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Before rebuilding they can taste another play-off run with Bron, maybe one last time.

That's what the Lakers fans want to see even though the chances are kind of slim at the moment. But who knows as long as the Lakers are trying their best to remain alive in getting this year's playoff spot regardless if they will play on the play-in or not.

LeBron James' possibly achieving one of the toughest records in the league which is becoming the number 1 in NBA All-time Scoring leaders + Lakers competing in the playoffs will be a sweet achievement for the Lakers this season.

Anthony Davis might come back with a few games before the All-Star or early February as far as some rumor about his status is concerned.

Maybe when Davis comes back, there chances are going to skyrocket to make the playoffs. Hopefully when Davis goes back, it will not be too late for him. Although they are losing games, it's very close one and it could go either way. And it seems that the whole Lakers is somewhat getting their second wind as they are playing very high level with James and Westbrook and some of their role players.

To hard to happen since if AD will be back maybe he's still not on his best shape and the Lakeshow drama still continue so maybe this is another big floop season for lakers since they are not in good position in standing now. Also their other rooster seems doesn't have plan to win and Lebron is the one who make this team alive. If lakers cannot place again in playoffs this season well this is another big shame to them.

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Quote from: harizen on January 17, 2023, 06:47:30 PM

Quote from: ingiltere on January 17, 2023, 05:38:39 PM

Before rebuilding they can taste another play-off run with Bron, maybe one last time.

That's what the Lakers fans want to see even though the chances are kind of slim at the moment. But who knows as long as the Lakers are trying their best to remain alive in getting this year's playoff spot regardless if they will play on the play-in or not.

LeBron James' possibly achieving one of the toughest records in the league which is becoming the number 1 in NBA All-time Scoring leaders + Lakers competing in the playoffs will be a sweet achievement for the Lakers this season.

Anthony Davis might come back with a few games before the All-Star or early February as far as some rumor about his status is concerned.

Maybe when Davis comes back, there chances are going to skyrocket to make the playoffs. Hopefully when Davis goes back, it will not be too late for him. Although they are losing games, it's very close one and it could go either way. And it seems that the whole Lakers is somewhat getting their second wind as they are playing very high level with James and Westbrook and some of their role players.

So let's wait when is AD going to be back and hopefully he will be healthy throughout after the All Star break. He is one key figure with the Lakers, and he will have to play the second half of the regular season to stay alive their hopes of getting into another playoff together.

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Glad to see our boy playing so well. Alperen Sengun seriously has a potential to be the best Turkish player to ever play the game. Memo had an all-star selection, and Hedo had MIP if I am not wrong and he was the second best guy on a team that went to finals. So its really really hard to be up there, even though Turkey hasn't sent that many guys in its history, it was still quite obvious that two that got famous became very very good and its hard to pass that. But this kid is playing with some serious talent at 20 years old, both of those players weren't near this good at 20, so that means in the next 10 years Alperen could keep on developing, if he doesn't relax and just coasts, but instead gets better? Dude could be some high level talent for sure.

The thing with Sengun is that he is awkward so it's hard to guard him, and he will throw a lot of fakes that will make his defender off balance. And I do agree that if he keeps on developing, he could be the best Turkish player in the history of NBA and could surpassed Hedo Turkoglu. But as far as position goes, it's obvious that they are very much different but perhaps the impact they can bring to their current team is huge.

His type of play may improve as he continues to play in the league, maybe that awkwardness will change as he goes further in his career. Well, it's early to say he can pass Hedo when this young guy wasn't yet at the peak of his career. The guy can shoot outside too and maybe he needs to develop that further since big guys behind the arc weren't that new these days and some defenders doubt huge guys that they can shoot, it's a good weapon to develop.

And it seems to be an advantage for him to become awkward, similar to what Sabonis early in his career with the Pacers, and up to this time, we can see some glimpse of Sabonis with the Kings and it's very effective for him.

So I guess there's nothing to change with his style, he just need to improve and most probably gain some weight as well so that he won't be simply be backs out for defensive or offensive rebounds. He can shoot outside, just like the rest of the big guys that we have in the league, he just need to be consistent.

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Glad to see our boy playing so well. Alperen Sengun seriously has a potential to be the best Turkish player to ever play the game. Memo had an all-star selection, and Hedo had MIP if I am not wrong and he was the second best guy on a team that went to finals. So its really really hard to be up there, even though Turkey hasn't sent that many guys in its history, it was still quite obvious that two that got famous became very very good and its hard to pass that. But this kid is playing with some serious talent at 20 years old, both of those players weren't near this good at 20, so that means in the next 10 years Alperen could keep on developing, if he doesn't relax and just coasts, but instead gets better? Dude could be some high level talent for sure.

