Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 775. (Read 918366 times)

If the Suns won't get a ring while Durant is on their team, then most probably Chris Paul won't get a ring in his career.

As for Westbrook, a few years from now, if he wants to continue playing, it's either he will accept a lower offer or play overseas. This dude's career is almost over if he won't improve and help the Clippers. His performance is way different ever since he left Thunder. I don't know, it seems he lacks motivation compared before and to other players of the same age or even older like James.

The league rescinded the final rebound Giannis gave himself yesterday effectively taking away his triple double.  AI can't remember seeing this happen before in the NBA but it seems like the right thing to do.  I didn't see anything about rescinding the missed shot though.  Probably a good thing for Giannis anyway as it might save him from some criticism for being a stat padder.  Say what you want about Westbrook or Jokic but I don't think this has ever happened to either of them.

I didn't see Looney in the last minutes of the game. I am not sure if he was fouled out or if Coach Steve Kerr preferred the fast-paced small-ball team.
I hope they should think about using Kuminga more when they are up against a team that relied on a big man, like the Lakers.
Kuminga is competitive, all his energy could be contagious once he gets rhythm but somehow he was not given the minutes which I think he deserves whenever they need help on defending forwards or centers.

Well, that's the only change they made. If it's not Josh Hart who is the reason for their success, then it's Cam Reddish who was their problem on why they lost in their past games. Josh boosted their defensive line and I think that's a big thing.
 

Right, same here, so he will be out indefinitely as there are investigations by the NBA itself and there could be legal ramifications here. They are looking at where and the exact location of the video, that club where he was show flashing a gun. It is right after the Denver game, so if it is in that place then he might have brought it with him in the place. And so it will be a severe punishment from the NBA as they are very strict bringing firearms in a NBA facility. And we have seen the effects already, they already lost their first game without him. And it's going to be very difficult for the NBA to punished Ja Morant as he is one of their brightest young stars. So Memphis and coach Jenkins will have to make a lot of adjustments now ad there are no timeline for Morant's comeback.

We will see it then once the playoffs commence. Knowing Kevin Durant, and his heavy playoff experienced, never seen him choking or doing some sudden change in his performance when playoffs time even losing. If he can affect the whole Phoenix Suns' intensity of play once playoffs come, the team would be deadly.

Who knows Durant is the only answer for Chris Paul not turning into useless shit during playoffs after giving his always best during the season.

Although I'm not rooting for the Suns to win the chip this season, I want to see Chris Paul experience holding the NBA Championship trophy in his career.

What is worse is if that action affects his endorsement deals and his contract with the Grizzlies. He has an extension contract with the Memphis Grizzlies coming up. Hope he really gets help and not just release a statement to get clear of this trouble. He has a bright future ahead of him and it would be bad to see him blow it just because of some silly actions,


Booker starting another weak trash talk. But hopefully they will be able to defend his trash talk because remember last year he trash talked Luka, but the Mavs won their series in the playoffs.

If it wasn't because of CP3, I'm not that rooting for the Phoenix Suns to win at least the conference finals because I'm not yet convinced that they can survive the series rounds. Remember that the Phoenix Suns are choking at almost every playoffs they run into after having a successful run, they don't have that consistency to survive the whole 7 games if the game will have to take that long just to settle a rivalry.

But with Kevin Durant's presence, the team's chances got a boost as well as their confidence and you can see it in their face that they are not that scared anymore to take a risky shot because they know that they still got a lot of chance.

Booker and Doncic's argument was funny, but it was clear that it wouldn't grow any further. As long as there is no physical violence in this regard, I find such quarrels amusing.
Phoenix was a really dangerous team, as you all said. Having both Durant and Booker on the team offers more offensive options. They became one of the duos that scored 35 points each. It's hard to defend that. A healthy Phoenix will pose a threat to all opponents.

Yes, finally, the LA Clippers won in their game against the Grizzlies. Although I was already expecting that because the Grizzlies was without Ja Morant yet the Clippers still almost got defeat by the visiting team. But a win is a win, I hope this will boost their confidence because they already manage to win a game against a tough team.

I mean hart is a nice piece but he has to be good luck 9-0 since we got him lol.  He brings defense and rebounding from the guard position which is nice.  Also helps he is one of jalen brunsons good friends.  They played together at Villanova and won a natty together.  That chemistry was already there from day one since brunson is the pg.  Made sense to pick him up.

That's the intention! Be a scary team!

Well, with Durant joining the Suns, it's all-important and I have no doubt that he will be one of the most talked about and dangerous teams in the NBA.

Honestly, I hope the Suns can be NBA champions this season!
With all due respect but they deserve that ring lol

Seems like a good bet. I usually don’t like betting spreads because teams can be pretty relaxed at the end of games. I would agree though that if Denver is motivated they could be the Raptors by 10+ easily. You just have to hope they don’t let the Raptors creep up at the end and beat the spread. It’ll probably be up to the coach.

Thank you for this call mate, I've put a very small amount of money on this game and also on the -6.5 call, i am highly confident that just as you have predicted, this game would be an easy win for the Denver Nuggets.

But even just incase the unexpected happens, since we cant rule that out as long as gambling/betting is concerned, I bet an amount I can comfortably lose, so whatever be the outcome of this game, not a problem at all, ive learnt from previous experiences  .

As far as the latest information regarding Morant's issue is concerned, I will assume already that Ja Morant might not return to action in the remainder of the season until in the latter part of the playoffs if they will able to advance. There's no room in NBA to do such an act. I might be wrong though.

Should serve a lesson now for him. What an unfortunate thing happen to him in just the early period of his career.

With what happened, the whole Memphis Grizzlies now need to do some adjustments to fill Morant's absence.

