Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 995. (Read 919593 times)

The Cleveland Cavs are looking good upon the acquisition of Mitchell this season. It also seems like Mitchell is fits with the current Cavs roster as he puts up huge points every game as ge averaged 30+ pts/game. While the Jazz were also looking good so far without him and Gobert. Let's just see who wins the trade with these teams involving Mitchell and Gobert.

One of the notable team early this season is the Portland trailblazers. Lillard is having a very good start of the season.

Jalen Green is one of the leading players in the world. A total of 25 points were scored by him in a period of 36  minutes. I must say that this was an outstanding performance on his part. It is my belief that he will be able to maintain his level of performance over the next few years. As for his previous two matches, he has also played well in both of them. In addition to this, this performance was also very crucial for his team to be able to win this game against the Jazz. Furthermore, he has had impressive performances against the Grizzlies and the Bucks as well. If he can perform like this regularly he will be in a position to be a contender for the MVP no doubt. But will he be able to be consistent?

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Duke

I've tried to look for some updates about him if there's a confirmation whether he's going to play or not. But still haven't found any and only a few hours ago that an article that he's questionable whether he'll play later.

I'm seeing the whole potential of the team but because of the situation and circumstances, that's not making us allowed to see it. Well, if it's just going to be a week of healing for Zion and he's good again, that's good for him and for the Pelicans.

I mean these days it's not that common to build a squad full of great role players, because even role players are getting good salaries so it's not easy to do that, plus superstars are getting so much money that you can't max 3 superstars easily, it would be basically the whole salary cap and maybe then some depending on their situation (mvp, fmvp etc etc changes it).

This means that we are talking about getting maybe 2 of them, and usually the third one is not that good and nobody wants them type of situation. That's why I believe that we won't see 2 or 3 superstars filled with amazing role players for a while, not until salary cap is growing again.

I hope their injuries is not that serious because that would really place the team in dangerous spot as two of their highly reliable players are now injured, Zion sustained a hip contusion while Ingram had a head injury. As of now, there's no news yet on their whereabouts, supposedly there's already an announcement because they got a game later against the Dallas Mavericks.

Well, about that there's a rumor nowadays that the Lakers is interested to resume the trade talks to get Jordan Clarkson and 2 other players in-exchange for Westbrook, and I think that even if that rumor will become a reality, I don't think that the Utah Jazz will be interested anymore to join that conversation. It's true that they need at least 1 superstar in the team to lead them but I don't think Westbrook fits what they needed especially now that the whole league sees the current situation of the Lakers.

Indeed they need that!
I was never a Kyrie hater even if his decisions are kind of intriguing. i.e. Flat earth, no vaccine and so on.
But, I watch the film twice just to look at what is missing with the Nets team. It's not chemistry, it's the second team that they need.
Whenever KD needs a rest, everything will be a wack.
No chemistry, Kyrie will do everything he wants with no help and their offense is all weak.
I mean, let's face it they are not a defensive team, not zero, but less defensive than other low seed teams.
Offense is their power, better make a 2nd team that will patch things up whenever KD is benched.

Both stars are really performing but the chemistries around still not reflecting for the entire squad,

Even Kyrie and KD will score a lot if the defense and the support for other role players to help ain't their Nets will continue to lose
games. They need to work things out and create additional game play not just to rely on the stars but more on ball movement
and how they will execute the play.

The Brooklyn Nets haven't started well into the league this year, either. To be honest Memphis is a good team, Ja Morant and Bane's performance was pretty good. I think it's one of the best playing teams of the year. But the Brooklyn Nets also have a pretty good roster. Despite this, I think it's a bit sad that they are losing the match, actually Irving and Durant are playing very well, but these performances are not enough to win the match

I've been focus on that bad play or instance from the very beginning. You butt in with claims like things would have been different if it went in or I've been focusing on Westbrook even though I already said I don't care who took the shot. I've stated clearly the problem that I saw without minding the things that happened prior to that play.

The whole point is they were still in control of the game at that point with a one-point lead and a lot of time on their hand. The chances of grinding out an ugly win and their first for the season is higher had they use the time they had to make the right or better play.

It's okay, all of us have different tastes for players per se. We may like him and appreciates his performances but some may think that it's not enough and he's got to work harder and show the best of himself and that's why they're looking for more of him. Or, they just don't really like him because of what he has said in the past that seems he's too boastful and proud of himself. Well today, Memphis, they've won against the Nets. One of the strongest teams that we consider for this season and the score is a lot, 134 ~ 124.

Jalen Green vs Jordan Clarkson, the Filipino superstars played and Jalen Green won the battle stopping the win streak of the Jazz. I can see that Jalen Green is having a great season so far, his stats are already a stats of superstar, hopefully, he can always be consistent so he has a chance of being a good candidate for regular season MVP.