The thing with Sengun is that he is awkward so it's hard to guard him, and he will throw a lot of fakes that will make his defender off balance. And I do agree that if he keeps on developing, he could be the best Turkish player in the history of NBA and could surpassed Hedo Turkoglu. But as far as position goes, it's obvious that they are very much different but perhaps the impact they can bring to their current team is huge.

His type of play may improve as he continues to play in the league, maybe that awkwardness will change as he goes further in his career. Well, it's early to say he can pass Hedo when this young guy wasn't yet at the peak of his career. The guy can shoot outside too and maybe he needs to develop that further since big guys behind the arc weren't that new these days and some defenders doubt huge guys that they can shoot, it's a good weapon to develop.

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Before rebuilding they can taste another play-off run with Bron, maybe one last time.

That's what the Lakers fans want to see even though the chances are kind of slim at the moment. But who knows as long as the Lakers are trying their best to remain alive in getting this year's playoff spot regardless if they will play on the play-in or not.

LeBron James' possibly achieving one of the toughest records in the league which is becoming the number 1 in NBA All-time Scoring leaders + Lakers competing in the playoffs will be a sweet achievement for the Lakers this season.

Anthony Davis might come back with a few games before the All-Star or early February as far as some rumor about his status is concerned.

We never know what Lakers can bring inside the table, they are keep doing the best that they know to win games and to keep the possibility
alive in moving to the next round, either a playoff spot or play-in.

As long as they are doing their best and they are winning games, that chance for LeBron can happen this season, breaking Kareem's records
will be an added legacy to his name.

Not sure about that rumor regarding to Davis but if that's true, the winning chance of Lakers will be much better.

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Quote from: yazher on January 18, 2023, 05:39:30 AM

What are they thinking? is this their way to keep everything balanced? Cheesy

Ja Morant is surely one of a kind and the fans are always looking forward to seeing him dunk on someone every time he plays. Thankfully he always has been negative and we can see more of his amazing dunks in the future. Though they are different from Vince Carter, I'm glad I'm seeing in the NBA who can actually dunk without hesitation whenever he got the chance. He really needs to do more of this because he will miss it when he gets old as Vince does.

I think at this point they are just fucking with Ja Morant Grin

Imagine getting drug tested almost every game just to turn out negative. They really want to catch this man red-handed, but unfortunately all of his plays in the highlight reel are natural and due to his insane talent. At this point, Grizzlies must already file a complaint against this nonsense. They're trying to single out this man for drug usage and every time they test him they're not finding anything. How is that not discriminatory in any way?

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What are they thinking? is this their way to keep everything balanced? Cheesy

Ja Morant is surely one of a kind and the fans are always looking forward to seeing him dunk on someone every time he plays. Thankfully he always has been negative and we can see more of his amazing dunks in the future. Though they are different from Vince Carter, I'm glad I'm seeing in the NBA who can actually dunk without hesitation whenever he got the chance. He really needs to do more of this because he will miss it when he gets old as Vince does.

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Quote from: Captain Corporate on January 17, 2023, 06:53:54 PM

Glad to see our boy playing so well. Alperen Sengun seriously has a potential to be the best Turkish player to ever play the game. Memo had an all-star selection, and Hedo had MIP if I am not wrong and he was the second best guy on a team that went to finals. So its really really hard to be up there, even though Turkey hasn't sent that many guys in its history, it was still quite obvious that two that got famous became very very good and its hard to pass that. But this kid is playing with some serious talent at 20 years old, both of those players weren't near this good at 20, so that means in the next 10 years Alperen could keep on developing, if he doesn't relax and just coasts, but instead gets better? Dude could be some high level talent for sure.

He is one of the reasons why sometimes the Houston Rockets team could surprise strong teams and be defeated. I lost a lot of money because of that. They are pure underdog most of the time but Alperen Sengun doesn't play like they are a losing team. He will gain more experience and soon he will become like Kevin Love or Sabonis that can make double-double per game. Best part is he's also a good passer. He even gained his first triple-double a week ago versus the Sacramento Kings. Indeed, Sengun has a promising future.