Booker has always been a bit of a weak trash talker, and that will continue to be like that for a long time considering that's a bit about someone's character and not something about their talent.

However, having Durant certainly helps, they were pretty good until like this year, they even had a finals chance, and they lost, Bucks won, but they added Durant to that team which means that they are doing mighty fine and will be a good team in the end. Mavs are looking good too though, they could take on Suns on a 7 game series, maybe win, maybe lose, but they wouldn't be too bad for sure. It is always important to keep your cool whenever you can.

The Nuggets -6.5 over the Raptors is without doubt the bet of the week for me.

The Raptors are coming off a hard fought overtime win on the road against Washington. They now have to fly to Denver to take on a fully healthy and rested Nuggets team who are 29-4 at home.

I seriously cannot see why the line is only -6.5.

This is the best bet of the week for me and I will be putting a decent amount on it.

We can't just accept his immaturity and saying he is young and needs a mentor. I mean, that is right, of course, but Lebron and Kobe was also young and immature. They didn't do such things. His bad behaviour is just inexcusable. We should talk about his basketball first and then some aspects of his private life, but what the hell guns should be mentioned about a player. I think that is unacceptable and NBA management should be hard on these issues.

Yes, he has been trash talking everyone and it is too much. But his game backs it up, at least. What he did to Luka was quite bad though. Luka was right saying that he should talk early in the game, not at the end when they win.

Not just the best defense but the team who got the best offense as well win have a better chance to win the game. We know that Giannis and the rest of the Milwaukee Bucks are good as they are a former champion but their power when combined is not that good compared to the Celtics where almost all of the players in the roster is capable to give at least two digits per game especially if they needed someone to step up if Tatum himself is struggling.

Either way, if these two will face each other in the conference finals. The fans is already winning in terms of entertainment as both teams mentioned are quite good when it comes to offense and defense. It will be a matter of which team will provide more turnover that will be taken as advantage for the opposite team, the more mistakes committed, the less chances of winning.

all these NBA games happen at 2 am, just when I'm getting ready to sleep and even if I make an effort to watch it, then I would have to sleep at 4 am, very complicated situation

Cleveland Cavaliers - Boston Celtics

Cavaliers comes into this game occupying the fourth position in the East, and in the last games they had 6 wins and 4 losses, they had their most recent victory against the Pistons, they have Donovan Mitchell as a doubt for this game, honestly if he doesn't play will be a problem for the Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell managed to score 20 points in the last game of the Cavaliers, meanwhile their opponent the Celtics who had a very large number of wins and a small number of losses, were 45 wins and 20 losses, there is no been well in the last games to the point of having 2 consecutive defeats, the Cavaliers have absences of: Cavaliers. but they have Jayson Tatum very well and ready to score a lot of points

my guess: Cavaliers win

Indiana Pacers - Philadelphia 76ers

Pacers come to this game with a bad performance, they had 36 losses and 29 wins, and in the last games they lost in 6 games and only won in 4 games, but their last game was a victory against the Bulls, maybe it will serve as a motivation, although it was a victory by a small difference of points. the pacers are missing: Aaron Nesmith and Kendall Brown. meanwhile their opponent the Philadelphia 76ers has 41 wins and 22 losses, and a very good performance in relation to the pacers, having won 7 of the last 10 games, including in their last game they beat the Bucks, my guess: the Philadelphia 76ers will win

Detroit Pistons - Portland Trail Blazers

Pistons come to this game with a bad performance, they lost in 49 games and only won in 15 games, honestly this is really a bad performance, in the last games they lost 10 games in 9 games and they are with 7 consecutive defeats, and there are many shortcomings and players in doubt: Cade Cunningham, Bojan Bogdanovic, Isaiah Stewart, Jalen Duren (embezzlement); Killian Hayes, James Wiseman and Rodney McGruder (Doubtful); I don't know if using the word luck would be the right term in this situation, but they are lucky because their opponents are not doing well either, they have 30 wins and 34 losses, in the last 10 games they only won 4 games, but in their last game managed to beat the Orlando Magic. Bookmakers are putting odds of @1.40 for the Magic in case of victory, I think it is a very low odd given the risk, both teams are bad

Miami Heat - Atlanta Hawks

Heat come to this game with 34 wins and 31 losses, and in the last 10 games they have had 6 losses, but they have a victory in their last game, maybe this will serve as motivation against the Hawks, but they have: Kyle Lowry and Nikola Jovi; on the other hand, their opponent, the Hawks come to this game with a performance very similar to the heat, they have 32 wins and 32 losses, in their last game they lost precisely against the Heat. in my opinion Heat will win again

Denver Nuggets - Toronto Raptors

Nuggets come to this game with a good performance, they had 45 wins and 19 losses, and in the last 10 games they lost in just 2 games, meanwhile their opponent the Raptors comes to this game with 32 wins and 33 losses, but in the their last 10 games they did very well to the point of having only 3 losses, despite the Nuggets being the favorite I see that it will be a very difficult game for them and the value of this odd is very low

Yes, I thought that they are going to lose this game because they are facing a though team, and it took them 2 OT for the Knicks to squeeze that big win and maintain their position in the East. Just half a game behind the Cavs, but I think they shouldn't be concern of their position for now, just play the best of the remaining games and see how they will go, 3rd good be the highest they can get for now.

The return of Steph was spoiled by the Lakers, they cut the lead by 2 by Donte's two assists, but then Davis put the game for good. 39 big points for Anthony Davis.

And finally the curse of Russell Westbrook was broken, finally won against Memphis without Ja Morant start of his 2 game suspensions. Not sure if this is just the beginning for Morant or he might serve longer suspension because of that video.