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legendary
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March 16, 2023, 05:14:18 PM
Lakers having a rough start against Houston, and there's no Davis, so it seems that the field is even although the Lakers should have the experience in this game. But so far the young Houston team are dictating the game, with a huge lead in the first quarter.

Lakers need this one pretty much, and if they lost to a low team like Houston, it will hurt their momentum.

D'Lo and Malik doesn't have the same start as their last game wherein they just blasted with a 14-0 run start in the first quarter.

That indeed hurt their PCT because even if there's no Lebron and AD on the line-up, it's a winnable game on their side because it's just the Houston Rockets, a tanking team. And the Lakers lost against that kind of team? Pretty sure that the Lakers management is not happy with the outcome and likely embarrassed because D'Lo or even Schroder is expected to take over the game but in reality, it was Austin Reaves who led the team.

Yes, even gamblers was disappointed with that Lakers lost, I mean it's a tanking team and it's really a winnable game for them. But they show up empty in the first quarter, bad shooting from D'Lo and Malik as this could have been a easy W for them. But instead a very flat Lakers shows, giving the young Houston any resistance at all. And even if Austin put up a good game, others didn't step up, they are just standing there, no effort to get that rebounds as they allow the Rockets to score and grab rebounds very easy specially in the first half. Now they are down to 10th place and again, another must win in their next match.
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March 16, 2023, 05:06:00 PM
Lakers having a rough start against Houston, and there's no Davis, so it seems that the field is even although the Lakers should have the experience in this game. But so far the young Houston team are dictating the game, with a huge lead in the first quarter.

Lakers need this one pretty much, and if they lost to a low team like Houston, it will hurt their momentum.

D'Lo and Malik doesn't have the same start as their last game wherein they just blasted with a 14-0 run start in the first quarter.

That indeed hurt their PCT because even if there's no Lebron and AD on the line-up, it's a winnable game on their side because it's just the Houston Rockets, a tanking team. And the Lakers lost against that kind of team? Pretty sure that the Lakers management is not happy with the outcome and likely embarrassed because D'Lo or even Schroder is expected to take over the game but in reality, it was Austin Reaves who led the team.
EFS
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March 16, 2023, 04:50:41 PM
It was a pretty bad decision to rest AD even though he wanted to play. The coach may have overestimated his team's capability without their top player. This definitely hurt their chances of qualifying for the play-in tournament so let's see if the decision to sit AD will pay off and translate to consecutive wins in their next couple of games.

They basically gifted this win to Rockets and lost a good advantage. Without both AD and LBJ Lakers hardly win matches. Maybe GM thought they can beat Rockets anyway but that was a wrong calculation. Thunder, Mavs and Timberwolves must be very happy now.

I watched first half of Clippers game and never thought Curry to score 50. Marcus Morris was ejected but Draymond got away with his first technical foul. I see he finished the game. From the looks of the first half it was clear that Clippers would win the game. No surprise for me. It's crazy teams score 260 points in a game without overtime. The game changed too much.
legendary
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March 16, 2023, 04:42:48 PM
That extra spot at 9th and 10th is not really that big of a deal. Could someone replace the 8th? or even 7th? Sure why not, I am not saying that's impossible, but at the same time, do you think that team would see second round? I highly doubt that it could happen, we are going to end up with the first and second seed destroying them, possibly sweeping them so it doesn't even matter if Lakers goes to playoffs, because they will lose. The very best case being a first round exit, the worst being play-in loss is not really the way Lebron should have his last years, Lakers either needs to do something, or at least let him go to a good team.

Suns (4th) and Pelicans (12th) have only 4 win difference, that's super close. I don't remember any season like that recently.
Let me show you how close it is with an example. Mavericks were almost certain to make the playoffs but they've taken 3 losses in a row and are currently out of the play-off table. If Lakers match with Mavericks there's really no point to be in play-in tournament. But if they match with Thunder or Twolves they have a fairly good chance. That doesn't change the fact that they would be swept by Nuggets or Grizzlies anyway. Smiley

Agreed I haven't either.  The last week or so of basketball is going to be so exciting.  From a home court 1st series to getting knocked into the playin game can happen in one week.  Parity is good in the league right now.  I don't kmwo if it's because the talent pool is diluted or the teams are just that even in terms of skill set.
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March 16, 2023, 04:37:41 PM
Everyone deserves a second chance. If the league can accept him again, there's no reason the Grizzlies cannot accept him. He is still young and prone to make mistakes, so let's give him a second chance. Besides, without Ja Morant, the Grizzlies wouldn't be where they are now.