So PG13 is back. And I took the bet for the 76ers early. Cheesy

Well, there's still a chance to win. Close game happening between Clippers vs the 76ers. Now in the 4th quarter.

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Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

Well, that's what you and the others thought. We all have criticized coaches and players for every mistakes they have done in their career, but remember, they are always better than us. Plans and plays doesn't work every time. We can't just say, the coaching staff has no idea of what needs to be done. They actually do, they're only making bad decisions, especially when it did not work.
The Lakers may not be easy to coach, because of LeBron presence. He is the kind of player who have a huge influence in the whole management. So, that's not gonna be easy for the head coach to handle.

I don't think that Lebron is hard to coach, I mean he has been with several teams already, winning rings, so it's not about the coaches, it's probably his team mates around that could make or break him. Although it could be intimidated to coach him because of his superstar status, but I think Lebron is not that hard headed and he respects his coach who ever it is on the current team that he is in. And speaking of Lebron, big games for him again, but this time they got the win, 48 points and almost put a triple double.

I agree with you that I don't think Lebron is hard to coach either. In fact, often when I see him taking coaching/directions on the sideline during timeouts and what not, he always seems to be quite intent on what's going on, always paying attention etc ( at least from what I've seen ), but, yeah it's going to take certain type of coach to be able to coach Lebron. He's not going to allow just anyone coach him, that's for sure.

Yes, that's what I'm trying to say and we never him complaining about his coaches, even in the past, even if they are losing, he is not criticizing his coach and often times he take the blame.

But as we can see with Darvin Ham, he seems to be settled as well and very keen on playing high level basketball at his age. He is really looking to break that record this season and it's going to be historic in the NBA.

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Quote from: Captain Corporate on January 17, 2023, 06:53:54 PM

Glad to see our boy playing so well. Alperen Sengun seriously has a potential to be the best Turkish player to ever play the game. Memo had an all-star selection, and Hedo had MIP if I am not wrong and he was the second best guy on a team that went to finals. So its really really hard to be up there, even though Turkey hasn't sent that many guys in its history, it was still quite obvious that two that got famous became very very good and its hard to pass that. But this kid is playing with some serious talent at 20 years old, both of those players weren't near this good at 20, so that means in the next 10 years Alperen could keep on developing, if he doesn't relax and just coasts, but instead gets better? Dude could be some high level talent for sure.

The thing with Sengun is that he is awkward so it's hard to guard him, and he will throw a lot of fakes that will make his defender off balance. And I do agree that if he keeps on developing, he could be the best Turkish player in the history of NBA and could surpassed Hedo Turkoglu. But as far as position goes, it's obvious that they are very much different but perhaps the impact they can bring to their current team is huge.

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Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

Well, that's what you and the others thought. We all have criticized coaches and players for every mistakes they have done in their career, but remember, they are always better than us. Plans and plays doesn't work every time. We can't just say, the coaching staff has no idea of what needs to be done. They actually do, they're only making bad decisions, especially when it did not work.
The Lakers may not be easy to coach, because of LeBron presence. He is the kind of player who have a huge influence in the whole management. So, that's not gonna be easy for the head coach to handle.

I don't think that Lebron is hard to coach, I mean he has been with several teams already, winning rings, so it's not about the coaches, it's probably his team mates around that could make or break him. Although it could be intimidated to coach him because of his superstar status, but I think Lebron is not that hard headed and he respects his coach who ever it is on the current team that he is in. And speaking of Lebron, big games for him again, but this time they got the win, 48 points and almost put a triple double.

I agree with you that I don't think Lebron is hard to coach either. In fact, often when I see him taking coaching/directions on the sideline during timeouts and what not, he always seems to be quite intent on what's going on, always paying attention etc ( at least from what I've seen ), but, yeah it's going to take certain type of coach to be able to coach Lebron. He's not going to allow just anyone coach him, that's for sure.

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Glad to see our boy playing so well. Alperen Sengun seriously has a potential to be the best Turkish player to ever play the game. Memo had an all-star selection, and Hedo had MIP if I am not wrong and he was the second best guy on a team that went to finals. So its really really hard to be up there, even though Turkey hasn't sent that many guys in its history, it was still quite obvious that two that got famous became very very good and its hard to pass that. But this kid is playing with some serious talent at 20 years old, both of those players weren't near this good at 20, so that means in the next 10 years Alperen could keep on developing, if he doesn't relax and just coasts, but instead gets better? Dude could be some high level talent for sure.

