Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 890. (Read 919119 times)

He does need it if we look at his average stats for 2022 and the back-to-back triple double production in his last two games hehe. Those figures are MVP worthy.

Yes he's still below his 76ers numbers but I think he's got his confidence back. He's just happy to let KD or Kyrie take the lead for the team. It won't be long before we see consistent double-double figures.

By the way, Simmons could have made his first triple-double of the season a couple of games ago, but he was only 2 assists away from it. So yeah, it looks like he is slowly adapting as he's performing better compared to how he performed at the beginning of this season. However, it's worth noting that Simmons still needs a lot of work on himself because his absence of more than a year has affected him negatively anyway. I mean, he's still far from his game shape, which he had in the 76ers.

Uncle Drew is indeed on a mission and this time he will be doing his best in the name of his daughter, and if I recall it correctly, Kyrie Irving said and promised to his daughter that he will straighten up and will be back much stronger this season. So far, as we can see, it's clear enough that he is playing impressively almost every game. Durant wasn't that loaded because he knows that Irving is also doing his best, and there's Ben Simmons who's also helping them and laying up the table for them.

As much as I wanted to see Ja as an upgraded version of AI, cannot really help but think that Ja is more like DRose when he was still a rookie and still agile doing stunts and postering somebody with his athleticism. It's not that I wanted to see Ja getting serious injuries like what DRose had because his future will be wasted, I believe that Ja already know that and somehow, he's investing on himself too to avoid serious injuries because of his performances.

I guess that's the problem with Utah Jazz now, they are already in their tank mode with 2 straight losses and 4 wins only in the last 10 games. They need a win tomorrow so their win streak will not be extended, but the question is, can they do it against the Kings who had previously defeated the Nuggets in a big come back win?

Yes, something is wrong with how they implement their punishment regarding what happened with Hayes and Wagner. Sure, Wagner should be penalized for what he did, excessive, flagrant, intentional push, and then Hayes a lot more after he punched the back of the head of Wagner but about the other players, I don't see the reason why.
https://www.nba.com/news/nba-announces-pistons-magic-suspensions
That's ridiculous. Then who would protect Wagner while he is being confined to the Pistons' bench? No security went and Stewart is holding him like a grappler until he went down when he lost consciousness.
I understand they want to make this a lesson for other teams but that's just too much on Magic's side.

Yeah, I think even basketball announcers are using that quote even if they are not covering Mavs game. If I'm not mistaken, I hear it last game between the Celtics and the Clippers. Probably playoff could be lock in, but who knows, still very early, we are not even half of the season yet. Maybe after the all star break we will see the pattern as who will be in the lower bracket  5-8 spot and who will fight it out in the play-in. For now, let's enjoy what Luka is displaying and showing to his fans and the whole NBA because it's one of a kind.

Luka's quote with " I need a recovery beer" seems to be all over the internet right now and some of the fans already have t-shirts with it  . Jokes aside now , Mavs are really playing great in the last month and another victory has been secured last night against Rockets and with this victory they have 7 wins in a row and 3 defeats in the last 10 games. I think play-offs are kinda locked in right now so let's see how far Luka can lead them this year.

He didn't get the respect of their players so we can say that he didn't do his job very well.

Maybe he should learn from nets and do better on the next team he handle, we also know he is good but I think that's not enough so maybe he need to study and learn from other coaches so that he can earn the respect from players and can make them follow on his plays and commands.

It's because of the drama, and then they have a chance of coach, and no offense to Nash, by now we can say that he did a bad job. Perhaps he gives too much for this players, specially Kyrie who took control of own career while with the Nets. Although there are still chances that the Nets management might trade him if somewhat they are good this early but maybe they will choke in the playoffs, who knows and finally they will get rid of Kyrie.

I remember several weeks ago someone ask if Markannen deserves to be an All Star. And I will say yes, when he was traded, it seems that he found his home now and really their number offensive player more than Clarkson.

