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Someone needs to step up and Thomas shows his willingness while Kyrie is no longer around and the main alpha(KD) Still resting,
that production is something that they need especially when KD is already playing with them.

It will be another interesting offensive power as he can adds up to a threat when everyone is already available,
not sure though with Simmons, like you mentioned he's really destroyed and even he already played a lot this season
he still showing differently.

Yeah, it's good that we have seen Cam Thomas emerging as the new face of the Nets franchise. Did you see that shot he made in the 4th, like twisting in the air but still hitting the two? Yes, they lost the game, but they gave one hell of a fight, him and Claxton could be the next anchor of the Nets offense once KD is back in action.

For Simmons though, yeah, it seems that he is still not mentally stable to play after the drama he had with Sixers.

And he is destroyed for good and I doubt that he can recover it back.

Looks like TNT decided to pickup tonight’s Lakers game just in case LeBron does break the record. Personally, I think he goes for 30 tonight and leaves the record for Thursday, but seeing that tonight’s game was moved to TNT leaves the chance that it could happen tonight. Statistically speaking, odds are that he will be about 6 points shy after tonight’s game, but I’ll be watching just in case.

The OKC thunder are 12th in defensive rating right now. Not at the bottom, but not on the top as well.

They just lost to the Warriors by a huge margin. The game will be held on Crypto.com arena and for sure, the arena will  be filled with fans who are excited to see the history. I don't know if it's only me, but I got a feeling that the Lakers will do the same as what they did to Kobe on his last game where he scored 60 points in 50 shots. I know Lebron will not shot 50 times to break the record, but there's a chance that Lebron will be their focal person offensively. I'll watch this one I want to see it even on livestream only.

On the other hand, Lebron averaged less than 30 PPG in his last 3 games so if this game will be a normal game for the whole team, there's a chance that Lebron might not break it against the Thunder, but if that happens, good thing that their next game will be against the Bucks on Crypto.com arena as well.

Him staying with the Mavericks will depend on him.

Let's take note that he wants to be a Laker, and he will be a free agent after this season. If the Lakers will do everything just to get Kyrie next season then they might pursue him in exchange for their remaining draft picks and maybe some role players. The problem with Kyrie is his defense. Him and Luka aren't good defensively so expect that the defensive rating of the Mavericks will go down even lower now that they gave away defense for more offense.

Changes as always, there's nothing certain now he can say that word any time, but his action will state the sincerity of that words,
now that he's gone and will be playing against the team.

It will be a good thing to move forward and hope for the best, both the Nets and Kyrie, after the separation it will be another test of time
for this superstar.

Only time will tell if the decision will turn to a good outcome or whatever will be the next thing that will happen...

He's not happy with the management that's why he choose to ask for trade. But since he land on a Dallas which have good management maybe he might like to stay there especially he has  Luka which is proven to be one of the best and their current rooster is solid already. If Kyrie decide to leave after his contract end maybe kyrie just only want to make his name create noise again. If he keep doing that I don't know if there's still a team will get him in future even if he is so good.

But its speculated that after his contract with mavs he will not sign and decide to go with Lakers but let see if this happen.

This is what I'm talking about. He's been doing pretty well when he starts games even before the Kyrie trade. I hope Durant see enough motivation to stay by mentoring these young guys at least until the end of the season.

On another NOT so breaking news, Ben Simmons has zero trade value according to some articles. That's hardly surprising to anyone who looks at his output per game. He should be mentally ready to play back in Australia because he'll probably get a minimum vet salary once his lucrative contract expires.

I only took the bet for what shot he will make to break the record. I chose the free throw as its profits are higher than the 2-point shot.  @3.30
Expecting an and1 play with all his paint attacks so it might hit. Fingers crossed.

The Warriors somehow blew out the Thunders even without Steph Curry. Klay Thompson, the classic Klay shooting 12/16 in long-distance shots, he almost broke his own record of 14 if only there was more time left or the game didn't end in a blowout. The Warriors shot 26/50 in 3 point lane and there's another record for that which is almost broken too. 
Anyway, that's above 50 percent which is an awesome number. I bet Steve Kerr is so happy now about the results of the game.
If Klay could keep up this pace, their team will absolutely be in a good seed even without Curry yet.
Reports say he will be missing multiple weeks because of partial tears in his ligaments.
https://www.nba.com/news/warriors-stephen-curry-leg-injury

Kyrie just love to move in different teams, well, he has that liberty because he is really good, and just like what happened, even the Lakers are trying to join the trade but the Nets ask too much for them so they cannot get Irving. Now that he is on his new team, even if he'll promise that he will retire being a Mavericks player, we should not expect that, and that would also help the fans so they'll not be hurt enough once Irving will leave.

If Irving will renew his contract with the Dallas Mavericks, then he might likely stay for a while.