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Quote from: ingiltere on January 17, 2023, 05:38:39 PM

Before rebuilding they can taste another play-off run with Bron, maybe one last time.

That's what the Lakers fans want to see even though the chances are kind of slim at the moment. But who knows as long as the Lakers are trying their best to remain alive in getting this year's playoff spot regardless if they will play on the play-in or not.

LeBron James' possibly achieving one of the toughest records in the league which is becoming the number 1 in NBA All-time Scoring leaders + Lakers competing in the playoffs will be a sweet achievement for the Lakers this season.

Anthony Davis might come back with a few games before the All-Star or early February as far as some rumor about his status is concerned.

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Quote from: carlisle1 on January 17, 2023, 07:43:35 AM

With Boston, even with the new coach, the system still being executed and the players are intact, they are good at finding the open man,
aside from their own versions of big three, the role players are also good.

We can't tell if they can hold the east side and go straight to their way for another final slot. The competitions are very tight with the very familiar
teams like Sixers, Bucks and Nets.

Too early to assume, but like what the post above said, betting for the future champion might be a good idea if you have that trust
to whoever team you are supporting to win the title.

Yes, we cannot predict it yet. Unlike last time when Phoenix Suns dominated the west conference with 64 wins. It's an obvious number 1 seed with that amount of wins. Now, it's trouble for them, injuries are truly a game-changer in this sport. Without Booker, they might stay in the rough spot at 12th seed.
They might go back at playing at the tournament.

Quote from: mirakal on January 17, 2023, 02:37:05 PM

If this match-up happens, it'll be more interesting to watch and it will attract more audience because people will be seeing new faces unlike in the past seasons, although this match-up is not yet sure to happen soon but the chance is good that they will be the ones who will face at the Finals. Denver Nuggets is now a heavier team than what they are last season while the Celtics is already marinated enough to be battle ready in the upcoming games of the post-season.

New faces will probably be a good thing. Experience-wise, it will provide an opportunity for them to feel the pressure of a Finals game especially the young teams like the Pelicans, Jazz, and Grizzlies. It's also a revelation that it can be done even at a young age to achieve the highest point of the game.

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Another big night for Bron and Lakers. Although they beat the weakest team in the league, we saw good signs. Bottom places in West is so tight, with 2 wins you can be in play-off spot or stay in 13th position. Even without AD they get wins and still be in the discussion. Of course participating play-offs from tenth spot wouldn't be easy but still better than not to make it. Before rebuilding they can taste another play-off run with Bron, maybe one last time.

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Quote from: Vaculin on January 17, 2023, 12:11:05 PM

They keep on holding what happened in the bubble where Davis and LeBron brought another championship to the Lakers, they should accept that they need rebuilding sooner or later after this season.

Yep, the Lakers' management will most likely rebuild the team significantly during the next off-season. First of all, they will probably get rid of Westbrook because his contract expires after this season, and I doubt the Lakers have any plans to offer him a new contract. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the Lakers wanted to trade Davis because of the fact that he hasn't even played half of the games for three seasons in a row because of injuries.

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After the last matches, I was convinced. Denver plays very well even without Jokić. I think they are the undisputed favorites on the West side. Memphis is also doing very well, but other teams are far behind them.
Boston is also doing incredible work in the East. I think they are ready for the championship this year mentally. Tatum, Brown and Smart play very well and have reduced the errors from last season.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Denver vs. Boston final this year. In fact, this would be the most logical choice for long-term betting. Of course, I couldn't see which sites give this bet and at what odds. If odds are worth playing, it can be tried.

That's if they can avoid injuries, especially the Boston Celtics. Brown and Tatum are a duo that cannot be separated, there are times one is off night while the other is having a good one. It will be crucial for them to have both of these players in the playoffs and the Finals. 7th winning streak for them with Brown missing 3 of those games, luckily, 2 games are against the Hornets and 1 against the Brooklyn Nets Durant-less.

Denver Nuggets on the other hand is a great team and they are doing better than last year. The twist will be when the playoffs happen, they cannot slack off anymore as this could be their best chance for a championship with a complete roster and strong bench.

I think they are doing pretty well with their role players surrounding them as well. I mean of course they lost the finals last year, and they could have been better as well and yet they failed not just because they played badly, but because they didn't had a proper plan to stop Curry to be fair, and that's not that rare, the whole league doesn't really have a plan to stop him, they can't.

