Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 993. (Read 919593 times)

I bet on the Lakers today thinking they are gonna play hard, but it's still the same, this team has no hope, with or without Westbrook they still continue to struggle. I think Lebron is not anymore the king because he cannot anymore carry his team. 

The Jazz did some magic right there after they dispose Gobert and Mitchell, they seem like a different team, a much improved team. After the Heat handed over the Blazers their first loss of the season, the Jazz are now sitting at the top of the Western conference. Their team chemistry this season is something special, 4-6 guys would put up 10+ points, and I guess that's the key story for their last 5 games.

While the Lakers continue to struggle and I guess this could go on to 0-10 as they all have a tougher opponent in thier first 10 games lol.

Revenge game for the Utah Jazz after losing against the Rockets when they are fatigued from a back-to-back game.
Now they won it. They are sensational whenever their energy is at full blast. Jordan Clarkson had 20 points and Markkanen 24 points, these two will the main core of their newly built team.

Westbrook didn't play against the Nuggets due to a hamstring problem. The Lakers still lose. They were not able to get their first win yet. 0-4

Lakers starting the season by losing 4 straight. Not looking good for them as they seem to be in shambles. The nuggets on the other hand looked great even without MPJ. Murray threw down a couple of highlight dunks and Jokic put on a passing display showing why he’s the NBA MVP two years in a row.

Giannis also put on a show as they beat the Nets. At one point Kyrie dishes the ball to Simmons and yelled, “Shoot it Ben!” Simmons didn’t even look at the hoop…

The Chicago Bulls are at -7 versus the Indiana Pacers this evening.  How do you guys feel about this game? As a Chicago Bulls fan I'm course a bit biased, so I'm trying to view this from a non-bias point of view, but I just don't see the Pacers as any good what so ever and the Bulls have really started to get things going and are looking pretty strong and healthy (of course minus Ball, who may not come back all season).

They didn't bite when teams are asking for 2 of their future drafts in exchange of Russell Westbrook. So that alone will tell us that in the next couple of years they will be in a rebuild phase when contracts of Westbrook and AD will be up. Other teams build around their superstar and I think the Lakers really got the secret formula when they won a ring with Lebron and AD and surrounded themselves with good supporting cast. However, they can't follow it up because they got wash up players last season and then Westbrook was not a perfect fit for the Lakers regardless which coach they have. So yes, rebuilding will happen.

I feel like they are secretly doing that already. I say secretly because they do not have picks right now, but they managed to build a team where they will have a ton of space. Right now, they have a huge one at 166 million right? Russell Westbrook is at the end of his contract if I am not wrong, or maybe he will have 1 more year of player option? Lebron is on his last year as well.

You know who has contract after this season ends? AD and Damian Jones and Max Christie, the later two combined for 4 million and AD will be 40 million. Meaning they will have 120 million dollars of contracts gone. This will allow them to take on bad contracts after bad ones for picks. Just this year, they could offer AD to a team, in exchange of getting their pick + all the bad contracts they have. Meaning they will have absolutely nobody from this year, and the pick. That’s the power they are holding currently.

I don't think Brooklyn Nets and Lakers are going to win tonight. Because their opponents have a team game and they are superior to them.
So tonight's not going to be their night.

NBA 2023 season is going to be crazy, all the team's lineup are almost balance and it is hard to predict 2023 season champion.  All team performance will based on the skills, strategies and also the condition of every player. Sometimes Superteam fails to have championship because of the health issues of the player. Nets have a good lineup they have reliable player such as Kevin Durant as their main scorer, Kyrie Irving combo guard thay have capable of play making and scoring, if these two player have good condition until playoffs they most likely contender for NBA championship.

Looks like we get to see the Nets and the Lakers tonight on ESPN. The Nets are starting it off first facing off against the Bucks, who are still undefeated as of now. The Los Angeles Lakers are playing the Nuggets in the late night game. The Lakers are still looking for their first win and the Nuggets have been looking good lately now the MPJ is back. LeBron and company have their work cut out for them on national TV if they want to escape their winless season tonight.

Exactly, they won't be winning many games right now if that's their current play. Kyrie and Durant may contribute a total of 80+ points per game but that won't be enough to bring the team to a win if the ball is just circulating to these two superstars, they need another contributor to help the team in each game. Just like what the Pelicans did, both of their stars aren't around against the Mavericks but still they defeated them because the ball is moving a lot.

It seems to me that the head coaches of the Celtics and the Lakers are in different situations. Mazzulla has been an assistant coach with the Celtics since 2019. So I think it was easy for him to adapt as a head coach because he already knows the players and coaching staff of the Celtics for a long time, while Ham may clearly be more difficult in this aspect.
By the way, there are rumors that Westbrook may miss the upcoming game against the Nuggets. It will be funny if the Lakers win without him, although the Nuggets are clearly not an easy opponent.