What do you guys still think though? again several weeks some are in the fence with Markannen performance, but now it seems that he is no hype, he is for real and probably the Jazz found a gem on him.

One of my favorite things about the NBA is that it's hard to know who will win the game. The Bucks are playing very well this year and to be honest I didn't think the Chicago Bulls would win this game. But this time they played very well and managed to win the match.
DeRozan did a great job and helped the team unbelievably with 42 points

I cannot find in NBA official website or any other sites the voters ranking. You're probably right, it is still too early to make a ranking. Next month I project a ranking will be released. Clarkson and Markannen will probably enter the ranking since Utah will host next year's All-Star games. The voters' result though is only a small percentage because it is the panel that has the biggest percentage of who's playing in the All-Stars. Utah needs to win more games in order to convince the panelist that its stepping-up non-superstar roster deserved a spot or 2 in the coming All-Stars.

Weird, the way I see it though, Orlando running to the defense of Wagner, so technically they have emptied their bench, which automatically means suspensions already. And obviously since the incident happen on the Pistons bench, so there is no 'emptying' of the bench but obviously 2 players from them was seeing throwing some elbows. But that's too bad for Orlando on their next game, they might as well defaulted it due to this incident. Doesn't make sense for the NBA to suspend 9 players though.

I believe I just read that 9 of the Orland Magic players were suspended for their role in the bench clearing ncident with the Detroit Pistons. Personally I think the Pistons should have had more suspensions but they got lucky the incident happened on their bench. I can’t believe someone got knocked out and the guy only got a 3 game suspension while the knocked out guy’s teammates get suspended for coming to his defense to fish him off the floor. Orlando isn’t going to have a team for their next game…

As long as he is focused Kyrie's is going to be unstoppable, look at that handles, but the thing is, sometimes he is inconsistent as well, sometimes he will just explode from the first quarter and finished scoring like 40 points to lead the Nets.

But there are games that he seems to be off night, shooting bad and that's why he has to be taken out. But Durant is always there and I think he is the only one who is consistent in the team that's why they are winning games and on a streak right now.

Kyrie is not surprising at all, he is really good, even the last time they reach the ECF, if only he was not injured, Nets would easily beat the Bucks in that series. Kyrie and Durant needs to be healthy, they still have a chance for that championship, and Simmons will surely be happy if they will get one.

Yes! it was really a great season for the Nets if we look at their past season where Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving is making a hard time and struggling that is why the Celtics Sweep them back then, but this is a different time for the Nets it was really amazing progress for this team, even though their latest game almost made them kind of lost but it was a close game and in this game Hawks doesn't have Trae Young and De'Andre Hunter which is the main roster for the Hawks, I really think the Nets will eventually need a substitute for both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving they will like to get exhausted or gets injured, or this will surely continue if those two get healthy the entire game, I sure hope those two would net get injured the time the playoffs started,


He is on a mission to right his wrong he surely said it back then he regretted it when he leaves his previous team the Cleveland Cavaliers and back then he really feel sorry about that so right now he is redeeming himself and saying sorry that he does something like that and for Kevin Durant that recently wants to leave the Brooklyn Nets, I think he got his second thought about it and by seeing how Kyrie Irving has been doing and like Irving might have talked him out from leaving that is why this two have now combined their strength again to enter the play-offs,

Actually, that's because of their bad performance last playoffs and the drama that Simmons had created in the 76ers. But now, look at them, they had already adjusted and had develop a good chemistry, so most probably that will carry on until the playoffs which makes this team a championship contender again.

Unless you're a fan of the Nets, any letdown that happens shouldn't bother you. I think it's a positive thing to see the team performing so well. Ben Simmons is a surprise lately as well. Noone even knew if he was ever gonna play for the Nets. Averaging over 8 points a game with 6 rebounds and 6 assists, not too shabby honestly. Not much more needs added for him to be averaging a triple double nightly.

Nets are a shocker in the NBA currently.