I think the injury is not so serious, he might be out in few games but he will still come back, the good thing is that Pelicans had a good start already and hopefully they will continue winning. I think they also need how to learn to manage the minutes of Zion, better keep him for playoffs that making him play hard in the regular season.

Zion's performance was so amazing and he was doing fine contributing to the team as expected. But this injury keep haunting him even though he was just came back from long absence. I hope they can still make it to the playoffs because these guys has been down the road since Zion was not playing.

Still early from this season so better to sideline him and rest for this one, not that much to affect since they've got a lot of games
to bounce back, they need to play wise with Zion this time.

Fans will not appreciate if they will see Zion's got a serious injury again and be bench for the rest of the season, it's best to keep him
in his best shape, the winning chance is good with him and Ingram playing alongside with Jonas and CJ.

They all fail with that its just they are putting all the blame to Westbrook so that they can save their asses on shame or fans blame. What Westbrook did is just another failure contribution to their team so if they lose in that game all of them should be blame. And if they don't improve and always make their team controversial due to this losses then this will be another worse season to them also this could ruin Lebron's record.

What the heck! You are not really getting the point here and just focus on that Westbrick brick shot.

Did you even look at those other wrong plays prior to that 18 seconds left? Start at the last 2 minutes of the 4th Quarter and see for yourself how the hell happened that the Lakers only lead by 1 after being ahead by 9 points in the last 2 minutes.

The Lakers lose that game not just because Westbricks failed a shot with 18 seconds left remaining. You are too focused on Westbrook or I think you didn't watched that game and just go with the flow with the Westbrick comment that focuses on that 18 seconds left.

To be fair, there was no hard foul, it was a clean block from behind. Jordan Clarkson really timed Zion's jump and eventually caught all ball but unfortunately, he fell very hard, back first and he is on pain in the floor.

Yes, the Pels shouldn't allow Zion to play, just take a couple of breaks and let the back heal in time. It's just the start and we don't like to see him sideline again because of injuries.

Here is the result for my picks today, I really think that my bets were not bad,

New York Knicks VS Orlando Magic SCORE 115 - 102 - WIN

Paolo Banchero will be a big threat in the future that is for sure, this kid still has a ceiling to fill up, and with 21 points in the game Wendell Carter Jr got a double-double of 11 rebounds and 17 points but it was not enough because the New York Knicks Jalen Brunson got 21 points, R.J. Barrett got 20, and Julius Randle has double-double performance of 12 rebounds and 25 points, winning the game against the Magic,

Miami Heat VS Toronto Raptors SCORE 90 - 98 - LOST

A close game indeed and actually I really think that the Miami Heat will win this, but unfortunately it did not go according to plan, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro both got double-double performances while Jimmy Butler got 26 points aren't enough to win the game, because Precious Achiuwa is a monster in rebounding, he got a double-double of 22 rebounds and 10 points, Gary Trent 18, pascal Siakam 23, and Fred VanVleet has 24, to win the game,

Houston Rockets VS Utah Jazz SCORE 114 - 108 - WIN

Actually, I really like the Utah Jazz plays it was really a team play but I think they still are looking for that chemistry, while the Rockets did a great show, Jalen Green got 25 points, and Jabari Smith Jr. got 21 points while a double-double for Kevin Porter Jr. or 10 rebounds and 26 points winning the game against the jazz,

Memphis Grizzlies VS Brooklyn Nets SCORE 134 - 124 - WIN

As I thought the Grizzlies will surely win this, even though Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are striking great points both creating 37 points each, it was not enough for the Grizzlies tandem of Desmond Bane and Ja Morant, both got 38 points each, it was really a close game for both teams,

Chicago Bulls VS Boston Celtics SCORE 120 - 102 - LOST

Not expecting the Celtics will be defeated by the Bulls, both Jalen Brown and Jayson Tatum did remarkable performances, Brown got 21 while Tatum got 26 points, but it was not enough for Nikola Vucevic to get mighty on rebounds and made a double-double of 23 rebounds and 18 points and DeRozan got a huge 25 points for the Bulls,

Portland Trail Blazers VS Denver Nuggets SCORE 135 - 110 - WIN

The Trail Blazer did an amazing job they really stopped the Joker from getting any further damage because Nikola Jokic just got a triple 9 in this game, Jusuf Nurkic just got solid with a double-double of 12 rebounds, and 13 points, Jerami Grant got 21 points, Anfernee Simons got 29 points and Damian Lillard had 31 points, winning it big on Denver Nuggets,

The Brooklyn Nets lost against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Desmond Bane is the guy who did most of the damage, especially in the 2nd half where he made 32 points while Ja Morant never stops to amaze his fans with 38 points and 4/6 from downtown.
He's doing better in shooting threes than the previous year. Defenders cannot just leave him alone behind the arc.
I am really sad for Ben Simmons, I think the officials are targeting him. The 5th foul was questionable already and he just spent 1 minute in the game then the 6th foul happened which made Coach Nash furious. 
Good sportsmanship from Kyrie after the game.