But, Tatum+Brown duo surrounded by good role players gives them a chance to at least try that again, maybe this time they could win it all or maybe they won't even be in the finals, I really wouldn't know. In any case they are pretty good, that much is obvious to anyone who watches basketball.

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Quote from: danherbias07 on January 17, 2023, 03:35:25 AM

Quote from: ingiltere on January 16, 2023, 05:48:11 PM

After the last matches, I was convinced. Denver plays very well even without Jokić. I think they are the undisputed favorites on the West side. Memphis is also doing very well, but other teams are far behind them.
Boston is also doing incredible work in the East. I think they are ready for the championship this year mentally. Tatum, Brown and Smart play very well and have reduced the errors from last season.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the Denver vs. Boston final this year. In fact, this would be the most logical choice for long-term betting. Of course, I couldn't see which sites give this bet and at what odds. If odds are worth playing, it can be tried.

That's if they can avoid injuries, especially the Boston Celtics. Brown and Tatum are a duo that cannot be separated, there are times one is off night while the other is having a good one. It will be crucial for them to have both of these players in the playoffs and the Finals. 7th winning streak for them with Brown missing 3 of those games, luckily, 2 games are against the Hornets and 1 against the Brooklyn Nets Durant-less.

Denver Nuggets on the other hand is a great team and they are doing better than last year. The twist will be when the playoffs happen, they cannot slack off anymore as this could be their best chance for a championship with a complete roster and strong bench.

If this match-up happens, it'll be more interesting to watch and it will attract more audience because people will be seeing new faces unlike in the past seasons, although this match-up is not yet sure to happen soon but the chance is good that they will be the ones who will face at the Finals. Denver Nuggets is now a heavier team than what they are last season while the Celtics is already marinated enough to be battle ready in the upcoming games of the post-season.

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Either way, the Lakers should call a timeout and nothing else. That was around 10 secs. left and lots of time to make a good play.
The Lakers are down by 1 and no one from the coaching staff even advises their players to call a timeout. They blew that opportunity and chances to win the game. I don't know why they thought that time and didn't decide to call a timeout.
I want the close game though that both teams managed to perform where there are lots of exchange of score leads happened.

Maybe that is due to the inexperience of the coach and his staff. But Lebron was also in the court, he could have called the time out himself since he is the most veteran player in there. Anyway, if they called a time out, they can set up an offense but the defense of Philly will also set up. Maxey and other defenders will be on court and it may be harder to execute.
Now, I really doubt the capabilities of the Lakers coaching staff. It is not yet playoffs and they are not able to make the proper calls already. That is too bad.

It seems as though the coaching staff of the Lakers has no idea what they are supposed to be doing. There are times when you look at the coaches and wonder what they are thinking. They are able to make decisions and feel as if they have a plan in place. However, that is not the case with the Los Angeles Lakers. In my opinion, the coaching staff of the Lakers looks like they are just doing things and hoping for the best.

Well, that's what you and the others thought. We all have criticized coaches and players for every mistakes they have done in their career, but remember, they are always better than us. Plans and plays doesn't work every time. We can't just say, the coaching staff has no idea of what needs to be done. They actually do, they're only making bad decisions, especially when it did not work.
The Lakers may not be easy to coach, because of LeBron presence. He is the kind of player who have a huge influence in the whole management. So, that's not gonna be easy for the head coach to handle.

I won't argue with you about that but let's just understand the fans as well because they are just frustrated by the Lakers performance lately and it's somehow normal already that they will criticize and blow-off their steam towards the coaching staff and players afterwards. Well, if only coaching an entire NBA franchise is that easy let alone that the franchise contains influential superstar, if so, coach Vogel wouldn't get fired for sure.

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Quote from: Smack That Ace on January 17, 2023, 12:06:20 PM

I know that the Denver Nuggets are at the top of the table. But the problem is they can drop in terms of performance. After all. It is the NBA. So, it is also very easy for players to get injured in this game.

The grizzlies are in better form compared to the Denver Nuggets. I can see, they have had no loss in the last 10 games. But the Denver Nuggets do have two. And that's what I am trying to say. It is very easy for any team to drop in terms of positions on the table.

So, it is also very hard to predict which team is going to be the champions this season.

Duke Khan

Other teams and players play differently in playoffs. Others perform well in the regular season but not during playoffs and one example is the Nuggets. Also, unpredicted injuries might happen before or during playoffs that could change one team's fate. The Mavs, Clippers especially the Warriors are known they perform very well in the playoffs. I'd pick any of these three teams over the Nuggets because of that.

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