Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 990. (Read 919593 times)

Surprise is the word here to describe this newly built Jazz team. I think other teams will be able to adjust and figure out soon how to stop them. We'll see how they perform as the season continues.

I agree with the odds since their own big 3 has been ruled out. This would have been a good game to watch if most of the key Pelicans players were available.

OK, I am stopping the Parley for now, because there are pretty much close odds for this game, so here are my picks for today's game,

Orlando Magic VS Charlotte Hornets

The Stake odds for this game are 2.06 for the Magic and 1.80 for the Hornets, Right now the Magic is full of injured players which is why the new players are playing, but this could be a great time for them to get experience, but still, they are not that in the all-star level, so my pick is the Hornets,

Toronto Raptors VS Philadelphia 76ers

The Stake odds for this game are 1.76 for the Raptors, and 2.12 for the 76ers, Joel Embiid right now is questionable if he can play, and right now I think the Raptors have the advantage for this match and relying on the game to James Harden is not a consistent win for sure, so my pick is the Toronto Raptors,

Boston Celtics VS Cleveland Cavaliers

The Stake odds for this game are 1.39 for the Celtics and 3.15 for the Cavaliers, Right now the Boston Celtics are in a lot of green, right now so for this game I think an easy pick will be the Boston Celtics,

Milwaukee Bucks VS New York Knicks

The Stake odds for this game are 1.43 for the Bucks and 2.95 for the Knicks, Right now Pat Connaughton and Khris Middleton can not play for the Bucks, while New York Knicks had great momentum towards their game, for me I might like the Milwaukee Bucks but because of the situation my pick is the New York Knicks,

Phoenix Suns VS New Orleans Pelicans

The Stake odds for this game are 1.33 for the Suns and 3.45 for the Pelicans, right now the Pelicans are in bad shape full of injured players and some questionable if they can play or if they will be 100% be great inside the ring, so I am going with the Phoenix Suns,

There will always be a team that will sign Russell Westbrook but not the same as what the Lakers offered him.

It's a good catch if teams can get him at a fair price.

During the off-season, there are lots of trade packages offered from other teams that the Lakers received for Westbrook but none of those satisfy them because as reported, part of the Westbrook deal should also include some of the future first-round picks of the Lakers which seems a bad idea to risks with.

Therefore, instead of pushing trading Westbrook, they keep the current roster intact for this season and that's what we are seeing right now. As I said before, trading Westbrook depends on how the team will behave this season. I'm thinking that the decision of trading Westbrook will be finalized after seeing their progress in the mid-half of the season.

How could they consider it a success? It is as failure as it could possibly get if you ask me. Because, they need to tank in order to get good rookies, right now they may look good because of the scores but they are not at all.

Who are they going to win a championship with? Conley? Markkanen? Clarkson? Beasley? Of course not, this team may look decent enough for the time being but they are not, they got lucky a few games but I guarantee you that they won't win 50 games, and probably even fail to get over 40 games. They just had a lucky start to the season and that’s it. They need to tank so that they could get good picks and good players, this current situation is not good at all.

Yes, there's still enough time for them and it's funny to see that some pages that I've been following started to post memes about them that they're already out of the playoffs this early.

Well, I just have to address that because I've noticed them making fun of the team with their struggle.

If there's an internal problem, they should do something about it as soon as possible before this streak goes on.

They played better when they only have Maxey as the point but I am not saying Harden is the weak link. Perhaps, Doc Rivers should tweak some of his plays.
I am not sure what is happening to them but their offensive power is intact, I don't know about the defense though. They look like a team that will just answer every score made by their opponent and not make stops.
It could be the reason why they won't win any with defensive teams like the Raptors.
5 blocks vs 2 76ers
9 steals vs 6 76ers
21 fouls made by the Raptors vs 12 76ers - that means they are not that physical anymore.
Sure, they patch it up by adding Tucker but that won't be enough.

What they need is another wing man to do some of the offensive jobs, they need someone who can help Irving and Durant carry the load to get the team a win, Seth Curry can help but he is not that yet reliable and consistent. And for Simmons? We cannot really expect him to help contribute some scores for the team because it is simply not his forte, he is more suitable in setting the table for his teammate can shoot easily and to create diversions.

So true. They tried for a couple of years to build a squad full of stars and it almost worked for them but this rebuilding so far from Jazz is on point , with class players , great coach and fans always ready to back them up. Like you said , the chemistry is starting to see on the court and if last year was tough to win on Jazz court , this year I find it way more difficult. However, play-offs are still far away and anything can happen.