I think there are some negotiations going on about this between the Grizzlies and the league. I am quite sure that they are going to work something out between themselves and let him play again.

And I have to say one thing. After all he is only 23. His mistakes are not forgiven at 23, when are his mistakes going to be forgiven!!

I also believe that they are already working it out. Ja Morant is a superstar and lots of fans would want to see him play, so I think we might be surprised that he will be back soon. His offense was serious, but the league and the team could give him a warning that if it happens again, he'll be banned from the NBA for life.

When he comes back, I hope to see a new Ja - the swaggy Ja, but more for entertainment purposes only.

He already has that swag, and he do for entertainment, but the thing is that most of his team mates might have inherited that's why they are one of the most hated team right now.

For the NBA, not sure, just a slap in the wrist for him, 8 games suspension and that's it.

Maybe they don't want to lose one of their bankable star that's why he just get fewer game suspension. But he might be out for the voluntarily and get himself up first before playing.
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March 16, 2023, 04:17:42 PM
It was a pretty bad decision to rest AD even though he wanted to play. The coach may have overestimated his team's capability without their top player. This definitely hurt their chances of qualifying for the play-in tournament so let's see if the decision to sit AD will pay off and translate to consecutive wins in their next couple of games.

On the one hand, every game is important for the Lakers now, and it's too bad that they lost to such a weak opponent as the Rockets. On the other hand, I can understand their decision to let Davis rest since even if Davis has some minor soreness, it's better to let him rest for 1-2 games rather than lose him for a few weeks due to another serious injury. I mean, the Lakers should take maximal care of Davis' health now because he's probably their last hope this regular season.

Yes, it was an ugly lost to the Lakers, is AD injured though or something? or they just decided to rest him out in this game?

In any case, we might say it's a bad decision for them, and maybe they think that they can just continue with their momentum, but the Rockets won't allow that to happen, as they pull another upset, same with San Antonio as well are just playing without any pressure and winning in their last days in this pre-season as they won't make it to the playoffs.
legendary
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March 16, 2023, 03:52:11 PM
It was a pretty bad decision to rest AD even though he wanted to play. The coach may have overestimated his team's capability without their top player. This definitely hurt their chances of qualifying for the play-in tournament so let's see if the decision to sit AD will pay off and translate to consecutive wins in their next couple of games.

On the one hand, every game is important for the Lakers now, and it's too bad that they lost to such a weak opponent as the Rockets. On the other hand, I can understand their decision to let Davis rest since even if Davis has some minor soreness, it's better to let him rest for 1-2 games rather than lose him for a few weeks due to another serious injury. I mean, the Lakers should take maximal care of Davis' health now because he's probably their last hope this regular season.
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March 16, 2023, 03:03:24 PM
Lakers having a rough start against Houston, and there's no Davis, so it seems that the field is even although the Lakers should have the experience in this game. But so far the young Houston team are dictating the game, with a huge lead in the first quarter.

Lakers need this one pretty much, and if they lost to a low team like Houston, it will hurt their momentum.
It was a pretty bad decision to rest AD even though he wanted to play. The coach may have overestimated his team's capability without their top player. This definitely hurt their chances of qualifying for the play-in tournament so let's see if the decision to sit AD will pay off and translate to consecutive wins in their next couple of games.
I think considering that AD would be carrying the load and Lebron is missing games, it was a wise decision to rest him on this game. Rockets are a team that is tanking and they "should" be losing games, of course they end up winning some games but usually they are looking to be the team with the most losses so that they could get a good chance to have a good draft pick.

This is why it is really not that much of a bad idea to rest AD on this game, Lakers should be able to win, not only because they have a better team even without AD, which they do, but because we are talking about a team that is trying to win versus a team that is trying to lose.
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March 16, 2023, 02:34:54 PM
Everyone deserves a second chance. If the league can accept him again, there's no reason the Grizzlies cannot accept him. He is still young and prone to make mistakes, so let's give him a second chance. Besides, without Ja Morant, the Grizzlies wouldn't be where they are now.

I think there are some negotiations going on about this between the Grizzlies and the league. I am quite sure that they are going to work something out between themselves and let him play again.

And I have to say one thing. After all he is only 23. His mistakes are not forgiven at 23, when are his mistakes going to be forgiven!!