It's a fact that the lakers' next opponent suffered a heavy defeat in the last game, with the points difference surpassing 25 points, but before that defeat they won in a way that humiliated the opponent, by that I mean that the lakers need to stay well watch out for this game and play to win the game and not play individually, it is true that if lebron scores many points it will help the team and also benefit him individually, but because he is one of the most important players on the team the opponent will be keeping an eye on him

and I believe that the opponent must have already heard about all time points, so they won't be letting him loose to score a lot of points for him to reach all time points, and that can even break him mentally if he focuses too much on all time points, even experienced players who like team games and always put the team first can fall into error when faced with something like all time points

That's just an assumption and it's timely to think of but yeah, let's just spare that moment for him and Lebron as both are having their own highlights for this season.
Anyway, I'm seeing a lot of memes about Kyrie on what he has said during his early days in the Nets that he won't leave 7. It's just a meme and we know change is constant but those were really funny ones.

That's the price of being popular, you also lose your freedom like normal people that can do anywhere they want. Lebron will be making a lot of people happy tomorrow if he will break that record, and it's good timing as they are playing on their home court, so probably the arena now is already filled with balloons on the ceiling waiting to drop tomorrow.

The way he is playing now, that is a statement that he is taking care of his body well, and he has more seasons left in his career for sure.

Who's betting on Lebron to break the points made of all time tomorrow?

Based on my sportsbook, Lebron is 2.12 if he will score 35+ points, that's a huge number but I believe he will likely achieve that tomorrow since OKC is not so defensive, they even score over 150 before, so for sure it will be a battle of offense.

You don't really change a team just to make sure people talk about that, plus the moment Lebron breaks that record, everyone will stop talking about Kyrie all over again, nobody will remember he was even traded at that point, they will talk about Lebron being the guy with the most points scored ever, that's just too huge to calm down about.

Lebron recently said that he wishes he could have a normal life, go eat a meal somewhere, get a starbucks with his name on it, like regular people, I think he wouldn't even be mad if Kyrie took some attention away from him. And to think that Lebron is not even near the end yet, he could play at least another 2 seasons after this, is beyond logical. Dude could breach 40k+ points and that would be a shock, as long as he stays healthy, he could break 40k, and that's expected.

The Nets demonstrated that putting a bunch of narcissistic superstars together on the same team is not a good idea. As for Irving, I'd say he's like a Trojan horse for any team because no one knows what to expect from him. So I guess Irving and Doncic won't be able to share the ball because Irving's presence on the court will likely have a negative impact on Doncic's stats.

They're doing well these past few days and with that, they are on their 3rd winning streak, their record this year is not bad as the Lakers, and looks like they can still improve it and make more wins in the upcoming days. Even if they cannot make it to the top 6, they are not far away to snatch the number 7 spot, and they are probably one of those teams who will play in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Maybe if they acquire more players in the trade, they will gonna boosts their chance more.

Well, it was official and to say it was robbed is too early to say but those future picks is really something the Nets have get. I wonder what the chemistry they have but they are a great duo. I just wonder though on who will get the ball more often now that another PG is on their team, Luka has got it when Kyrie wasn't there.

Cam Thomas is making a big deal for Brooklyn Nets, the guy's a bucket machine! If he maintains this kind of performance, even Kyrie Irving was traded to the other team, in my opinion it's a win win situation. I'm gonna watch their next game against Chicago Bulls, might he'll drop 40+ points again and make history.

•44 PTS, 4 3PM, 16-23 FG
•47 PTS, 7 3PM, 15-29 FG

link: https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1622800123809120257

That's what I thought. In my own assumption, there's a deeper reason. This may still have something to do with Kyrie. We don't know what made him act like he wants the trade forcefully and I bet he would want Kevin Durant pulled with him in Mavs but the cap space and the availability will be a big problem for Mark Cuban. So if Kyrie cannot pull him, he won't want him to stay at that team too. I have this feeling something not good happened backstage in the Nets management. 
Watching the Nets carefully today against the Clippers, they are still not a bad team and that is without Dinwiddie and Finney-Smith. It may change to better when they start playing.
He became a problem, kick him out if they need to. If he creates havoc in Mavs then that's their problem. I don't believe it's a robbery, it's just one splinter taken out which will feel good for them. The performance of the Nets today seems better, they are sharing the ball and new players are starting to step up.

Anyone seen the game between the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz? what happened?

Was watching it when the Jazz was making a run, but I have to make some errands and then spoke to one of my friends about, of all the topic, about gambling. And when I come back, Mavs won already by a big lead 13 points.

But the announcer says that at one point the Jazz lead by 15? So it's a complete turn around? Kudos for the Dallas team for winning against a tough team in the road without Luka Doncic.