Tonight , my team Bulls are playing and I'm satisfied with Bulls so far as I don't have any reasons not to be with this being the 2nd year when I can finally be proud again as a Bulls fan.

Lebron's legacy is now affected by the performance of his team, people should stop comparing him to Jordan because he will never be close to the GOAT. I think the Lakers really made a bad decision trading their shooters just to get Westbrook, after they won the championship, they kinda experiment with something and they are still paying it until now.

If there's anything worse than the Lakers being this bad, it's LeBron being in this situation. Despite his age, he has a great performance, he is still very athletic and I think he is one of the best players in the world. But right now the team is in such a bad shape that LeBron's effort is useless.
Maybe he could win a new ring with another team, but he won't even make the playoffs as long as he stays with the Lakers

Lakers are much likely the same situation with the Brooklyn Nets, rather than with the Sixers because the superstars in the first two teams mentioned is not getting what they expected, they thought they could be much harder to defeat given that their rosters are quite heavy, yet the opposite thing is happening to them.

The Sixers situation is different, I know that Harden is very hungry to win each game but that statement of yours saying that Harden is only the one worked hard to give the team a win is indeed not true, you're just referring to that only game where Harden explodes with 29 points and the only game where they won. How about those 3 games that they lost? Where's Harden? Embiid and Maxey are the ones who carried the team, Harden have almost 40 minutes per game yet he scored so low.

I think this season Luka has a high chance of finally winning an mvp award, his stats is really impressive. Last two season is dominated by the Joker, so I think Luka will try to make his own name this season, hopefully he will continue to be healthy.

Although I believe that he will win the regular season MVP but his team is still not a championship team.

Though Jazz is into rebuilding but they have the experience in the playoffs already, in fact, what I'm seeing now is that they are an improve team compared to the old Jazz. Its just too bad it took time for them to figure out that the team has a problem with Mitchell, so it's a wise decision trading him.

With the current performances of Jazz, the management might consider the rebuilding as successful.

Though still early from this season and maybe they will be contented if ever the team manage to move to the next round,
the current your roster is doing great and the chemistry between players is really blending well.
I can say that even they might choke again during the next round. It is safe to say that they are not
composed of stars who are really capable of winning a series.

There's nothing to lose for the Jazz even if they'll have an 1st round exit in the playoffs. Getting to the playoffs is already a big achievement and I'm pretty sure the management will be happy with their young rosters, and of course, they will eventually improve in the seasons to come if they will keep their players and add more role players.

Everything, hehehe, and yeah, they could go 0-5 against the Timberwolves.

They are a huge underdog at 3.xx ML. Might be tempting for some bettors.


But it's a different team now, they have almost disbanded the team that always fell short in the playoff. And it seems that it rejuvenated the team itself. But it's too early to say how they will fare in this season. They could pull a surprised and make the playoff.

Spillover from the critics and still ongoing because they still performing the same way, new coach can't do anything if the same
performance is what the fans are seeing from the team.

The issue with WB still hyping from the social media outlet, not sure how Lakers management will find the best solution for this
keeping him and keep getting same results from the team will eventually hurt the business.

Moving on with Net vs Mavs, I just notice the defense of Nets. They are really lacking on this part even they've got scoring machines but
without good defense, the chance of winning is slim.

There's a chance that Lakers might get their 5th loss from Timberwolves. I guess that they should figure it out on which part of their losses they have to learn.

Looking at the standings, for Utah Jazz, they're always like this during the early games up to the playoffs but can't manage to land in the finals. Hopefully by this season, we may see some teams like them going to the finals.

Current standing of the Los Angeles Lakers is 0-4 which is indeed a very chaotic and frustrating start for the franchise this season, their next game is against the Timberwolves and I bet their standing will turn to 0-5 because AD is still questionable to return in that said game while Westbrook is also probable because of his Hamstring Injury.

It looks to me that Westbrook's situation has gotten worse and I think there would be no team in the league right now who will accept Westbrook if in case the Lakers will choose to trade him. I guess it's just too late.

IIRC, Westbrook is still in the market. It's the Lakers that are having a hard time closing the deal because the offers don't match what they want or the value.
If they will try to force this trade, two teams might be possible.
San Antonio Spurs' salary cap space is still enough to make it happen and I heard they did discuss it but never went to a good ending.

The other team is the Phoenix Suns, there's one player floating there who has not yet played one game. Jae Crowder. Waiting to be traded.
But he is just 9.7m, so the Suns' management will need to sacrifice more or make a three-way team deal.