I also believe that they are already working it out. Ja Morant is a superstar and lots of fans would want to see him play, so I think we might be surprised that he will be back soon. His offense was serious, but the league and the team could give him a warning that if it happens again, he'll be banned from the NBA for life.

When he comes back, I hope to see a new Ja - the swaggy Ja, but more for entertainment purposes only.

Strange, on TV channels in my country I saw that the NBA had suspended him for 8 games but that he will already be able to play on March 20th, that is, on the 20th of this month he will already be able to play, there is other information that says that he will still be serving some punishment? because all I know is that he'll play again from the 20th of this month onwards, punishing the guy more doesn't make much sense, since according to what I saw on TV in my country the gun wasn't his and it wasn't him either that he took the gun in the club and the most important thing is that he didn't take the gun in the NBA games

there is no report of him carrying a weapon in the games, so it doesn't make much sense for them to apply more punishment, the team can even use arguments that he has a lot of followers so this could be something that would lead many people down the wrong path, but we all know that in the USA young people make a lot of mistakes when they are young, guns and drugs and other crimes is something that young people are involved in and to fight this it is necessary to review laws, and parents need to stop having many wives and children out of wedlock and be responsible people
legendary
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March 16, 2023, 01:45:22 PM
Or we should say that they are not good at home. They may not be a dominant team in the regular season, but they are a very dangerous team in the playoffs. As long as they maintain that top 6 position, they will surely be in the playoffs, and that's where they can play their best.

What I saw in the Warriors' game against the Clippers was a lack of rebounding. Well, they play small ball, so that's the outcome, but they shot well, I guess, especially Curry.

I don't think the Golden State Warriors will have a great success in the playoff games this year. It looks like Curry is trying to do something on this team all by himself. If his performance is not high that day, he cannot achieve success, and when he cannot play, the team cannot win a match. When the playoff time comes, we cannot expect him to be successful in every match, there will definitely be days when he plays badly
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March 16, 2023, 10:33:25 AM
Lakers having a rough start against Houston, and there's no Davis, so it seems that the field is even although the Lakers should have the experience in this game. But so far the young Houston team are dictating the game, with a huge lead in the first quarter.

Lakers need this one pretty much, and if they lost to a low team like Houston, it will hurt their momentum.
It was a pretty bad decision to rest AD even though he wanted to play. The coach may have overestimated his team's capability without their top player. This definitely hurt their chances of qualifying for the play-in tournament so let's see if the decision to sit AD will pay off and translate to consecutive wins in their next couple of games.

After this game Lakers need to think about their action,

losing in this crucial stage is not a good sign as they might miss their chance in moving to the next round.

Not good for sure to those who support them and bet for them as the outcome didn't favor them chances that some might use this game
for a parlay, then lose their bets. A sorry opportunity, but shit happens as we know we are still in gambling.
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March 16, 2023, 08:24:45 AM
Lakers having a rough start against Houston, and there's no Davis, so it seems that the field is even although the Lakers should have the experience in this game. But so far the young Houston team are dictating the game, with a huge lead in the first quarter.

Lakers need this one pretty much, and if they lost to a low team like Houston, it will hurt their momentum.
It was a pretty bad decision to rest AD even though he wanted to play. The coach may have overestimated his team's capability without their top player. This definitely hurt their chances of qualifying for the play-in tournament so let's see if the decision to sit AD will pay off and translate to consecutive wins in their next couple of games.
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March 16, 2023, 08:14:22 AM
Everyone deserves a second chance. If the league can accept him again, there's no reason the Grizzlies cannot accept him. He is still young and prone to make mistakes, so let's give him a second chance. Besides, without Ja Morant, the Grizzlies wouldn't be where they are now.

I think there are some negotiations going on about this between the Grizzlies and the league. I am quite sure that they are going to work something out between themselves and let him play again.

And I have to say one thing. After all he is only 23. His mistakes are not forgiven at 23, when are his mistakes going to be forgiven!!

I also believe that they are already working it out. Ja Morant is a superstar and lots of fans would want to see him play, so I think we might be surprised that he will be back soon. His offense was serious, but the league and the team could give him a warning that if it happens again, he'll be banned from the NBA for life.