I guess it is time for the Lakers to rebuild the whole team because LeBron James won't be around soon and he himself said that he's going to go that team where his son, Brony, will be drafted. It's been a while too since they had a risky step because in the past few years, they are too busy building a superteam and following around LeBron, it's time to stop that and focus to the new generation that will carry the name of the franchise.

I also thought some reasons on why does the Lakers have this poor performance and came to a conclusion that maybe their coach was one of the reason that affects their chemistry but the Celtics had the same situation too yet they didn't had a hard time since the season started, now they have a good record of 3 wins out of four games. Surely the Lakers haven't yet solved their own puzzles that's why they are struggling.

Whoa! I never know Jalen Green is of Filipino descent, along with Jordan Clarkson, that's good to know that there are now three recorded half Filipino that is playing and has played in the NBA, the 1st one was Raymond Anthony Townsend last known team in the NBA was the Indiana Pacers from 1981–1982, Jordan Clarkson that are currently  playing in the Utah Jazz, and now Jalen Green from the Houston Rockets, but that is why I am very eager for Kai Sotto to enter NBA that's because he will be the 1st pure Filipino that entered the NBA,

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Now here are my picks for the games tomorrow,

Detroit Pistons VS Atlanta Hawks

The stake odds for this game are 3.50 for the Pistons and 1.33 for the Hawks, for me the Hawks really have the advantage here even though it is Piston's home court, for me Hawks are a great team even though Bogdan Bogdanovic has a knee injury, I think that the rest of the Hawks will do, so my pick is the Atlanta Hawks,

Toronto Raptors VS Philadelphia 76ers

The stake odds for this game are 1.99 for the Raptors and 1.86 for the 76ers, Right now Toronto Raptors has a decent team right now I will never be surprised if the Raptors win this match, and my pick is the Toronto Raptors,

Milwaukee Bucks VS Brooklyn Nets

The stake odds for this game are 1.61 for the Bucks and 2.39 for the Nets, for this match Kevin Durant is getting slappy but he and Kyrie are in sync now, maybe they will win this but I am going with the Milwaukee Bucks,

Utah Jazz VS Houston Rockets

The stake odds for this game are 1.37 for the Jazz and 3.25 for the Rockets, and this is it Jordan Clarkson VS Jalen Green, half Filipino, players are going to clash, but right now I will be going with the Utah Jazz,

Denver Nuggets VS Los Angeles Lakers

The stake odds for this game are 1.46 for the Nuggets and 2.80 for the Lakers Right now the performance of the Lakers is getting sloppier, and they haven't won a game yet, for me my pick is the Denver Nuggets,

Portland Trail Blazers VS Miami Heat

The stake odds for this game are 2.16 for the Trail Blazers and 1.73 for the Heat, the Portland Trailblazers are going on, and even though the odds are all pertaining to the Heat, I am going with the Portland Trail Blazers on this one,

Very high, they reach the playoffs last season even without Zion, they can do it again. The Lakers now are 0-3, bad start for them, so it's hard to trust that this roster will reach the playoffs when they are losing games they are suppose to win, I don't know if there's still hope for this team, but I think here should be a big changes that needs to be done, and that is trading WB.

Lot of things will happen and it's not certain that team that performs best and worst right now will end up the same way what they are doing by now, it may change. For Brodie, I don't know what's going on with the lad but pretty sure he needs to back up on what he use to be, he's still good when he got to Wizards. Did age got him?

If Williamson is back, then they have a high chance reaching the NBA playoffs than the Lakers. Though the NBA season has just started, Im pretty sure the GSW is something to look forward to cause a problem in the western conference. The east is still the same, looks like the Celtics and Bucks are obviously the teams that will gonna be at the top this year. Nevertheless, so far so good and Ja Morant still healthy doing his thing, the best entertainer as ever. The only Disastrous team this year is the Lakers because they made a bad decision when they acquired Westbrook but cannot get rid of him after he failed to be the best player like how he used to be in OKC.

Last season, I also said at the start of the season that teams like Wizards, Cavaliers and Bulls might surprise the whole league because of how they performed well at the start, but as the season goes on, you can see that these 3 teams experienced struggles and injuries along the way causing them to either not enter the playoffs or at the bottom of the top 8.

It's too early to say that your favorite team will not play well this season and vice versa. Say that at the mid-season because at that time, we might see a clearer picture on which teams will be at the top 8 and which are not. Pelicans though is a good team, and they have a good roster this season. As for the Bulls, I don't expect too much with them after what happened to them last season and they didn't have that many trades last off-season.

The warriors will probably take revenge when they play home and host the Suns, I will wait for that schedule and of course, I will bet on the Warriors for my revenge too. Klay is a champion for a reason, but that game, it looks like he let Booker get into his head, probably he was also frustrated with his poor shooting.