points.  

Anyway, I don't think that this performance changes anything about his perception. Even in his best game he just shot 7/17 with 1/5 from 3, not really impressive.

I just read that Bronny's 17 point performance the other day was the highest scoring outing in the preseason by a 55th+ pick in the last 15 years.  Maybe not the most impressive stat, but it shows that Bronny might actually deserve to be where he's at.  We'll see when the season starts I guess, but for going as far down as he did in the draft he has changed the conversation with that 17 point performance.

You're right about these young ones, they're more likely to get it this time than the veterans but still, everyone can be a candidate for this season for most team's superstars.

I also like Luka and now that you've mentioned him with Kyrie. Don't forget that they've got Klay Thompson as well where scoring will also be shared to him.

During the playoffs up to the conference finals and the finals, Luka was impressive.

Yuki Kawamura signed a two-way deal with the Memphis Grizzlies.
(https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/grizzlies-promote-yuki-kawamura-to-two-way-contract)
Congrats to him, proud asian. LOL.
It's because that our countrymen(Kai Sotto) that used to be his teammate in the BLeague in Japan was also a great tandem of his.

The best example for this one is Jalen Brunson. He accepted a pay cut of around $110 Million more or less just to have some cap space to acquire more and better players. I hope more players will be like him especially now that the new CBA rule is really a problem especially for those who are paying more than what's intended.

In one of the interviews, Gordon said that he will do everything just to give Westbrook a ring. Well, both of them have 2 years left on their contract still, but if he wants to fulfill it then doing it in Denver is his best option unless the team decided to trade Westbrook. As for the max contract, I'm expecting something positive like accepting a pay cut just to stay with the team because I don't want him to not be with them especially, we've seen how important his role is for the team. Now if he will try to find another team just because he wants the max then that's where the problem starts for the team because Jokic and Murray will be lacking reliable role players.

Well, I believe that he will accept a pay cut if he believes that the team can still win one more title.

Yeah, it's a two way contract, so at least he will be in the roster and be eligible to play in at least 50 games. So he might be a good reserved in the guard position and who knows, maybe given time to play his first NBA game. And the most important thing is that he will be paid, albeit it's going to be a flat rate that is equal to half of the league’s minimum salary.

So those who are sign in this kind of contract is,

a. Quincy Olivari - who had a good pre-season game with the Lakers
b. Marc McClung - back to back Slam Dunk champion.

But Landry Shamet and former No. 7 pick Killian Hayes has been waived because of injuries.

Hopefully, and since his father is there I don't think he will be lazy to train so the chances of getting better in the NBA is there and he can learn a lot of wise techniques from the veterans of the Lakers team.
Even Magic Johnson has something to say about his performance.
https://x.com/MagicJohnson/status/1847800729525784853

I believe so too. I hate that the media keeps on focusing on what is happening to him, his performance, and his failures but they will just have to let the guy do his work and very soon he might become one of the stars of the NBA. He is young and definitely have a lot of room for improvement and considering he is in a good team right now, there will be more good things that will happen and maybe soon he will get those minutes that the fans wanted.

Preseason is over, this is where it will all get serious.