When he comes back, I hope to see a new Ja - the swaggy Ja, but more for entertainment purposes only.
I'm really sure that Ja Morant already did some self evaluation and reflected to the things that he had done in the past like holding a gun and going in some strip club, the 8 games suspension serves as lesson for him not only to become a better NBA player but also be a better model to his fans. His past offense are serious and the NBA did a good action because it can affect a lot of lives because he is considered as influential person. I saw his interview earlier where the interviewer ask if he's the owner of the gun or not and he replied saying "the gun wasn't mine and I don't condone any type of violence". Anyway he prove that he is really the man by saying he take full responsibility of what happened. I hope that Ja will not repeat this kind of behavior because there is a high chance that we could not see Ja morant again in the NBA.
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March 16, 2023, 07:34:05 AM
Everyone deserves a second chance. If the league can accept him again, there's no reason the Grizzlies cannot accept him. He is still young and prone to make mistakes, so let's give him a second chance. Besides, without Ja Morant, the Grizzlies wouldn't be where they are now.

I think there are some negotiations going on about this between the Grizzlies and the league. I am quite sure that they are going to work something out between themselves and let him play again.

And I have to say one thing. After all he is only 23. His mistakes are not forgiven at 23, when are his mistakes going to be forgiven!!

I also believe that they are already working it out. Ja Morant is a superstar and lots of fans would want to see him play, so I think we might be surprised that he will be back soon. His offense was serious, but the league and the team could give him a warning that if it happens again, he'll be banned from the NBA for life.

When he comes back, I hope to see a new Ja - the swaggy Ja, but more for entertainment purposes only.
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March 16, 2023, 07:10:02 AM
Everyone deserves a second chance. If the league can accept him again, there's no reason the Grizzlies cannot accept him. He is still young and prone to make mistakes, so let's give him a second chance. Besides, without Ja Morant, the Grizzlies wouldn't be where they are now.

I think there are some negotiations going on about this between the Grizzlies and the league. I am quite sure that they are going to work something out between themselves and let him play again.

And I have to say one thing. After all he is only 23. His mistakes are not forgiven at 23, when are his mistakes going to be forgiven!!
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March 16, 2023, 07:03:29 AM
He ended up only getting 8 games 6 of which already passed.  So he is eligible to play starting Monday night against Dallas.  Unsure if Memphis will throw him out there.  But make no mistake losing ja means losing money for the NBA, he is one of the new faces and makes the sport entertaining.  They won't push down one of theor cash cows unless it's something really bad.
But it seems to me that the Memphis Grizzlies management is not yet ready to give a warm welcome for Ja Morant, amidst the issue, the Grizzlies are not yet over with it because Ja Morant is the face of the franchise yet he failed to deliver the teams expectation towards him and wasn't professional enough to know what should he do and what's not.
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Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins himself poured some ice-cold water on Ja’s potential comeback. According to the Memphis shot-caller, Morant will NOT be returning to action against the Mavs.
To add even more mystery to this situation, Jenkins also did not indicate when the Grizzlies intend to allow Morant back. The embattled 23-year-old would have already served out his league-mandated eight-game suspension by March 20th, but as it turns out, the team isn’t ready to bring him back just yet.
https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-return-vs-luka-doncic-mavs-not-happening

We know that this is a very big risk for the team. Of course, he is the face of the team. And the team is also losing quite a lot because of not having him available. I am sure that if they could actually play him, they would have. There are some legitimate reasons. Of course, they feel he is not ready. After all, things could turn out for the worst if they let him on the basketball court right now.

I can only assume things. It is also not going to be very clever for anyone to believe what the media says. We all should wait for an official statement.

Everyone deserves a second chance. If the league can accept him again, there's no reason the Grizzlies cannot accept him. He is still young and prone to make mistakes, so let's give him a second chance. Besides, without Ja Morant, the Grizzlies wouldn't be where they are now.


After the cooldown of Ja's issue for sure Memphis will bring him back, with the talent this young star has, it's very possible that the franchise will bring him into action again..

Yeah, everyone deserves a second chance that a mistake will be remembered and will be a learning
experienced to him and will serve as a good warning to each player.
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March 16, 2023, 05:54:49 AM
He ended up only getting 8 games 6 of which already passed.  So he is eligible to play starting Monday night against Dallas.  Unsure if Memphis will throw him out there.  But make no mistake losing ja means losing money for the NBA, he is one of the new faces and makes the sport entertaining.  They won't push down one of theor cash cows unless it's something really bad.
But it seems to me that the Memphis Grizzlies management is not yet ready to give a warm welcome for Ja Morant, amidst the issue, the Grizzlies are not yet over with it because Ja Morant is the face of the franchise yet he failed to deliver the teams expectation towards him and wasn't professional enough to know what should he do and what's not.
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Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins himself poured some ice-cold water on Ja’s potential comeback. According to the Memphis shot-caller, Morant will NOT be returning to action against the Mavs.
To add even more mystery to this situation, Jenkins also did not indicate when the Grizzlies intend to allow Morant back. The embattled 23-year-old would have already served out his league-mandated eight-game suspension by March 20th, but as it turns out, the team isn’t ready to bring him back just yet.
https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-return-vs-luka-doncic-mavs-not-happening

We know that this is a very big risk for the team. Of course, he is the face of the team. And the team is also losing quite a lot because of not having him available. I am sure that if they could actually play him, they would have. There are some legitimate reasons. Of course, they feel he is not ready. After all, things could turn out for the worst if they let him on the basketball court right now.

I can only assume things. It is also not going to be very clever for anyone to believe what the media says. We all should wait for an official statement.

Everyone deserves a second chance. If the league can accept him again, there's no reason the Grizzlies cannot accept him. He is still young and prone to make mistakes, so let's give him a second chance. Besides, without Ja Morant, the Grizzlies wouldn't be where they are now.
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March 16, 2023, 05:49:40 AM
He ended up only getting 8 games 6 of which already passed.  So he is eligible to play starting Monday night against Dallas.  Unsure if Memphis will throw him out there.  But make no mistake losing ja means losing money for the NBA, he is one of the new faces and makes the sport entertaining.  They won't push down one of theor cash cows unless it's something really bad.
But it seems to me that the Memphis Grizzlies management is not yet ready to give a warm welcome for Ja Morant, amidst the issue, the Grizzlies are not yet over with it because Ja Morant is the face of the franchise yet he failed to deliver the teams expectation towards him and wasn't professional enough to know what should he do and what's not.
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Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins himself poured some ice-cold water on Ja’s potential comeback. According to the Memphis shot-caller, Morant will NOT be returning to action against the Mavs.
To add even more mystery to this situation, Jenkins also did not indicate when the Grizzlies intend to allow Morant back. The embattled 23-year-old would have already served out his league-mandated eight-game suspension by March 20th, but as it turns out, the team isn’t ready to bring him back just yet.
https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-return-vs-luka-doncic-mavs-not-happening

We know that this is a very big risk for the team. Of course, he is the face of the team. And the team is also losing quite a lot because of not having him available. I am sure that if they could actually play him, they would have. There are some legitimate reasons. Of course, they feel he is not ready. After all, things could turn out for the worst if they let him on the basketball court right now.

I can only assume things. It is also not going to be very clever for anyone to believe what the media says. We all should wait for an official statement.
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March 16, 2023, 04:49:16 AM
Steph Curry has a monster game of 50 points against the Clippers.

But was not enough to pull a win for them, and as what we have been discussing, they played on the road and they have a bad record on it. Kahwi and PG combine for 54 points to offset Curry's game. Klay Thompson, after a explosive game just chip in with 15 points.

Just because a player scores a lot of points doesn't mean that team is a good team. The Warriors are really not very good this year, they can't make a winning streak. In fact, when we look at their last match, we can see that they lost a lot of matches. Curry was the team's top scorer in this game, but the rest of the team couldn't score enough points, and they weren't very good defensively. If you score more than 130 points in a match, you don't have much chance of winning that match

Or we should say that they are not good at home. They may not be a dominant team in the regular season, but they are a very dangerous team in the playoffs. As long as they maintain that top 6 position, they will surely be in the playoffs, and that's where they can play their best.

What I saw in the Warriors' game against the Clippers was a lack of rebounding. Well, they play small ball, so that's the outcome, but they shot well, I guess, especially Curry.
legendary
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March 16, 2023, 04:20:56 AM
Steph Curry has a monster game of 50 points against the Clippers.

But was not enough to pull a win for them, and as what we have been discussing, they played on the road and they have a bad record on it. Kahwi and PG combine for 54 points to offset Curry's game. Klay Thompson, after a explosive game just chip in with 15 points.

Just because a player scores a lot of points doesn't mean that team is a good team. The Warriors are really not very good this year, they can't make a winning streak. In fact, when we look at their last match, we can see that they lost a lot of matches. Curry was the team's top scorer in this game, but the rest of the team couldn't score enough points, and they weren't very good defensively. If you score more than 130 points in a match, you don't have much chance of winning that match
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